•Designed and developed multiple innovative Orthopedic Braces and equipment required to manufacture them, including but not limited to: Functional, Osteoarthritis Knee, Post-Operative, and Rotator Shoulder Braces. Most designs leading to multiple pending and assigned patents•Designed and developed a patented retail box for our retail product line (i-GO Bracing). Product is currently in CVS Hawaii and pending nationwide launch•Operations Manager for the Fort Wayne Knee Brace… Show more •Designed and developed multiple innovative Orthopedic Braces and equipment required to manufacture them, including but not limited to: Functional, Osteoarthritis Knee, Post-Operative, and Rotator Shoulder Braces. Most designs leading to multiple pending and assigned patents•Designed and developed a patented retail box for our retail product line (i-GO Bracing). Product is currently in CVS Hawaii and pending nationwide launch•Operations Manager for the Fort Wayne Knee Brace Manufacturing Department. Tasks included Inventory Management to one-piece flow development. •Proficient Experience with International part sourcing. Communicate daily with remote teams and vendors in Bangladesh, China and Germany for Raw Materials and tooling we’ve designed for our facilities•Created, Developed and Implemented many of the Quality Control Incoming, First Article Inspections, testing protocols and Material Specification Data Sheets for the Raw Materials, semi-finished goods and finally manufactured assemblies•Responsible for transferring technology and product insource to our Bangladesh Location, Including Plastic Injection Machines, PIM support equipment, High Frequency Welding, and multiple types of Sewing Equipment Show less

•Learned and became proficient with; CNC mill operations, CMM’s, and EDM’s•Operated Brown & Sharpe and Zeiss CMM’s, Tsugami mills and TMA8-III Lathes•Optimization of FANUC EDM’s to increase production rates and exceed quota•Tasked with setups for 1st shift management team to obtain production approval for off-shifts•Certification Certificate for blue-print and drafting classes