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Seattle, WA, US

Andover, Massachusetts, US

Lisle, IL, US

Natick, MA, US

• Managed all phases of New Product introduction for product releases. Developed and managed schedule, budget and resource requirements. Developed project schedules and monitored project milestones ensuring project creep.
• Managed cross functional teams to meet business objectives and deliverables for releasing new products to market.
• Managed procurement of materials for Alpha and Beta builds.
• Ensured product releases were in line with the phase gate model.
• Managed transition of manufacturing from in house to contract manufactures worldwide.
• Mentored junior manufacturing engineer.

Natick, MA, US

• Managed launch of new products into production. Created all process and quality documentation needed for production release, including lean manufacturing lines. Evaluated each design for manufacturability and.
• Designed the manufacturing assembly area and process flow using lean principles.
• Used Process FMEA to identify areas of improvement on new products and transferred knowledge to the engineering group for increased manufacturability of final design.
• Procured, justified, and qualified assembly equipment and fixtures by working with vendors regarding: capital, timelines, machine and assembly specs, and poke yokes.
• Managed quality and manufacturing metrics with contract manufacturing and drove issues to root cause and correction action.

Chelmsford, MA, US

• Managed launch of new products into production. Created all process and quality documentation needed for production release. Evaluated each design for manufacturability, which included complexity, serviceability, and.
• Used FMEA techniques to identify high risk process areas and worked with product engineering to resolve the issues to drive cost savings and product improvement back into the design.
• Procured, justified, and qualified assembly equipment by working with machine vendors regarding: capital, timelines, machine and assembly specs, and poke yokes.
• Designed tooling for gauges, testing, and tooling for manufacturing group to increase repeatability and reproducibility of products.

North Reading, MA, US

• Managed complex, multidisciplinary manufacturing and design projects relating to high-speed small-part assembly and inspection machines ranging in value from $1 to $5 million. Managed cross-functional teams to support.
• Reduced assembly cost 60% through implementation of automation solution on VHDM product line.
• Increased throughput by 200% with implementation of total automation solution on VHDM product line
• Developed project documentation including scopes of work, contracts, purchase agreements, and quality acceptance criteria to ensure focused effort by team.

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