Profession: Engineer/Designer

Number of times previously entering contest: never

Favorite design and analysis tools: Mathlab, Zemax and Labview

For managing CAD data Chandraika (John)'s company uses: PTC Pro/INTRALINK

Hobbies and activities: Optical system designs and playing with my kids

Online communities: Twitter, Facebook, and linkedin

Inspired by: Constant news reports about food and drug recalls. Also a drive to install more transparency into our foods and OTC medications.
Also the PBS POV series Food Inc.