Brigitte A. Email & Phone Number

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Responsible for the performance and calibration of electrochemical sensors in a high volume manufacturing environment
• Apply engineering theories, concepts, and techniques to analyze and improve product performance and manufacturing yields
• Experience in writing verification and validation protocols and reports, FMEAs, non-conformance investigations
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by implementing design changes improving product quality, manufacturing yield and reduce costs and material scrap
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to investigate non-conformances by applying lean Six-Sigma methodology, design of experiments (DOEs), 6M root cause analysis techniques
• Develop and implement corrective actions and preventative actions in response to non-conformances

Toronto, Canada

• Perform primary and secondary research to deliver comprehensive analyses of various markets in the medical device industry. This insight enables businesses to make strategic decisions that help them move forward in a.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to meet client needs, manage changing priorities and tight deadlines
• Analyzing disease markets from a strategic perspective and critically assess the future of the industry
• Maintaining the surgical portfolio, including developing device model forecasts, writing expert reports and providing support to update the database with changes made to key products
• Supporting the development of a syndicated research platform for individual medical devices
• Conducting independent research and interviews with industry experts to gain full understanding of individual devices traits, unmet needs within the industry and future industry directions

Toronto, Canada

• Worked in the focused ultrasound research group, contributing to the development of novel non-invasive ultrasound therapies for metastatic bone cancer and uterine fibroid ablation.
• Collaborated in an interdisciplinary team to design, fabricate and test new transducers while working with physicians to bring this technology to clinical trials
• Planned and conducted independent hands-on bench top and in vivo experiments to evaluate new designs, improve software platform and validate technologies
• Programmed and analyzed simulations using MATLAB mathematical software package to determine optimal product performance and support design decisions
• Conducted clinical imaging research to assess safety and effectiveness of new imaging techniques on patients
• Developed machine learning techniques for the pattern recognition and time-series analysis of bio-signals

Engineering Undergraduate Academic Support Office

Communicated with new and returning undergraduate students to help solve a variety of problems relating to their registration, course selection and other academic challenges.

Ottawa, Ontario

Collaborated and led with teams of lifeguards to ensure the safety of patrons and respond to first aid emergencies throughout the facility. As an instructor, I developed lesson plans and taught children and adults of all skills levels. I was promoted to Supervisor in December 2011 where I took on more leadership responsibilities, including running training.

Carleton University

As Project Manager, I acted as liaison between shareholders to ensure a successful project outcome, including industry partners in the Ottawa Police Services. I successfully wrote four funding proposals to secure necessary material and equipment for the project. On the collision testing day, I was the point of contact for media relations, performing.

Georgetown, Ontario

As the intellectual properties student, I was responsible for completing patentability and validity searches using patent libraries and databases, and reporting these findings to senior members in the department. I completed an extensive research project involving patent databases into the company's potential to expand into new market areas.

Msc

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.)