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Mission Viejo, CA, US

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• Responsible for 3 teams, a total of 15 engineers whose core responsibly range from new product development to production release and sustaining programs.
• Built development capabilities and processes to slash outsourcing costs by $80k/year and streamline development cycles by 75%
• Selected and integrated new company-wide PLM and data management platform with no interruption to in process development
• Routinely maintain 7-10 programs concurrently, allocating resources where required to maintain development and launch milestones.
• Managed and mentored annual interns to enrich and foster their early career as mechanical engineers.
• Identify and coordinate training and continued professional development for my team.

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• Manage early and late-stage new product development projects in close coordination with industrial design, optical and electrical engineering.
• Lead product development team of the cleanstation phone sanitizer – First phone sanitizing device to disinfect 99.9% over the entire phone surface in 30seconds.
• Organized and coordinated with web, marketing, and supply chain to ensure an on-time launch.
• Led daily DFM, CMF and scheduling discussions with overseas vendors in China and Taiwan while coordinating design activities in India.
• Balanced performance, schedule, quality and reliability to launch first 50k units in 3 finishes with the goal of 500k per year volume.
• Achieved late stage 12.5% cost reduction on overall BOM cost to improve margins by quickly evaluating and implementing both design and process optimizations.

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• Led all R&D efforts on cleanstation – ideation, concept generation, prototype iteration, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Perform under blue sky development structure – Framing the problem, developing constraints, and designing simple elegant solutions.
• Organize overseas prototyping and manufacturing – China, Taiwan, Japan.
• Conduct fast and thorough research of emerging and bleeding edge technologies – Approaching experts in the applicable fields, research institutes, patent searches, etc.
• Quickly designed and built prototypes using several methods of rapid prototyping – 3D print, Laser cutting, die cutting, machining, vacuum forming, etc. Proponent for the fail-fast methodology.

New York, NY, US

• Collaborated across organization to orchestrate the transference of product lines by establishing verification/qualification criteria in order to qualify new site manufacturing.
• Implemented cutting edge Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) 3D printing with the purpose of validating a cheaper/higher yield/low lead time alternative for low-run production components.
• Led the mechanical design and associated tooling effort for the development of new sub-systems to a successful transition into the production cycle.
• Drove the development of the radiation simulation methodology within a specific time frame in order to capture a 1.7M milestone.
• Developed a universal tooling system for testing product that increased throughput and decreased the potential for human error.

Oxford, MA, US

• Led the Opto/Electro-Mechanical design and to create safe/reliable consumer laser systems.
• Successfully integrated SLA 3D printing technology to establish quick turn prototyping capabilities and rapid toolmaking.
• Strengthened existing and established new vendor relations in order to facilitate a high yield production run.
• Utilized DFM techniques at both the component and assembly levels in order to increase both efficiency and quality.
• Implemented a wide range of materials (hard/soft metals, polymers and ceramics) in designs based on thermal constraints.
• Incorporated principles of simplicity in all designs e.g. designed the first IPG UV laser head able to be assembled with a singular screw type.

Chandler, AZ, US

• Designed cost effective electronic/ordinance systems packaging under stringent government/commercial requirements.
• Verified designs using dynamic FEA, e.g. Frequency Analysis, Random Vibration, and Shock Response Spectrum Analysis.
• Collaborated with multifunctional teams to design prototypes under stringent deadlines and limited charge time.
• Led product design reviews in order to eliminate design issues during development and prototype phase.
• Efficiently analyzed, and responded to, technical issues and test data that arose throughout production and qualification phases.
• Prepared reports and presentations to brief customers and government regulators on the progress of technical investigations pertaining to production anomalies.

Chandler, AZ, US

• Managed complex Bill of Materials during mass production as well as process design and integration.
• Routinely authored Design Change Notices incorporating critical component improvements.
• Established and maintained intricate drawings at component, sub-assembly and top assembly levels.
• Designed tooling fixtures critical to the integrity of the assembly as well as the build process.
• Handled sensitive fiber optics critical to laser firing systems.
• Controlled Bill of Material agreement between Agile Data Management system and Visual Database to ensure concurrence in purchased parts and design intent.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Innovation

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering