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Usa

Dedicated focus on USA partner brands success by providing specialized support for new and ongoing projects.

Usa

Dedicated focus on USA partner brands success by providing specialized support for new and ongoing projects.

Corona, California

Lead the product creation process by organizing efforts from Product Development, Merchandising, Industrial Designers, Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing and international factories (EU and Asia). Serve as a complete resource for companywide queries on hard goods, in process and post market launch. Reduced new product time to market by 30-50% and increased concurrent projects from 1-2 to 6-8 running simultaneously with existing team and resources.Completed Projects: Helmets - Grail, Flowline, Flowline SE, D4 Carbon and Composite DH, A3 trail, SE5 Carbon and Composite MX, GP MX. Class 2 CE Protection - Rockfight, Rockfight CE, Rockfight CE Flex Chest Protectors, Triad Articulating Knee/ Shin guard, Rogue Elbow guard, Rogue Knee guard, Raid Knee guard.• Manage comprehensive development milestones, ensuring on time delivery and G2M execution• Partner with all departments in creating product briefs, design intent, feasibility, and identify product specifications• Track prototyping and all related departmental and performance approval needs• Address technical styling, fit, and functional comments throughout development and post market feedback• Deliver technical packages to vendors and maintain communication throughout development• Lead helmet and protection testing, certification and compliance (performance and materials)• Partner with vendors, Design and PLM in achieving costing, margin and product requirements• Responsible to ensure product is 100% approved and production buy ready

Irvine, Ca

Developed the Proframe helmet; an ultralight full face mountain bike helmet defining the emerging product segment. Engineered and developed FOX Magnetic Visor Release System and V3, V2 and V1 MVRS motorcycle helmets. Responsible for ongoing, in-line and new development of motocross and bike helmets while managing multiple projects from design finalization to buy ready.• Lead communication with international mass production facilities• Create and maintain formal product development schedules with key milestones• Ensure product design goals are technically feasible, cost effective and timely• Assist with the development of product and performance testing program• Continuously evaluate supply chain and drive improvement of vendor base and sourcing strategies• Maintain internal and vendor costing practices, reporting CBD/ BOM to ensure costing and margin objectives are met• Complete understanding of all motorcycle/ bike homologation standards: DOT, ECE, CPSC, CE, AS/ NZS, ASTM, NTA

Irvine

Completed multiple sterile product packaging tray designs, Process Qualifications, Process Validations, Shelf Life and implementation into production. Designed tooling used in R&D lab, Quality, and Manufacturing environments while adhering to strict ISO, FDA and cGMP practices. Designed and implemented fixtures used to house proprietary filter units within the cleanroom manufacturing environment, reducing setup time by 40%. Shipping, product and packaging stability, sterilization, test method development, and process design integral in the success of a major resorbable osteoconductive scaffold product transfer.• Design, validate and implement product packaging to ensure robust sterile barrier for FDA audit per ASTM and ISO standards, reduced rework time 75% of in process device packaging.• Improvement of manufacturing process within a clean room environment by implementing semi automation, fixture design, and process optimization to improve process flow and efficiency reducing operator steps by 25%• Validate shipping, sterilization, manufacturing equipment, processes, shelf-life studies as well as IQ/ OQ/ PQ's• Create and implement test methods to validate prototypes and manufacturing efficacy• Sustaining engineering support for production involving manufacture of proprietary bone grafting implants• Work closely with R&D/ PD to design new processes, components and equipment to facilitate new product manufacture

Greater San Diego Area

Assist manufacturing, mechanical and electrical engineers with laboratory testing, process development, and engineering documents all used to create neuromonitoring catheters.