aka "Ergo Valley", has been providing industrial ergonomics services for both office and manufacturing environments since 1983. We are a full service organization, providing proactive preventive equipment, work station and body mechanics evaluations and solutions, as well as identifying root cause of injury and discomfort. We provide comprehensive documentation and tracking, and risk score management is also available upon request.

Patenaude & Associates provides you with the most comprehensive and current automated online system available on the market today. We leverage 25 years of Ergonomic expertise that we share with you through the most comprehensive and interactive online training and assessment tools to help prevent injury and improve healthy practices.

Patenaude & Associates also provides onsite industrial ergonomics services for both office and manufacturing environments. We are a full service organization, providing proactive preventive equipment, work station and body mechanics evaluations and solutions, as well as identifying root cause of injury and discomfort. We provide comprehensive documentation, tracking and risk score management
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SUZANNE PATENAUDE MA. PT. CIE

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 25 years Owner/operator onsite physical therapy and ergonomics business managing up to 25 employees.
• 26 years treating and managing treatment programs for work related injuries within onsite industrial medical clinics..
• 26 years providing office and non office ergonomic evaluations and consulting.
• 26 years providing industrial injury prevention training, including office, non office and back injury prevention.
• 1 year Home Health experience
• 5 years Hospice experience (volunteer)
• 11 years general inpatient and outpatient orthopedic treatment experience.
• 1 year rehabilitation experience.
• Pioneered motion optimization systems for ergonomic programs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Management

• Acquired contracts for aerospace, high tech, test and measurements, and biotech industries.
• Managed programs and services for > 50,000 employees including physical therapy onsite treatment, worksite evaluations, training programs, work hardening, pre-placement, return to work and medical management of work related musculo-skeletal injuries and discomforts.
• Managed and delivered services for US Wide ergonomics program, including budgets, database, employee education and evaluations, remote and in person.
• Developed and deployed office and non office evaluations with risk scores suitable for tracking improvements and priorities.
• Developed and consulted on data base design with appropriate tracking and management report functionality.
• Developed and deployed case management reports with digital photography and matrix based information format (limiting text and maximizing efficient solution communication suitable for management and medical personnel).
• Managed design and development of state of the art biotech inspection booth.

Consulting Experience

• Worked with insurance companies to manage efficiency of physical therapy visits in remote clinics across the US - 5 years experience.
• Primary ergonomics consultant for Stanford University's office ergonomics CD.
• Consultant for Global Ergonomics program for Bay Area corporation developing processes to include global offices in US program elements.
• Consultant to a variety of small companies regarding injury prevention and management, evaluations and training.
• Consultant to Steelcase for design of Leap Chair.
• Consultant to Agilent Technologies, specific to program design and injury rate reduction.
• Consultant to Genentech specific to manufacturing injury rate reduction.

Education

• Russell Sage College: Bachelors of Science and Albany Medical College Certificate in Physical Tehrapy, 1963
  • John W. Ghormely Award for highest didactic average
  • Catherine A. Graham Award for ourstanding professional attitude and skills
• San Jose State University: Master of Arts, /Exercise Physiology, 1983
• Oxford Research Institute: CIE Ergonomics Certification 1996

Professional Affiliations

• American Physical Therapy Association

Award

• Productivity Improvement Award for Excellence in Service, Lockheed Missiles and Space, 1994

Continuing Education

• 1972  Acute Care Course – Northwest District, California Chapter, APTA
• 1980  McKenzie Exercises – Northwest District, California Chapter, APTA
• 1981 The Back School – Division of Southeastern Clinics, Atlanta, GA
• 1981  Mechanical Therapy of the Lumbar Spine, McKenzie
• 1982  Part I – Cyriax on Orthopedic Medicine
• 1982  Part II – Cyriax on Orthopedic Medicine
• 1983  Neuro anatomy Review, Northern California Chapter, APTA
• 1985  McKenzie, Neck and Thorax
• 1985  Industrial Consultation, Keith Blankenship, American Therapeutics
• 1986  Len Matheson (Ph.D.) Work Capacity Evaluation
• 1986  American Back Seminars, David Apts
• 1987  Residency, Employment & Rehabilitation Institute of California, Functional disability Assessment
• 1987  Auto Traction Clinical Practicum, Sandy Burkhart (Ph.D.), Chattanooga Corporation
• 1988  Vocational Rehabilitation, South Bay Industrial Claims Association
• 1988  Australian Method:  Thoracic Spine, San Jose District, APTA
• 1989  Work hardening Certification Seminar, CARF
• 1989  Practical Workshop, McKenzie Institute
• 1990  McKenzie Cervical Spine
• 1990  McKenzie Review, Part D
• 1991  MTM Association for Standards & Research “Ergonomics and Human Factors”
• 1994  Mechanical Therapy of the Lumbar Spine
• 1996  Silicon Valley Ergonomics Institute, San Jose State University
• 1998  Economics of Ergonomics (Graduate Level), San Jose State University
• 1998  National Ergonomics Conference, Detroit
• 1999 Occupational Ergonomics, University of Michigan (San Diego)
• 1999  Ergonomic Job Analysis, University of Michigan (San Diego)
• 2000  Institute of Industrial Engineers 3rd Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference (Los Angeles)
• 2001  Oxford Research Institute Inc., Advanced Ergonomics Concepts:  Theory, Practice, and Litigation (Abbott Park, IL)
• 2002  Institute of Industrial Engineers 4th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference
• 2003  Institute of Industrial Engineers 5th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference
• 2004  Institute of Industrial Engineers 6th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference
• 2006  Ergonomics Safety Management: The Ergonomics Institute Life Chiropractic College West
• 2006 ROI Ergonomics Workshop:  Ergoweb Peter M Budnick, Ph.D., CPE (San Francisco, CA)
• 2009 e-Resources for Evidence-Based Practice
• 2010 Basic Tools for Successful Communication and Payment; California Physical Therapy Association

