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Greenwood, In, Us

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Executive oversight for Cook Incorporated product & process remediation and regulatory compliance programs. Includes updating legacy products & processes to meet current standards and QMS expectations. Additionally, provide oversight for the regulatory compliance programs including EUMDR initiatives to comply with the new European regulations. Additional global regulatory considerations are being reviewed and addressed within our program.

Spencer, Indiana

Executive leadership for the operational manufacturing location of Urological, Reproductive Health and Critical Care medical devices. This is the Spencer Indiana location of Cook Incorporated.

Board of Directors member with operational and engineering oversight. Engineering oversight for the BOD for the time frame of April 1996 - February 2005. On site Operational and Engineering Board Member for the years 2005 - corporate restructuring occurred in 2017 so responsibilities have been reduced.

Executive leadership for the plastics manufacturing and development company of Cook Medical. We develop and produce medical components and sub-assemblies as well as contract manufacturing of finished devices for all aspects of Cook Medicals medical device business. Our operation involves the following processes: Extrusion, Compounding, Injection Molding, Insert Molding, Assembly, Decorating and Forming. Polymer materials, design, assembly, testing and small to large volume production are the foundation for this entity within the Cook Medical global portfolio of companies.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Executive leadership for Product Development & Engineering at the Cook Group flagship corporation - Cook Incorporated. Provided global leadership for all development programs as well as engineering activities. Cook Incorporated manufactures and distributes medical devices for the Peripheral Intervention, Aortic Intervention, Critical Care and Surgical markets. The other companies included in the global business portfolio manufacture products for the Endoscopic and Vascular businesses during this timeframe.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Responsible for Operations and Engineering for the Plastics Processing Corporation within the Cook Group of Companies. CPT produces plastic components and subassemblies for the Cook Group of companies medical device business.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Manager of the Product Development and Engineering functions for plastics processing of components for medical device customers.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Support plastics processing operations of components for the medical device industry. Processes included: Extrusion, Injection Molding, Insert Molding, Compounding, Thermoforming, Decorating and Braiding.

I was responsible for all manufacturing engineering aspects of the extrusion and injection molding departments. I worked with a wide range of materials and equipment including extruders, dryers, downstream equipment, injection molders, molds and automation.

Worked with development teams to understand the injection miolding process for PET barrels used in pumps for the delivery of toothpaste. I also spent time doing market research. The project involved a new anti-perspirant cream and we were working on the delivery system that would come in contact with the end users skin.

Master'S Degree, Plastics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Plastics Engineering