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Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Carlsbad, California, Us

Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

London, Gb

- Design lead and system architect responsible for the design and development of a novel diagnostic instrument platform based on DNA Electronics proprietary NGS technology- Management of all instrument design and development activities and deliverables for a multidisciplinary and international engineering team, as well as for external contract engineering groups, including all associated budgets and timelines- Creation and management of all necessary project documentation specific to instrument development under design control

London, Gb

- Initiated and managed an aggressive development timeline for the design of initial prototype builds of the DNAe diagnostic platform, covering tasks for both internal and external engineering teams- Facilitated continuous information transfer between assay development and instrument development groups to ensure that the instrument design meets all critical assay and product requirements- Development and maintenance of project documentation including product requirements, project risk registers, and technical risk registers

London, Gb

- Responsible for the design and testing of critical system parts, including both instrument and plastic disposable components- Managed system development and debugging activities during Beta instrument development phase to ensure that the system met critical assay and product requirements- Facilitated daily communication between internal development team and outside engineering contractor- Championed and maintained FMEA and risk analysis documentation

Melbourne, Au

- Systems engineer and lead mechanical engineer in the development of a novel bio processing Instrument- Responsible for managing international team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers

Poway, California, Us

- Engineering lead in the development of a stem-cell based drug product, involving GMP compliant manufacturing and packaging of the product- Development lead for new Container/Closure system- Involved in startup of new GMP compliant manufacturing facility, including complete document system

San Diego, Ca, Us

- Project lead on clinical and commercial versions of a device used to deliver autologous tissue to treat burn wounds- Development work on the mechanical and electromechanical systems of an FDA Class III medical device, including experience with high-level system design, component selection and testing, risk analysis, and prototype creation- Development and initial prototyping of a custom molded, single-use Fluid Routing System- Complete design and build of tool used to create standardized burn wounds with animal models- Headed project for EtO Sterilization Validation for single-use device, including total redesign of packaging/palletization for sterilization- Involved in choosing/integrating key outsource manufacturers into Cytori’s development process- Experience in a medical device quality system under ISO 13485

La Jolla, Ca, Us

- Developed a disease model for the cortical developmental disease, Miller-Dieker LissencephalySyndrome- Created several induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) lines from patient skin tissue by viral vectorintegration- Formed neural stem cells and early neural cell types using iPSCs- Handled retrovirus as well as mouse and human cell lines in tissue culture hoods- Performed immunofluorscence staining to look for neural marks, for structural marks, and to assessneural migration- Presented at several lab meetings, one meeting to discuss a relevant journal article from another lab,another meeting to present my experimental results

San Clemente, Ca, Us

- Built prototypes of new concepts, as well as of existing devices to be updated- Refined method of suture delivery and securing- Developed system to enhance the range of motion of a surgical device- Worked with a mill and lathe, with Solid Works 2008, cleaned out pig stomachs for device testing

San Clemente, Ca, Us

- Built prototypes of new concepts, as well as of existing devices to be updated- Refined method of suture delivery and securing- Developed system to enhance the range of motion of a surgical device- Worked with a mill and lathe, with Solid Works 2008, cleaned out pig stomachs for device testing

San Clemente, Ca, Us

- Built prototypes of new concepts, as well as of existing devices to be updated- Refined method of suture delivery and securing- Developed system to enhance the range of motion of a surgical device- Worked with a mill and lathe, with Solid Works 2008, cleaned out pig stomachs for device testing

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

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