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Pickerington, Oh, Us

Pickerington, Oh, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

Durham, North Carolina, Us

• Acted as project manager and technical lead on projects with varying clients including 5 startups in different stages of development as well as Fortune 500 companies• Performed competitive bench marking, targeted consumer interviews, and manufacturing research for clients• Collected, analyzed and presented product testing data to clients• Drafted and organized FDA documents to be used for a 510(k) (FDA device submission) such as Product requirements, User needs and Phase reviews• Utilized intellectual property knowledge for patent searches, claim set interpretations, and acted as a point person between engineering team and outside legal counsel

Loveland, Oh, Us

• Integrated as a full-time Ethicon Endo-Surgery R&D team member, immersing in project teams and directly reporting to an Ethicon Engineering Fellow• Involved in 12 individual medical device design programs which have yielded 30 patent applications, encompassing devices such as endocutters, trocars and needlescopic instruments• Specialized in front-end development and intellectual property generation utilizing MindMap software, preliminary FEA testing and prototype verification, design of experiments for device components, project scheduling, and proof of concept CAD modeling for outside council review• Conducted team meetings including present concepts, design updates, and project timelines to Ethicon engineering staff• Utilized advanced CNC manufacturing, micro precision stamping, additive manufacturing and prototyping, and LCP injection molding• Attended Ethicon’s Surgical Learning Series, a 20+ hour course taught by an industry leading physicians in order to better understand the needs of patients and customers

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Contributed to over 30 engineering projects ranging from concept design, breadboard and prototyping, basic finite element analysis (FEA), production cost reduction and final design for manufacturability and assembly (DFMA)• Managed multiple client projects for organizations such as Worthington Industries and Scotts Miracle-Gro which included product design development, project plan creation, meeting organization, manufacturing sourcing, and vendor-client introductions• Prepared custom client proposals which included budgets, project plans, and work estimations• Implemented advanced modeling techniques such as top-down and bottom-up design, advanced surfacing, advanced assembly management, drawings and associative BOMs• Specialized experience in plastic molding design along with metal machining, electromechanical systems, sheet metal, castings, extrusions, elastomerics and additive manufactured prototypes

Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Us

• Led new 13M Accord seat project managing new robotic weld cells and existing cell carryovers• Oversaw $1.2M budget for new model equipment by submitting purchase requests, contacting vendors, facilitating design reviews and giving approval of new model equipment design• Designed and modified new model weld fixtures

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Created fully-detailed engineering part and assembly drawings using Pro|Engineer• Researched and quoted numerous rapid prototyping vendors for client prototypes • Constructed in-house prototypes using a wide array of tools (lathe, mill, drill press, spray booth, sandblaster etc.)

• Designed robotic welding jigs and fixtures using Pro|Engineer and AutoCAD software• Modified existing designs and created 3-D models from 2-D drawings• Created complete bill of materials and full detailing of components in final design model

• Learned and gained experience in quality control, lean manufacturing and production engineering• Collected data samples of various gages to better understand the plant’s capabilities of gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R)• Improved customer satisfaction over 30% using customer complaint/returned material analysis implementing statistical process control (SPC) using MiniTab

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelors Of Science Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering