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San Francisco, California, United States

Pleasanton, California, United States

•Successfully validated production on $3.6M of new injection molding tooling, enabling the timely launch of 25 new pitcher SKUs for Brita's leading edge retailers •Streamlined production timelines with international manufacturers in challenging supply chain environment, preserving the quantity promised to Brita customers •Designed new packaging components to reduce material usage and improve ergonomic handling for manufacturing operators

Pleasanton, California

•Developing consumer water filtration technologies for the Brita brand, including pitchers, bottles and filter units•Serving as product development lead, translating business goals into actionable engineering standards to manufacture at scale•Qualifying injection molded production lines with manufacturers, ensuring molded components meet industry standards for plastics and achieve statistical process control.•Developing and performing experiments/SOPs to investigate function and experience, including the use of prototyped products (minimum viable products)•Analyzing consumer sentiment and evaluation of new or redesigned technologies to assess market viability and engineering solutions required for improvement

Developing biomaterial models of glioblastoma multiform (GBM) with The Harley Lab (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering). Investigating cell signaling pathways that allow glioblastoma multiform invasion throughout tumors. Use Western blot technique to analyze presence of target proteins in GBM genotypic variants. Testing mechanical strength of hydrogel biomaterial tumor models, including Young's Modulus and tensile strength.

Philadelphia, Pa

•Troubleshot plant operations by analyzing live processing parameters through Aspen and SQL •Formulate and produce polymer dispersions in pilot scale reactors, and performed quality control tests on rheology and pigment grit properties•Developed product by process correlations between input parameters and output quality metrics•Integrate milling optimizations with plant engineers and operators

• Collected and interpreted end-user data from SQL servers on color detection tools, such as a spectrophotometer and a formula retrieval software • Initiated project to propose quantity reduction in manufacturing for less utilized products, resulting in reduced production costs by 33% ($5 mil) every three years• Generated models and analyses to implement immediate improvements to product performance and database collection quality• Configured Tableau as an analytics tool for the product development group • Communicated with team members from all business functions to effectively leverage domain knowledge and resources