• Technically Leading/Supporting Corporate's RnD/NPI and Legacy Products portfolios. → RnD/NPI: Plastic Inj. Molded Parts design from Conceptualization to Release-to-Market, integrating part design for IM Process Manufacturability and for Mold Design Conceptualization (reduced complexity & cost + extended Mold Production Life Cycle). → RnD/NPI & Legacy products sustainability New Mold Programs Support: > Design RFQ Technical Engineering Packages (bidders quote 'apples-to-apples') > Mold Maker and/or Custom Molder Selection (adequate technical partnership) > Mold Design and Mfg. Program Mgmt. (timeline completeness and accuracy) > Mold Design Concept for Manufacturability Optimization (MDFM) > Mold First-off-Tool (MFoT → T0) & Debugging (T0 → T1) > "Hands-On" Mold Factory Acceptance Test (MFAT: T1 → T2) > Mold Grooming & Verification (T2 → T3) > "Hands-On" Mold Outgoing Inspection > Mold Validation for Production. • Day on the Job: > "Hands-On Troubleshooting" on NPI or Legacy Products with IM Process and/or Tooling Engineering SME assistance on issues / roadblocks related to plastic injection molded components. > Lead NPI and Sustainability Sourcing on Custom Molders' Evaluation, Comparison and Selection Process (Vendor Selection Matrix and Technical [Capacities & Capabilities] Audit Matrix). > Lead NPI and Sustainability Sourcing on Mold Makers' Evaluation Comparison and Selection Process (Vendor Selection Matrix and Technical [Capacities & Capabilities] Audit Matrix). > Technical support Legacy Products injection molded components molds/assets transfer. > Technical support New Business Acquisitions (IM Process & Molds Technical Data collection and assessment; Molds Mfg. Condition assessment).

• Responsible for the overall 47 Injection Molding Machines Captive Injection Molding Manufacturing Operation of the site (115 HCs), which includes Safety, Quality, Production and Equipment Maintenance; and a two-machines Bioabsorbable Material and/or other Implantable polymer grades Clean Room Operation.• Responsible for the overall Wire & Cable Assembly, Edge Cable Assembly and Sure Clip Assembly Operations.• Responsible for the overall Injection Molding Process and Tooling Engineering performance of the site, which includes Sustainability; Engineering Program Management; as well as New Products, New Technologies, and/or New Molding Cell Equipment Introduction.

→ Plastic Geometries Conceptualization for IM Manufacturability and Mold Design Conceptualization.→ Support on Mold Design Conceptualization for Plastic Injection Molded Components.→ Support on Molding Cell Equipment Selection and 'sizing' for New Molds MFoT & MFAT, Qualification and Validation phases. → Support on Part's Inspection Method programming and/or Inspection Fixtures Design for Gage R&R and Correlation Study validation phases. → New Molds Manufacturing Programs Management & "Hands-On" MFoT, Debugging, MFAT (SIM - Molding Process Optimization), Grooming, Qualification and Validation for Production.→ Production Molds Preventive & Predictive Maintenance, Spare Components, and Repair, Refurbish & Replacement Programs Management→ Custom Molders and/or Mold Makers Technical Capacity & Capabilities Assessment/Audit→ Troubleshoot & Root Cause Analysis on plastic IM parts related issues: IM Process; Injection Mold/Tool; IM Cell Equipment; Inspection Process-Fixtures-Equipment; and Parts Conveying, Packaging, Storage or Transit possibilities.→ Plastics Parts Geometry/Design for Injection Molding Manufacturability Course.→ Plastic Injection Molding Process Optimization Academy (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced levels).→ Basic Plastic Injection Molded Parts Resin Selection Course.→ Plastic Injection Molded Parts New Molds Program Management Course.

