Ariana Hillstead Email & Phone Number

- Oversee the NPI engineering department and staff in the design, development and launch of new manufacturing systems and products. - Create and implement effective engineering systems and standardized processes while ensuring compliance to the organizations quality management system and global regulatory standards. - Oversee department financials and collaborate with finance team on financial metrics.- Ensure department headcount is properly sized to maintain proper balance between meeting program deliverable and P&L profitability. - Partner with individual employees to create professional development plans and path for career development. - Present high level department performance summaries and metrics to executive leadership to ensure alignment on priorities. - Identify and facilitate implementation of new technology and innovative manufacturing approaches to ensure company is preferred partner for external customers. - Oversee cost estimating and quoting efforts for new program opportunities and developing partnerships with new customers. Collaborate with business development organization to win new business contracts.

- Coordinate, direct, and lead engineering efforts to meet specific medical customer and manufacturing requirements - Helped lead large scale project with multiple tools with an expedited timeline - Coordinate tooling programs from kick off to the hand off to production - Develop and establish cost estimates for scope changes as well as additional project work - Manage overall project progression through timelines and resource loading, by finding critical paths- Manage key decisions, risk management, scope changes and work load tracking through entire project- Leverage AQP process guidelines to manage and execute appropriate documentation for a successful validation and sustaining production process- Collaborate and align with customer on a regular basis - Maintain and manage budget, leveraging the PCN process to maintain scope of work- Lead core team to ensure optimum engineering of projects to meet customer requirements - Manage CAPA and CIP's for strategic customer

- Manage several different new product projects with various customers- Develop and maintain document history files, work instructions, production procedures, and quality checks- Manage and implement continuous improvement projects throughout the company- Communicate with customers, sales, and vendors- Maintain cost control and profitability- Coordinate all aspects of a program including design, tooling, manufacturing development, validation, and pilot to production- Create and monitor project timelines- Develop and establish cost estimates and project options to support quoting functions- Developed new and improved cost and quoting systems- Design and program manufacturing fixtures

Menomonie, Wi

Set up, adjust, and operate machines to perform precision machining operations, assist and monitor students with machining tasks.

Menomonie, Wi

Grade safety quizzes and demonstrationsCreate and enter enrolled students into class groups for each semester and classMake and manage student safety badge system Office work for the Engineering department

Menomonie, Wi

Grade and record assignment and homework scores, for Thermodynamics, Mechanics of Machinery II, and Mechanics of Solids I

New Richmond, Wi

Documentation and development of work assembly instructions 5s organization of R&D roomResearch and developmentMachining of one-off parts

Hugo, Mn

Pricing orders with UltraVisions, entering orders via Alliance, and tracking orders with PJM Filing and organizing previous fulfilled order tickets5s help

Stevens Point, Wi

Typing technical documents, presentations, and spreadsheets using Microsoft OfficeBuilt a detailed map entailing all cite locations

Plover, Wi

Assembling of blood glucose kits as well as software kits

Amherst, Wi

Caretaker for boarded pets, dog bather and groomer, cleaning of facility, along with assisting in store sales.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Manufacturing Engineering

High School Diploma