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Cary, North Carolina, United States

Durham, Nc

Primary responsibility: manufacturing process and testing development for new residential siding product.Secondary responsibilities: expanding internal testing for company's other building material products, process improvement

Apex, North Carolina, United States

2006-2008 Design engineer for medical device and component projects. Led company's insourcing for RF tooling design and fabrication. Designed company's first packaged disposable device (US Pats# 7,976,497 8,740,845 8,853,326 9,713,476 and 9,737,694), and developed prototype, pilot, and full-scale manufacturing process and yield-adjusted manufacturing costing model. Principle author of company’s gate-reviewed product development process.2008-2014 Operations Manager for Polyzen's film extrusion company, Pacrim (approx 10 operators and technicians across two shifts). Developed new film and laminate products for medical and industrial clients. Grew revenue from $700K to $3.5MM, and led integration of Pacrim into Polyzen, securing ISO13485 certification.2014-2017 Supported both Extrusion and Medical Device departments in design, prototyping, operations, and special projects.

Oxford, North Carolina, United States

Process scaleup and validation for all new products from bulk manufacture to filling and packaging.

Salisbury, Maryland, United States

VPI was a manufacturer and converter of flexible PVC films primarily for the label and decal market.I introduced SPC to the production process and developed test methods to characterize and quantify layflat defects to reduce rework and warranty claims. Also introduced product-specific Standard Operating Conditions system for two calendering lines to reduce startup time.

Moncure, North Carolina, United States

Managed polymer process development, scale-up and validation for PETE/PCL reactive extrusion and fiber spinning processes, securing ISO 9001 certification for polymer manufacturing process.Developed and wrote SOPs for PETE polymer manufacturing processes. Supervised startups and shutdowns.

Moncure, North Carolina, United States

Designed and programmed product specification database (MS Access) for fiber draw department.Achieved a 96% reduction in fiber transfer waste by designing and implementing equipment improvements.Hazcomm training coordinator for Polymer Department, 1999-2000.Developed a cost modeling program to increase production scheduling efficiency.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Opened independent self-funded retail aquarium shop after high school graduation. Managed and developed a small business operation into a profitable enterprise. Customized the construction, installation and maintenance of private and institutional aquariums.