• 27+ years in the Medical Device (MD) Plastics Injection Molding (IM) Parts Design & Manufacturing Industry.• Currently, Corporate's Global Inj. Molded Parts' Molding Process & Tooling Engineering New Technologies Lead. • SME: IM Process Optimization & Tooling Engineering; Plastics IM Cells Equipment Selection, Sizing & Testing; and Inj. Molded Components’ New Molds Manufacturing & Validation Programs Management• Experienced with MD OEM’s Sourcing Plastics Commodity supporting Mold Makers & Custom Molders Selection Process; QA and/or Technical Audits; New and/or Legacy Products New Molds Manufacturing; Legacy Molds Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Programs; Molds Spare Components Programs; and Mold’s Refurbishment and/or Replacement strategies.• Experienced in Conventional, Multi-Shot, Biomaterials, Insert and Over-Molding processes, as well as in Micro, Micro-Insert Molding and Micro Over-Molding processes. Familiarized with LSR Thermoset, Blow, Injection-Blow and Extrusion Molding.• Experienced in the IM New Molds Design field with management responsibilities of multiple domestic and/or overseas New/Legacy Products New Molds Programs which include Prototype, Pre-Production and/or Production Molds of all SPI Classification levels and runner types & systems.• Experienced on the preparation of technical engineering Request for Proposal Packages to ensure fair competition between bidders and that adequate dollars’ worth of the capital invested is received.• Experience supporting RnD/NPI on plastics’ New Products Design for Manufacturability Optimization, which not only includes part geometry conceptualization, but resin selection; providing an early vision on how to proactively ease Component’s Injection Molding Process optimization, as well as improve Mold Design Concept robustness and reduce unnecessary level of complexity.• Experience supporting New Process/Products Introductions thru Transfers, Validation, and/or Production Qualification.

• Responsible for the 24/7 overall 74 Custom Injection Molding Manufacturing Operation of the site, which included Safety, Quality, Production and Equipment Maintenance.• Responsible for the overall Injection Molding Process and Tooling Engineering performance of the site, which includes Sustainability; Engineering Program Management; New Products, Technologies, and Equipment Introduction; and the operation of the Jabil Technology Center (JTC).

• Responsible for the overall Injection Molding Process and Tooling Engineering performance of the site, which includes Sustainability; Engineering Program Management; New Products, Technologies, and Equipment Introduction, and the operation of the Jabil Technology Center (JTC).

– Diabetes Global Sourcing Team Plastics Commodity (based/residence in Puerto Rico)• Globally supporting Diabetes Division on New Products Introduction (i.e. Plastics Components Raw Material Selection and Component Design for Manufacturability - CDFM); Mold Maker’s selection (i.e. Request for Proposal – RFP Package, Mold Maker Comparison and Vendor Selection Matrix) and Custom Molder Selection (Vendor Selection Matrix).• Responsible for new molds (Legacy or New Products) design concept optimization (Mold Design for Manufacturability) and approval, including First-Off Trial (FOT), Mold Factory Acceptance Test (MFAT) and Molding Process Optimizations (Scientific Injection Molding – SIM, or equivalent and if applicable) mold validation for production activities.• Responsible for identifying and justifying Capital Expenditure needs to maintaining business legacy tools under acceptable manufacturing conditions, while strategically using capital to support both the Mold’s Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Program and/or Mold’s Refurbishment and/or Replacement strategies.

Medtronic Neuromodulation, Villalba PR• Responsible for the design, preparation, and qualification of two injection molding clean room sections of three micro-molding machines each (one LSR and two plastics) and their related secondary equipment. • Responsible for the design, build and validation of the injection molding clean room sections chiller system. • Work as a liaison with RnD providing design inputs on new products related to insert molding and over molding micro-molded products (LSR & plastics). • Responsible of technically developing three engineers in injection molding process optimization and troubleshooting.• Developed an Injection Molding Process Academy as part of our efforts to initiate MDT personnel in the basics of the injection molding industry, which includes seven classes (The History of Plastics; How Plastic is Made; Plastics…an Introduction; The Injection Molding Machine; The Mold; Types of Plastic Molding, and The Injection Molding Process). • Support several MDT Divisions as an Injection Molding Process and Tooling Engineering Subject Matter Expert - SME (CRHF, RTG, Diabetes & Spine Divisions in PR, as well as in the US).

