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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, California, US

Team lead on multiple projects in medical device manufacturing. Technical driver on multi-million dollar cost savings projects. Partner with contract manufacturers on requirements development, testing processes, process development for automated high-volume manufacturing solutions. Developer of IP and trade secrets.

San Diego, California, US

• Functional group lead, developing and sustaining class 2 and class 3 medical device automation
• Multi-million dollar full-automation line development on multiple subassembly variants with external contract partners utilizing bowl feeding, pick and place, and collaborative robots
• Defined project scope and implementation, realizing $600k+ savings on capital and materials in Q1 2019 through cost avoidance and cost savings
• Process and equipment development for semi-automated viscous liquid deposition machinery
• Root cause analysis to address yield issues at key automated assembly stations
• Technical lead for material disposition decisions through risk-based analysis, CAPA/NCMR processing for class 2 and class 3 consumable medical devices on injection molded components

San Diego, California, US

• Subject matter expert on high-volume automation lines for injection-molded consumable production.
• Semi-automated line development utilizing UV-cure and cam-driven automated assemblies.
• Mapped prototype manual system through functional requirement documentation and proof-of principle design to scalable semi-automation line for class 2 medical device
• Authored ERD (equipment requirement documents), identified critical process parameters
• Qualified equipment from initial design review to performance qualification (FATIOPQ)
• Reduced COGS by 70% through scalable manufacturing solutions

Lake Forest Park, Washington, US

• Hardware lead on small volume point-of-testing automated instrumentation with external engineering firm. CAD design and root cause analysis for efficient development and post-launch maintenance.
• Improved endpoint result reproducibility by 300%.
• Developed barrier models for liquid and dried reagents in rigid plastic injection-molded format.
• Created CAD models and prototypes for marketing voice-of-customer.
• Generated risk analysis and product requirement documentation for low-volume instrumentation.
• Designed customer-friendly device for reagents, decreasing potential client scrap by 50%.

Lake Forest Park, Washington, US

• Mechanical design of prototype instrumentation and improvement of launched products. Liaison to external production partners for low-volume instrumentation.
• Founded a “repair depot,” creating procedure and documentation for repairing and validating components damaged in the field. Annual return over $200k.
• Designed customer-friendly devices for environmental sampling, reducing time to result by 33%.
• Increased mean-time-between-failure of key production modules by 200%.
• Managed CAD packages and product requirements for external development and production partners.

CA, 92121, US

• Design and validate blister packaging and heat-sealable products for unit-dose testing as well as experimental protocols for portable fluorometric devices.
• Managed team for assembly of consumable product.
• Reduced scrap by 20% through platen design changes in pilot production line.
• Decreased variability of test results by 50% through improvements in heat transfer.

CA, 92121, US

• Evaluate and design optimal magnetic field strengths, pneumatic forces, and emitting wavelengths for technologies using transcription mediated amplification.
• Devised sample metering devices for waterborne pathogens.
• Determined materials and geometries for fluid-filled chambers using multi-factorial boundary conditions, increasing stability by 20-50%.

CA, 92121, US

• Maintained R&D fill and assembly equipment for prototype point-of-care consumables, performing repairs as needed. Trained personnel on instrument operation.
• Created technical documents on equipment for use by biologists and service personnel.
• Coordinated material supply with manufacturing groups for delivery to research and development.

San Diego, CA, US

• Graduate work in micro-electric mechanical system MEMS lab. Authored grants to establish initial equipment and personnel funding.
• Founding member, MEMS and Microfluidics Research Group at SDSU.
• Generated $10k in initial funding.
• Designed and built prototype of electrophoretic and dielectrophoretic separators for nano-scale particles using multi-physics software packages.

• Contributing electromechanical designer for multiple automated platforms using high-density micro-plates. Manager for first-article inspection.
• Created micro-fluidic heads using CNC machines for use on automated hydrostatic cell washer.
• Worked with marketing for promotion of established product line via literature development and review.

• Research in passive skeletal muscle mechanics utilizing small animals, micro dissection, and storage/fixation solutions. Examination of mouse sarcomeres using precision laser setup.
• Lab activities including peer paper review, research, and small animal care.
• Data analysis in Excel, Mathematica, Prism, MATLAB.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Bioengineering (Abet)

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