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California, United States

Irvine, California, United States

• Founding member of the Advanced Development team, helping to build the team of 15 engineers while cultivating an inclusive, energized, cohesive, and thriving work culture.
• Worked closely with project sponsor and cross-functional team members to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for a new electrotechnical imaging system.
• Managed new competency for the business, essentially building a start-up within a start-up from scratch. First time for the business in complex programs that involve software, capital hardware, and electomechanical.
• Identified, built and managed relationships with external design partners and manufacturing suppliers, as well as led internal cross-functional teams towards programmatic milestones and integration goals.
• Analyzed, evaluated, and overcame program risks, by utilizing traditional project management and agile methodologies to direct the team.
• Drove the team to an optimized critical path, while ensuring program compliance with all quality and regulatory guidelines and requirements.

Irvine, California

• Lead intra-company product transfer projects within different geographies
• Interface with senior management to communicate / report progress and receive strategic updates impacting the projects
• Develop holistic and detailed plans and roadmaps for project execution
• Develop strategies to ensure successful execution of projects
• Organize and lead multifunctional project teams to ensure timely implementation of the sub-tasks and ultimately the project
• Closely monitor progress vs. plan and take action as required to keep project on track

Irvine, CA

• Interface with senior management to communicate / report progress and receive strategic updates impacting the projects.
• Develop holistic and detailed plans and roadmaps for successful project execution.
• Provide oversight for all projects within the scope of responsibility.
• Actively contribute to identification of projects in alignment with the site’s strategic goals and objectives.
• Implement necessary project management tools for resource loading, project tracking and problem escalation process for the department.
• Optimize project ranking and resource allocation using the established tools in order to establish priorities.

Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa, California

• Create proof-of- concept processes to complement R&D Engineering through product iterations.
• Actively participate in the new product development teams and lead process characterization and process risk analysis activities in the development or improvement of manufacturing processes and support the drafting of.
• Provide day-to-day technical support for Prototype/Pilot Manufacturing Operations.
• Review product designs and manufacturing processes for the purpose of improving quality, reducing cycle time and controlling costs.
• Identify and develop new robust process technologies to meet our existing and future business needs.
• Recommend design modification and implements process changes early in the design phase of products to conform to production capabilities/limitations and minimize cost for production.

• Tutor students in Math, Algebra through Calculus.
• Develop lesson plans as well as worked with parents to best instruct the child.

United States

• New Product Introduction
• Work with other departments on the transition into manufacturing of new products and product revisions.
• Conceptualization and development of manufacturing process and equipment.
• Review and create product documentation.
• Ensure compliance to design control requirements as well as company policies and participate in material review board meetings and disposition of non-conforming material.Maintenance of Existing Product Lines
• Troubleshoot new and existing equipment in assembly area.

• Manage complex product conceptualization, development, and design for High Performance Liquid Chromatography instruments.
• Leverage the interchangeability and capabilities of various designs to lead the engineering effort from product conception through launch.

• Perform thermal analysis of consumer electronics products using CFD software
• Assist with solid modeling using Solidworks and ProE

• Assisted in design of a mechanical simulator representing typical loading on the human spine.

• Scanned and analyzed the mechanical properties of bones in both mouse and human specimens.
• Used both microCT and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

• Assisted in the testing, collection and analysis of rotary actuator data.
• Performed analysis of data trends for various test procedures.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Berkeley Innovation

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering