Allison Rae, Founder & Chief Creative Officer
I count myself among the fortunate few who’ve found their true calling. My unusual career path-blending 20 years in sales with toy design expertise, an industrial design education from Rhode Island School of Design, and a lifelong fascination with anatomy-created the perfect storm of skills for developing medical demonstration models.
At Pulse, I get to apply my product development experience, prototyping skills, and manufacturing knowledge to bring medical innovations to life through touch. My years designing objects that invite intuitive play and discovery translate perfectly to creating models that clinicians can interact with and understand immediately. There’s nothing quite like that breakthrough moment when we discover the perfect design solution that transforms how clinicians understand a device or procedure.
Beyond the professional stuff: I’ve earned my first-degree black belt in martial arts and have an affinity for beavers-nature’s designers who masterfully combine structural engineering with resource management. Until I develop similar dam-building skills, I live with two enthusiastically vocal dogs who believe barking during important calls is their professional responsibility.
Shaine Anne Jimenez, Head of Operations
Before joining Pulse MDM, I spent 10 years as a classroom teacher. That experience shaped so much of how I work today: staying organized, communicating clearly, adapting when plans change, and helping people feel supported through complicated processes.
I started working remotely during the pandemic and eventually found my way to Pulse MDM. What began as a big career shift became a role I truly enjoy. As Head of Operations, I help keep projects moving from the first conversation to final delivery, coordinating timelines, client communication, production updates, shipping details, and all the little pieces in between.
One of the things I love most about working at Pulse is watching an idea slowly become something real. A project usually starts with a very specific challenge and, over time, becomes a hands-on model that helps teams teach, demonstrate, or explain something more clearly.
My teaching background still shows up every day. Whether I’m tracking details, clarifying next steps, or helping keep everyone aligned, my job is to bring calm, clarity, and organization to the process. And yes, that usually includes a very organized spreadsheet.
Lead Model Maker and Master Sculptor
I’ve been making models for 44 years. Which means I’ve had 44 years to learn what not to do—and there are few things more useful in model making than a long, hard-earned list of bad ideas avoided.
When I started, everything was made by hand from sculpting wax. I came up through toys and collectibles, where complex shapes, surface detail, and manufacturability mattered. That background turned out to be perfect preparation for anatomy, where every curve, cavity, texture, and proportion has to to be anatomically accurate.
Moving into anatomical model making was a dream come true. It combines everything I love: sculptural complexity, problem-solving, material experimentation, and the challenge of turning something difficult to understand into something people can see, hold, and use.
I now work in several digital sculpting platforms, I especially enjoy the slightly magical moment when a form I created on screen appears in one of our 3D printers. Over the years, I’ve pioneered many of the processes we rely on to meet the complex, unusual, and occasionally strange requests that come with custom medical demonstration models.
Beyond the professional stuff: I believe great model making still comes down to patience, problem-solving, and knowing when to trust your instincts. The technology is amazing, but experience is what keeps the printer from making a very precise version of the wrong thing.