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Seattle, WA, US

San Francisco, CA, US

• Led cross-functional teams to execute full-lifecycle medical device, healthcare, and consumer product development consulting projects, managing client relationships and internal technical teams while driving strategic.
• Managed a $7.2M program portfolio and 24 product development projects across 11 clients, leading cross-functional teams of 5-25 to deliver on time, within budget and scope, and aligned with business objectives.
• Fostered client trust through open communication via regular updates, collaborative issue resolution, and clear alignment of program goals with business needs, increasing satisfaction and driving $250K in contract.
• Designed PMO processes and an RoB framework to standardize governance and improve leadership decision-making, enabling faster KPI/OKR evaluations and project prioritization while reducing overhead by 20%, saving $400K.
• Implemented risk management frameworks and dependency tracking tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Notion), identifying bottlenecks and aligning teams to reduce delays by 75% (six months) and save $350K in costs.
• Spearheaded product strategies, including DfM and sourcing CM partners and OTS solutions, cutting costs, reducing complexity, and accelerating schedules by 12%, enabling clients to secure $50M in equity financing.

San Francisco, CA, US

St Petersburg, Florida, US

• Managed a strategic program to enhance product offerings, improve customer experiences, and drive revenue growth
• Directed cross-functional teams to align deliverables with strategic objectives, leveraging predictive analytics using Python, SQL, and Tableau to expand market reach through new product offerings and increase sales.
• Built ETL pipelines using Python that improved data processing efficiency by 40%, accelerated marketing campaigns by three months, and equipped leadership with KPIs and insights to align marketing and sales initiatives.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Identified business opportunities, defined product features, value, and vision, and drove sales and customer growth
• Orchestrated collaboration across product, engineering, and marketing teams to define SaaS product offerings, securing entry into a $312M market and enabling future cross-sell opportunities.
• Defined product roadmaps, pricing models, and GTM plans, securing stakeholder alignment and enabling a $6M Y1 revenue forecast.
• Leveraged project management expertise to create our team's project roadmap, schedule, and plans, and guided us to a successful on-time delivery.

Bothell, WA, US

• Managed process improvement, analytics, and development projects while overseeing cross-functional program execution to support medical device production and business goals
• Increased revenue by $113K by directing cross-functional teams in Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing quality, boosting productivity, and aligning with business goals to drive process efficiency.
• Designed and deployed automated data collection frameworks and operations dashboards using Tableau and Python that reduced scrap rates by 10% and equipment downtime by 25%, saving $300K.
• Authored comprehensive technical documentation for new ultrasound products, supporting on-time regulatory submissions and ensuring adherence to FDA Class II requirements and ISO 13485 standards.

London, England, GB

• Led cross-functional teams in the end-to-end development of new medical devices and collaborated with marketing, product management, and sales to support GTM strategies and launches
• Spearheaded development of a medical device system that drove $40M+ in revenue. Led program management efforts, using Agile roadmaps and cross-functional collaboration to mitigate risks and deliver on schedule.
• Applied advanced analytics with Python scripts and Excel dashboards to monitor program progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies, preventing $1M in launch delays and accelerating time to market.
• Managed a $4M embedded device development program, leading cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver on time and within budget while meeting ISO 13485 standards.
• Utilized customer surveys and performance analytics to define new product features, securing stakeholder buy-in through detailed reporting and driving efficacy improvements of 32% while cutting costs by 15%, saving.
• Authored documentation to support CE mark and FDA submissions and maintained the Design History File (DHF), ensuring compliance with FDA QSR and ISO 13485 standards and accelerating regulatory approvals by 3 months.

• Led data science and product management activities for a startup developing a news aggregator platform
• Scaled MVP to beta by building a real-time analytics pipeline with Python on AWS EC2, reducing data processing time by 30%, improving user experience, and enabling data-informed roadmap decisions.(other technical)
• Created a web scraping pipeline that automated collection of over 1,000 news articles daily, establishing a diverse news database. Leveraged advanced data analysis tools to uncover insights about article relationships.
• Optimized data governance, data processing, and cloud service workflows and created relational and graph databases with Python, SQL, and Neo4j, reducing processing time by >60% and facilitating analysis of article.
• Implemented NLP models that automated text analysis and reduced manual effort by 80%, built machine learning models for topic classification, and created product features, visualizations, and user interfaces to enhance.
• Conducted market analysis and leveraged data insights to define pricing strategies and develop new product features.

Charlottesville, VA, US

• Provided advanced analytics, strategy, and business consulting expertise on data science and SaaS consulting projects
• Developed machine learning models to predict IT system failures and integrated insights into custom R Shiny BI dashboards, reducing resolution time by 60% and minimizing operational disruptions.
• Automated data workflows with R scripts, reducing project startup times by 5% and standardizing data exploration processes for improved reporting and decision-making.(other technical)
• Identified primary trends, patterns, and sources of fraud, waste, and abuse associated with >$10M in client funds by leveraging analytical techniques and tools (SQL and R), machine learning algorithms, and.
• Analyzed and conducted root cause analysis on healthcare delivery data and used the resulting insights to recommend process improvements that improved patient-facility match rate by >40% and reduced patient churn by 10%.
• Developed data analysis and predictive modeling coursework and training materials

Houston, TX, US

• Shadowed and collaborated with physicians and researchers within the Texas Medical Center as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Med Into Grad Program Fellow in Translational Cancer Diagnostics & Therapeutics.
• Participated in an intensive clinical fellowship focused on understanding new challenges in cancer research

Houston, TX, US

• Performed original cell culture and computational research in the fields of cardiovascular and neurovascular systems biology and cancer research
• Utilized advanced analysis techniques and machine learning algorithms (i.e. k-means clustering, random forests, etc.) to identify, classify, and predict cell behavior states, contributing to probabilistic models of new.
• Designed and patented automated microscopy, image processing, and analytics techniques using Matlab and Python, reducing manual processing time by >90% and saving >125 hours of labor.
• Managed and mentored undergraduate engineers on design and execution of independent research projects
• Gained experience in classroom teaching and hands-on laboratory instruction as a Graduate Teaching Assistant

Wilmington, Massachusetts, US

• Provided engineering and project management leadership for neurosurgery, cardiovascular, and surgical medical device development and manufacturing
• Facilitated cross-team progress and risk reviews using Excel dashboards and weekly syncs, integrating findings into program plans, reducing issue resolution times by 20%, and ensuring milestone alignment.
• Increased program efficiency by introducing Kanban tracking and Lean Six Sigma methods as part of process improvement initiatives, reducing costs by over $600K and accelerating project delivery.
• Translated FDA and ISO standards into detailed specifications and validation protocols for new medical device products, supporting R&D, Quality, and Regulatory teams and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, US

• Participated in the company's highly-selective leadership development program focused on training leaders through exposure to key device markets and high-impact projects. Provided engineering and PM support for the.
• Gained extensive experience working with metal and plastic manufacturing for cardiac catheter products, implantable orthopedic devices, and endoscopy, biopsy, and surgical tool devices
• Provided engineering excellence for new product design and development, manufacturing process development, manufacturing process improvement, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement projects, project management.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, US

• Assisted with daily engineering with manufacturing efforts for marker bands used in cardiac catheters
• Created a custom OEE tracking program to aid operators with minimal computer literacy

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science (Ms), Bioengineering

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Bioengineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biomedical Engineering