Alexander Gil Email & Phone Number

• Project Leader overseeing multiple design team to ensure the projects are well designed, timely and cost effective.
• Head of the Distal Elbow Set design team which include Proximal Ulna Plates, Interal Joint Stabilizer, Align Radial Head, Protean Fragment Plates, and Reduct Headless compression screw.
• Lead in product develop of the Humerus Fixation Set which includes Distal Humerus plates and Midshaft Humerus plates.
• Develop innovated concepts including FreeFix Slots and Ti-beam technology via iterative process of design, evaluations, data collections and modifcation.
• Collaborate with marketing team, users (doctors), manufacturing and quality in all phases of the development process.

• Manage all Skeletal Dynamics Concept Realization employees, including programmers, machinists, and technicians.
• Ensure all work order tickets are completed on time and to specification
• Achieve financial objectives by assisting in the preparation of the budget, scheduling expenditures, and managing project budgets, and initiating corrective actions.
• Manage capital projects, including development of equipment specification, coordination of equipment runoffs, installation of equipment, and management of outside contractors.
• Develop methods, tooling, and techniques to continuously reduce the time and effort involved in setting-up, changing over and operations of manufacturing equipment.
• Modify manufacturing processes for safety improvement, quality improvement, cost reduction, or design changes.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Promoted from R&D engineer I, II and III.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects. Develop new products such as Distal Humerus Plates, Proximal Ulna Plate, Radial Head Plate, Scaphoid Lunate Plate (Protean) and other total joint arthroplasty.
• Perform mechanical tests to collect and analyze data for design development and FDA submission. Performed ASTM F382, 4-point bend testing of bone plates to approve proximal ulna plate. Performed ASTM F543, testing for.
• Modify designs and re-test throughout project development for continuous improvement. Improved clamping force of IJS by 5 times in order to create a better construct.
• Visit vendors to discuss design methods, inspection procedures and state-of-the-art technology.
• Work hand in hand with suppliers to design for manufacturability, increase machine efficiency, and improve device quality. Lowered the price of Proximal Ulna plate by 50% by redesign with DFM features. Designed.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Assists design engineers with design control activities and documentation including writing protocols, test reports, and other design control documentation.
• Performs first article Inspection, establishing better inspections methods while given feedback on part drawings.
• Execute design verification and validation protocols, assist in the design and manufacture of devices.
• Assists in the implementing and improving the Quality Management System (QMS).
• Performs risk analysis for surgical methods, product design, and manufacturing processes.
• Recommends statistical sampling plans and is the subject matter expert for statistical techniques and analysis.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Conducted site surveys, prepared load calculations and drew engineering plans utilizing computer aided design software Google SketchUp 8 & AutoCad.
• Submitted plans for city inspectors and obtain approval for work permits.
• Serviced and install HVAC systems such as air units, condensers, air handlers, chillers, coolers, duct systems and A/C drainage's.

Miami Beach, FL

• Drew plan layout, surveys, reviews, blue print edits for permitting process.
• Used verbals and communicative skills to expedited plans through city hall.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Received the 9th McNair cohort fellowship grant for research regarding the effects of dimples on aerodynamics using computation fluid dynamics.
• Analyzed the flow patterns and coefficient of drag of multiple structures through ANSYS and SolidWorks Flow Simulation finite element analysis programs.
• Tested physical models on an ELD Inc. wind tunnel to compare data theoretical data and experimental values.
• Published paper in the McNair Scientific Journal.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted engineering faculty as well as graduate students in enhancing USC’s existing iCampus program, a geospatial social networking web-portal created for the USC community.
• Programmed iCampus applications on the Android platform.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.6

Activities and Societies: FIU Cycling - Track CoordinatorGraduate with Honors Cum Laude Aerospace Engineering Minor - Flight Mechanics.

Mechanical Engineering