10 ICU Medical engineering leaders
Srinath Lingutla, Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering at ICU Medical, is one of ten ICU Medical engineering leaders listed here, alongside people who hold senior director of global R&D, test engineering, R&D director and director of engineering roles at the company. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at ICU Medical from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Bobby Chhikara
LinkedInExperience: Director, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering · ICU Medical
Bobby Chhikara has been Director, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering at ICU Medical since January 2022, based in the Salt Lake City area. Bobby Chhikara was Senior Manager, Engineering Solutions at ICU Medical from 2018 to 2022, Manager, Engineering Solutions there from 2013 to 2018 and Principal Product Engineer there from 2008 to 2013.
Christopher Hughes
LinkedInExperience: R&D Engineering Director · ICU Medical
Christopher Hughes has been R&D Engineering Director at ICU Medical since January 2025, based in Aliso Viejo, California, and also lists Senior Manager, R&D Engineering there as a current role from March 2022. Christopher Hughes was Research and Development Engineering Manager at ICU Medical from 2021 to 2022, Sr. R&D Engineer there from 2019 to 2022 and R&D Sr. Staff Engineer at B. Braun Medical Inc. (US) from 2014 to 2019.
Dale Lovrine
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Consumables Product Development · ICU Medical
Dale Lovrine has been Director of Engineering, Consumables Product Development at ICU Medical since March 2021, based in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Dale Lovrine was Sr. Manager, Systems and Development Engineering at ICU Medical from 2018 to 2021, Program Manager there from 2014 to 2018 and R&D Project Manager at Merz Aesthetics from 2012 to 2014.
Jacqueline Jones, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Director R&D Consumables Vascular Access · ICU Medical
Jacqueline Jones has been Director R&D Consumables Vascular Access at ICU Medical since June 2022, based in the New Haven area with the role in Southington, Connecticut. Jacqueline Jones was Senior R&D Manager of Product Line Engineering, Vascular Access at ICU Medical from 2019 to 2022 and Manager Clinical Engineering & User Experience, Early Technologies at Medtronic from 2014 to 2019.
Jim Drost
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · ICU Medical
Jim Drost has been Director Of Engineering at ICU Medical since January 2022, based in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and the headline adds Chief Engineer to the title. Jim Drost was Director Of Engineering at Smiths Medical from 2019 to 2022, Sr R&D Manager there from 2013 to 2019 and R&D Manager, Hospital Infusion there from 2011 to 2013.
Richard Brooks
LinkedInExperience: Global Director of Research and Development · ICU Medical
Richard Brooks has been Global Director of Research and Development at ICU Medical since September 2021, based in the United Kingdom, and the listing says the role has covered R&D and the PMO for several businesses, including hemodynamic monitoring and respiratory, since February 2024. Richard Brooks was Global Director of R&D / Engineering + Business Leader at Philips from 2016 to 2021 and Head of Design, Engineering & PMO at Servomex from 2012 to 2016.
Rishi Dandekar
LinkedInExperience: India Head of Engineering - Secure IoT · ICU Medical
Rishi Dandekar has been India Head of Engineering - Secure IoT at ICU Medical since April 2025, based in Pune, India. Rishi Dandekar was Development Manager - Communications Engine and Cybersecurity at ICU Medical from 2012 to 2025, Staff Engineer at Kyocera WIreless Corp. from 2004 to 2012 and Sr. Software Engineer at McAfee from 1999 to 2004.
Rob Wittenberg
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Test Engineering · ICU Medical
Rob Wittenberg has been Sr. Director Test Engineering at ICU Medical since May 2022, based in San Diego, and was Director Test Engineering there from 2018 to 2022. Rob Wittenberg was Firmware Test Engineering Manager at Fitbit (now part of Google) from 2016 to 2018 and Sr. Engineering Manager, Hadoop Platform at Teradata from 2015 to 2016.
Robert Cousineau
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Global R&D · ICU Medical
Robert Cousineau has been Sr. Director, Global R&D at ICU Medical since February 2017, based in Boston, and the listing describes the role as chief engineer for the Plum infusion pump platform. Robert Cousineau was Director, Global R&D at Hospira from 2000 to 2017 and Hardware Engineering Manager at Computerized Elevator Controls from 1995 to 2000.
Srinath Lingutla
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering · ICU Medical
Srinath Lingutla has been Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering at ICU Medical since March 2022, based in the Salt Lake City area. Srinath Lingutla was Director, Advanced Manufacturing & Sustaining Engineering at ICU Medical from 2019 to 2022, Sr. Engineering Manager there from 2015 to 2018 and Product Engineering Manager there from 2010 to 2015.
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Match the person's scope, such as infusion pump platforms, consumables, test engineering, connected device software or manufacturing engineering, to the decision you face. Check when each person joined ICU Medical to judge how much of their view comes from the company itself.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your engineering role, and why?
- 02How do you keep pump hardware, software and consumables development in step?
- 03What has your own work taught you about testing and verifying connected infusion systems?
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