Behzad Elizeh Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Experienced in New Product Development focused on the design quality and development within a Medical Device
• Risk Management specialist, manage risk-based design verification process
• Supplier development and supply chain management. Qualification using PPAP / Six Sigma Quality Tools.
• Supplier development program resulting in 20 % decrease in component defects. Implemented Six Sigma methodologies, leading to a 15% reduction in manufacturing process variation
• Performed gap analysis for risk files and complaints analysis. Bringing a variety of devices up to ‘state of the art’ for MDR compliance.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Led Tissue Testing and analyzing data for LigaSure Instruments to evaluate the performance of the devices on sealing vessels.
• Organized Pre-Clinical Chronic and Acute labs to collect necessary data on tissue for 510K submission of LigaSure Blunt Tip 5 mm devices.
• Served as surgical assistant and interviewer for surgeon evaluation labs involving in vivo animal models and human cadavers using VOC tools.
• Analyzed thermal spread data taken from pre-clinical lab to evaluate jaw performance for our LigaSure devices.
• Routinely used Design for Six Sigma tools for statistical analysis of test data.
• Managed R&D support in Thoracic Initiative Project. Developed Burst/Leak test setup to gather data using LigaSure devices in lung vasculature and parenchyma in pre-clinical and bench model testing.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Mathematics

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd Candidate, Bio-Mechanical Engineering

Specialization in computational modeling of hemostasis in vessels and progression of pulmonary hypertension.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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