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• Design patient specific surgical cutting guides using CT bone segmentations for total knee arthroplasty.• Selected to spearhead a digital templating program that has successfully reduced provider sterilization costs by 63%, on-site inventory by 50%, and generated and additional $50 million for the company in under 3 years.• Communicate directly with surgeons in field to determine intraoperative plans and cutting guide designs to allow surgeons to perform TKA where severe bone deformities or existing hardware is present• Lead trainer for new design engineers and responsible creation of all new training curriculum.• Lead design engineer on a team of engineers to help R&D develop and test NX based semi-automated design process for patient specific surgical cutting instrumentation.

• Implemented an RFID system for maintenance inventory tracking to resolve inventory losses exceeding $100,000• Led and supervised a team consisting of myself and two employees to ensure time sensitive deadlines were met• Collaborated with the maintenance team to identify inventory issues and create effective solutions • Assisted the reliability engineer in analyzing mechanical systems within the production line to quickly diagnose and repair malfunctioning machinery

• Gained hands on experience in design and development of new medical device products by taking responsibility for daily job functions of an absent design engineer• Created detailed assembly drawings of 8 product lines for production • Independently designed a new side table assembly design that were incorporated in several hospice chair models in 2016• Created and maintained Engineering Change Orders to ensure proper product documentation

• Worked on the production line to build composite fences• Operated as a part of a four-person assembly team to maximize efficiency