Current Responsibilities:I am a Functional manager for New Product Development within Medtronic Cardiac Surgery R&D with focus on capital equipment projects. Within my team I have functional leadership over EEs, electronics technicians, mechanical technicians, 3D CAD designers and additionally manage six electrical-mechanical R&D labs. I have previously provided functional leadership of Mechanical engineers as well. Prior to shifting my focus back to R&D, my medical experience centered on sustaining engineering with functional and program management. I have had technical leadership for field/customer, factory and future impact within Medtronic Cardiac Surgery. In leading sustaining, I maintained comprehensive, prioritized Sustaining Engineering project lists and was responsible for reporting program status, budget and results to cross functional management and leadership. I have facilitated cross functional management prioritization meetings to ensure Sustained engineering projects are properly prioritized, budgeted, scoped and resourced. In both a R&D and R&D Sustaining role I have had responsibilities that include: cost analyze, scope, plan, and deliver project results per committed schedule and targets. Annually plan and maintain $3M+ budget for Sustaining Engineering as well as $1M+ budget for R&D Model Shop and labs. Multiple years of experience in people management responsibility for up to 14 R&D direct reports and contingents.Relevant Prior Experience:I had PNL and inventory responsibility for products totaling $15 million in annual revenue. Strategic planning and life cycle management of four product lines. New product development and realization resulting in over $500k in new revenue in 2008. Inventory management resulting in over 30% decrease in 2008. New idea generation resulting in 15 US patents. Led diverse project teams with team members from Germany, Amsterdam, Mexico, China, Asia and Australia. Strong communication and presentation skills and experience with internal and external customers.Specialties: New Product DevelopmentProduct Life Cycle ManagementProject ManagementProgram ManagementPeople ManagementCommunicationTeam BuildingProduct Design and Conceptualization