Engineering Professional Development Program
Abbott Park, Illinois, Us
A two-year engineering rotation program across various divisions of Abbott, encompassing projects in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain and R&D.R&D Engineer, Abbott Vascular--Designed both physical and CAD models of the coronary anatomy to replicate various disease states for new product testing and development--Created a test method to characterize the frictional properties of a bioabsorbable polymer stent (PLA) under different aging and degradation conditions.(Santa Clara, CA -- Jan '09 - Jun '09)Project Engineer, Global Pharmaceutical Operations--Contracted and coordinated the successful completion of five $100K capital projects to expand facilities and utility services at Abbott's largest biologic production facility--Created budgets, project plans and communicated capital expenditure requests to senior management(Barceloneta, Puerto Rico -- Jul '08 - Dec '08)Franchise Project Manager, Global Pharmaceutical Operations--Successfully managed and completed four $25-100K cost reduction projects related to the global supply chain for Abbott's highest grossing pharmaceutical product--Authored a supply chain strategy plan to increase nodes and redundancies in the supply chain for a next-generation biologic compound ($1B+ in sales)(North Chicago, IL -- Jan '08 - Jun '08)Manufacturing Engineer, Abbott Vascular--Investigated and successfully resolved over 10 manufacturing and quality issues on the production line for the XIENCE™ V Coronary Stent System--Managed a continuous improvement process to increase production yields, which resulted in a greater than 5% reduced scrap rate on the manufacturing line(Temecula, CA -- Jul '07 - Dec '07)