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Tucson, Arizona, United States

Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

San Diego, California, US

In a company with a recently launched NGS (next-generation sequencing) instrument, I led the transition from engineering-led assembly, test and shipping of the first few units to an independent, well-documented, quality-minded production organization, which produced 50+ units during my tenure. Company reorganization in June 2024 brought an end to these.

Morrisville, North Carolina, US

In an early-phase startup, I co-led the engineering development of an instrument platform in the digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) space, while laying groundwork for transfer to Operations. To this end, I coached the engineering team in design-for-manufacturability, while leading the planning and budgeting for in-house manufacturing of both the.

Tucson, AZ, US

• Over the course of my 9-year career at Accelerate, I excelled in the following roles:
• Head of Instrument Manufacturing. I established the Enterprise Resource Planning infrastructure for, then oversaw production of, our initial launch platform, the Accelerate Pheno™. I organized production lines.
• Head of Fulfillment Operations. As Accelerate grew, two responsibilities were added to my portfolio: Supply Chain and Kit Pack (final kitting/packaging of customer assay kits). As part of my Supply Chain.
• Head of Operations. For my last 3 years at AXDX, I led the entire Operations organization, with ~40 direct/indirect reports – adding Consumable Manufacturing, Quality Control and Design Transfer to my portfolio. I.

Tucson, Arizona, US

• Over the course of my 20-year career at Ventana, I excelled in the following roles:
• Senior R&D engineer. During company’s start-up phase, I was responsible for mechanical engineering design and development of three major instrument product lines, including the company's then-flagship instrument. For.
• Integration manager. As Ventana grew to the point of acquiring another company in a related field (tissue processors), I was responsible for leading integration efforts at the new subsidiary.
• Quality engineering manager. As the company’s portfolio began to grow, I was responsible for a team whose charter was to track, investigate and correct instrument field issues. In this role, I re-wrote all the.
• Manufacturing engineering manager. As the company matured and focused on techniques for production efficiency, my team’s charter grew to include manufacturing engineering. In this role, I worked to incorporate Lean.
• Design transfer manager. Concurrent with Ventana’s integration into Roche Diagnostics, I moved into a slightly different role – managing a group of four direct engineers and several contract engineers in the areas of.

Dulles, VA, US

Launch vehicle manufacturer. Responsibilities included composite analysis and supersonic aerodynamics. Analyzed rocket motor exhaust flowfield to provide aerodynamic loads for structural analysis

Major gas turbine engine manufacturing company. Responsibilities included stress analysis, heat transfer, software design and fluid flow. Conversant with probabilistic design approaches and Taguchi experiment design. Applied research as principal investigator for state-of-the-art test programs into turbine-flowpath heat transfer/mixing. Co-designed and.