Speaker

• 1987 Annual Congress:  The Association of Operating Room Nurses, The Lumbar Spine (Atlanta)
• 1991 American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Annual Conference:  CE Course and Concurrent Forum Speech.
• 1992 Conference Development Inc. (San Francisco) “Workers’ Compensation:  The Controllable Factors – On – Site Physical Therapy
• 1993 International Performance Congress (San Diego) “Work Hardening”
• 1994 APTA, California Chapter, Annual Conference:  “Treating in the Industrial Site”
• 1994    Association for Work Site Health Promotion (Portland, Oregon)
• 1996    National APTA Convention (Atlanta):    “The Physical Therapist and Ergonomics”
• 1996    California Chapter, APTA, Annual Conference (San Francisco) “Work Hardening”
• 1998    California Chapter, APTA Annual Conference (Sacramento) “P.T. in the Work Place”
• 2002    Institute of Industrial Engineers:  Applied Ergonomics Conference.  “Metric Based     Management Reports”
• 2005    Alliance for Innovative manufacturing at Stanford University, “Increasing Human Performance in Manufacturing Industry – The Body Mechanics Factor”.

KATHRYN M. MEEKS, PT, CAE

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 18 years Physical Therapy treatment for work related injuries, 17 years leading onsite industrial medical clinics treatment programs.
• 17 years principal evaluator for office and non office ergonomic interventions, including chair fittings and injury/discomfort root cause analysis.
• 18 years providing work hardening, return to work, task analysis, task rotation, program development, functional disability assessment/solution analysis, work hardening, pre placement screening and ergonomic prevention programs.
• 6 year owner/operator of personal ergonomics consulting business.'
• 3 years providing remote office ergonomic evaluations and training via computer and telephone.
• 3 years supervising regional ergonomics program delivery.
• Developed multiple industrial and orthopedic professional educational training programs.
• Specialty training with approximately 400 hrs of Work Capacity and Return to Work management.
• 1 year Orthopedic Coordinator, training in cardiac rehabilitation and wound care, and coordinator of quality assurance studies for large center physical therapy department.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Management

• Developed and managed reports for tracking budgets, goals and targets for large employee groups.
• Functional Capacity program management and delivery.
• Ergonomics report development for injured and employees with discomfort.
• Ergonomic tool designs.
• State, National and Corporate compliance program consulting and management.
• Design and implementation of complex rotation schedules for biotech production teams.
• Management and delivery of complex ergonomic body mechanics training and evaluation within clean room, inspection, material handling and production line environments.
• Multiple training events for new professional evaluators, office support and general program continual improvement.
• Presentations at various management meetings.
• Regional Physical Therapy Program Manager including staff of 13 at 5 onsite industrial Physical Therapy clinics.
• Program audit management and analysis.

Consulting Experience

• Evaluation of metrics related to program outcomes, and management reports.
• Consulting regarding pre placement hiring decisions.
• Expertise relative to Functional Capacity Evaluation.
• Consulting regarding best practice for risk scores and .
• Information specific to equipment design relative to low risk body mechanics.
• Consultant to the National Arthritis Foundation.

Education

• Oxford Research Institute: CAE Ergonomics Certification, 2002
• Indiana University School of Medicine, Physical Therapy Degree,, Indianapolis, IN. 1984
• Wide variety of continuing education classes and seminars.

NANCY LINDSEY, BA, PTA, CIE

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 19 years assisting Physical Therapy treatment for work related injuries, 17 years within onsite industrial medical clinics.
• 17 years principal evaluator for office and non office ergonomic interventions, including chair fittings and space configuration.
• 8 years providing industrial injury prevention training, including office , non office and back injury prevention.
• 8 years providing ergonomic program database, data management and report design consultation for approximate 25,000 employee base.
• 3 years providing remote office ergonomic evaluations and training via computer and telephone.
• 3 years Regional Ergonomics Program Manager
• 1 year in and outpatient acute care Physical Therapy assistant.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Management

• Furniture and chair acquisition consultation, US Wide program.
• Ergonomic report development for injured and employees with discomfort.
• Management of large move processes.
• Space configuration consultation.
• Evaluation and acquisition of ergonomic supplies.
• Design and implementation of complex inspection booth, including lighting for biotech environment.
• Management and delivery of complex ergonomic body mechanics training and evaluation within clean room, laboratory, material handling and biotech environments.
• Multiple training events for new professional evaluators, database technicians, office support and general program continual improvement.

Consulting Experience

• Speaker at Institute of Industrial Engineers, Applied Erognomics Conference, 2003
• ErgoCon Conference participation focus on Ergonomic Design, Evaluations, Current Research and Occupational Health.

Education

• Oxford Research Institute: CIE Certification in Ergonomics, 2002
• San Jose State University: Master's Candidate, Human Factors and Ergonomics
• De Anza Community College, Cupertino, CA Associates of Arts, Physical Therapy Assistant, 1977
• California State University, Fresno, CA Bachelor of Arts, Psychology 1976

Professional Affiliations

• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Awards

• Productivity Improvement Award for Excellence in Service, Lockheed Missiles and Space, 1994
• Employee of the Month, Health Fitness Corporation, 1995