Al Smythe

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Vice President, Research and Development at ShiraTronics @ ShiraTronics, Inc
Al Smythe's Location
St Paul, Minnesota, United States, United States
About Al Smythe

An R & D executive with extensive experience in the medical device industry. Over 20 years building and leading multi-disciplinary, multi-site global teams up to 200 engineers and scientists for companies such as Honeywell, Boston Scientific / Guidant, St. Jude Medical, 3M, and Medtronic. A track record of delivering innovative class II / III medical products and large scale systems deployments from concept through commercialization. Products included implantable devices, patient monitors, hospital instruments, software applications, consumables, capital equipment, and remote monitoring systems.The ability to achieve organizational goals through comprehensive understanding of applicable technologies, regulatory requirements, project management, and demonstrated ability to create and execute strategic and operational plans. Currently leading the overall Research, development, operations, and manufacturing of an active implantable neurostimulator system for the treatment of chronic migraines.Led the overall development and launch of the Latitude Patient Monitoring System for Boston Scientific. Played an instrumental design role in development of the worlds first dual chamber defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization and heart failure therapy, atrial fibrillation mapping and ablation, and neuromodulation products. A technical leader of the corporate research laboratories for both Honeywell as a research scientist and 3M as a leader of a laboratory working on technology platforms for consumer, medical, safety, and electronic and energy applications.A member of INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering) and PMI (Project Management Institute), Certified Project Management Professional, Certified Scrum Master and Certified Product Owner. Holding several patents in medical devices.

Al Smythe's Current Company Details
ShiraTronics, Inc

Shiratronics, Inc

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Vice President, Research and Development at ShiraTronics
Al Smythe Work Experience Details
  • Shiratronics, Inc
    Vice President, Research And Development
    Shiratronics, Inc Apr 2020 - Present
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Responsible for overall Research and Development, Operations, and Manufacturing of a active implantable neurostimulator system for the treatment of chronic migraines.ShiraTronics is a VC funded company in the early stages of developing new innovative therapies to combat debilitating migraine headache. ShiraTronics is focused on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians.ShiraTronics is the first spinout from NuXcel a global medical device accelerator company. ShiraTronics is based in Minneapolis and Ireland.
  • Medtronic
    Sr. Director R & D, Systems Engineering
    Medtronic Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Responsible for leading the systems engineering design, development, verification, verification, security, and human factors organization in the ~$8 Billion Restorative Therapies Group implantable businesses including deep brain modulation, pain management, pelvic health, and related businesses.
  • 3M
    Director R & D, Electromechanical Systems And Software
    3M Jan 2013 - Mar 2018
    St Paul, Mn, Us
    Led a corporate research lab that developed new technology platforms for consumer and medical applications.Led multi-disciplinary engineering organization that includes systems, electrical, mechanical, firmware and software development. Led product strategy and commercialization for several businesses and customer segments including monitoring solutions, perioperative, patient warming, and sterilization assurance. Product families included instruments and capital equipment, embedded and application software, and consumables.
  • St. Jude Medical
    Vice President Research And Development
    St. Jude Medical Sep 2010 - Nov 2012
    St. Paul, Minnesota, Us
    Led and managed R & D systems development for Atrial Fibrillation Division. Products included cardiac mapping (Ensite Velocity), integration of medical GPS, EP Recording systems (EP-WorkMate, integration with robotic systems, and RF ablation systems. Responsibilities included systems design, mechanical design, electrical design, firmware design, software design and all verification and validation testing.
  • Boston Scientific Inc
    Director, R&D
    Boston Scientific Inc Jul 1992 - Sep 2010
    Marlborough, Ma, Us
    Director Systems and Software engineering with delivery locations in St. Paul, MN, Redmond, WA, Bangalore India, Chandigarh, India, Mumbai, India, and Shanghai, ChinaDirector Systems engineering for all cardiac rhythm management product lines including pulse generators, external programmers, and LATITUDE remote monitoring systemsProgram Director and Team Director of LATITUDE - Led the business plan through successful product launch of the 1st and 2nd generation LATITUDE patient management system
  • Atk
    Research Scientist
    Atk Jul 1990 - Jul 1992
    Dulles, Virginia, Us
    Responsible for software and hardware systems design, development, and integration
  • Honeywell
    Research Scientist
    Honeywell Nov 1987 - Jul 1990
    Charlotte, North Carolina, Us
    Responsible for software and hardware systems design, development and integration

Al Smythe Skills

Fda Medical Devices Iso 13485 Biomedical Engineering Design Control V&v Quality System Capa Validation Capital Equipment R&d Commercialization Design Of Experiments Cardiology Product Launch Iso 14971 Cross Functional Team Leadership Software Development Market Development Integration Software Design Product Development Testing Strategy Design For Manufacturing Systems Engineering Six Sigma Automation Dmaic Process Simulation Manufacturing Engineering Gmp Minitab Spc Fmea Regulatory Affairs Firmware Engineering Management Root Cause Analysis Injection Molding Quality Assurance Iso Manufacturing Hardware Diagnostics Change Control Medical Imaging Global Marketing 21 Cfr Part 11 Leadership Software Engineering

Al Smythe Education Details

  • University Of Minnesota
    University Of Minnesota
    Aerospace Engineering And Mechanics

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