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Los Angeles County, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Orchestrates collaboration and communication amongst stakeholders, technical teams, and | vendors• Leading agile teams in product development and R&D initiatives• Supports project scope, product vision, user experience design, road mapping, prioritization, and | budgeting• Maps user journeys and writes user stories with acceptance criteria to embody requirements | and guide product development• Creates prototype mockups and wireframes for UI feature concepts• Tracks performance metrics and promotes continuous improvement and quality standards• Servant Leader as Scrum Master to guide team with best practice principles and values• Protects development by removing impediments and identifying team and process | inefficiencies

Palo Alto, Ca

Founding team member of stealth startup in Silicon Valley.Member of the product design team. Made significant contributions to product development, design, and user experience through rapid prototyping and testing. Named inventor on design and utility patents for a novel consumer electronic accessory of flagship product.

Palo Alto, California

Primarily responsible for coordinating and carrying out the physical builds, MPI documentation, testing and validation of optical and mechanical sub-systems, BOM management, design for manufacturing feedback, and inventory management for an evolving, innovative medical device.• Coordinated with vendors in the procurement of custom and off-the-shelf components• Participated in design reviews with focus on Design for Manufacturing• Managed Bill of Materials and BOM scrubs• Documented inventory control and build procedures• Fully assembled and tested two evolutions of the developing device• Created assembly and part drawings for MPI documentation and vendor quotations• Designed an optical fiber routing and patient contact sub-assembly• Conducted and documented component and assembly validation tests• Utilized 3D printing and shop tools to evaluate proof of concepts for various system components

San Francisco Bay Area

As a Product Design Engineer at Thync, role responsibilities covered the span of three key areas: Mechanical Part Design, Manufacturing Management, and Quality Assurance Engineering.Mechanical Part Design:Responsible for the analysis and design of new mechanical components; utilized CAD software (SolidWorks), 3D printing, and other tools to build proof of concept prototypes and to finalize part drawings. Manufacturing Management:Coordinated with contract manufacturer teams and vendors to manage the procurement and quality of both custom and off-the-shelf parts. Managed product’s bill of materials (BOM), engineering change orders (ECOs), manufacturing process instructions (MPIs), and production schedule based on revision evolutions and company forecasting. Evaluated, designed, and installed jigs, fixtures, and tools for manufacturing assembly line to increase build efficiency.Quality Assurance Engineering:Administered and designed testing for mechanical parts and packaging components to establish quality standards. Tracked quality reports and managed improvement initiatives.

Riverside, Ca

Responsible for fabricating and characterizing conductive polymer membranes designed for waste water treatment and desalination processes.

Riverside, Ca

Assistant to principal investigators and graduate researchers in the atmospheric processes laboratory (APL); prepared and processed exhaust particulate filtration samples, organized and analyzed experimental field data, and performed routine instrument and equipment maintenance.

Temple City, Ca

Conducted company service and process studies to improve operational efficiencies. Translated business needs to system requirements in order to develop desirable management features and process workflows.Notable developments include the design of vendor portal, inventory, and promotion management systems to establish improved user controls and system automations.

City Of Industry, Ca

Designed internal system processes, workflows, and user operation interfaces to meet business needs. Served as business unit and corporate liaison to facilitate elicited and solicited system developments. Managed project requirement gathering, documentation, analysis, and implementation testing. Responsible for all project related communications, from stakeholder and technology staff interviews to product launch user training.Multi-disciplinary system developments improving user control and automations cover span of company business units: logistics, customer service, fraud prevention, accounting, purchasing, and marketing.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honors Society

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