• Responsible for new molds (Legacy / New Products) design concept optimization (Mold DFM) and approval, including First-Off Trial (FOT), Mold Factory Acceptance Test (MFAT) and Molding Process Optimization (SIM or equivalent) mold validation for production activities.• Responsible for identifying and justifying CapEx needs to maintaining legacy tools under acceptable manufacturing conditions, while strategically using capital to support both the Mold’s Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Program. and Mold’s Refurbishment and/or Replacement strategies. • Recruited by the organization as an Injection Molding Process and Tooling Engineering SME as part of a team responsible of identifying the root cause and implement a solution to a field product action that was initiated by a regulatory agency against a product assembly consisting solely of plastics injection molded components. Root cause was identified, and short-term corrective actions were implemented. An improved mold design concepts was later validated as a permanent solution. Improved design concept reduced cycle time from 22 to 13 secs and from 18 to 12 secs respectively; increasing the 32-cav tool weekly output from 880K to 1.4M/week.• Supported the creation and implementation of a mold’s assessment, preventive and predictive maintenance program for the business unit molds. • Increased mold cavitation from an overall <70% to 100% among all our manufacturing line assembly plastic parts custom molders.• Implemented a mold inj. molding process and/or tooling related changes qualification procedure to standardize validation requirements throughout our site; it was later adopted by our division.• Implemented a Request for Proposal (RFP) Package for new mold programs to ensure bidders can quote tools under similar terms, conditions, and requirements.• Created a plastics injection molding Vendor Audit & Selection Matrix • Created a plastics injection molding Mold Maker Audit & Selection Matrix

• Full time support on new products plastics parts design for manufacturability for Stryker Instruments (MI), Stryker Endoscopy (CA), Stryker Sustainability (FL), Stryker Osteosynthesis (Switzerland), Stryker Orthopedics (NJ, CA & Ireland), Stryker Spine (NJ & France) & Stryker Pacific Divisions (China). Support includes concurrent engineering on new concept designs, plastic part’s design optimization for manufacturability, raw material selection, tool’s suppliers’ selection, tool’s DFM concept development & approval, tool’s manufacturing phase management, injection molding process optimization (Scientific Injection Molding/Decouple Molding) and product design changes implementation.• Earned Stryker Orthopedics’ (CA) 1st Annual Global Quality & Operations (GQO) Collaboration Award (2013). • Earned Stryker Puerto Rico’s Manager’s Total Performance Award for Y2008.• Research & Development: completed the manufacturing of 21 molds, producing 34 part numbers in 70 calendar days for Stryker’s Instrument Division major new product program on 2008. These tools were built & qualified in Singapore and then fully validated in Malaysia in an additional 28 calendar days’ period using scientific molding technique.

• Initiated the implementation of SPR Tooling Optimization, Mold Preventive Maintenance & Spare Parts Programs (> 350 tools in US, PR & overseas).• SPR Research & Development: involved on the original concepts of New Products, plastic parts & mold design; performed Process Engineering (optimization) on tools in PR, US & overseas; supporting on new molds releases & validations.• Manufacturing: Identified & implemented cost reduction projects via process optimization, tools transfer and/or higher cavitation new tools; implementing quick mold change system on machines; implementing RGJ e-Dart system for cavity pressure transducer instrumented molds.

• Managed the unit to win all five Stryker MedSurg Group Awards (granted in Feb 2004 at Las Vegas, Nevada) for the Division’s Manufacturing Support Units, and the two awards Stryker Puerto Rico granted in this major yearly Stryker Corporate event.• Implemented cost reduction projects for the manufacturing unit of over $600K (molds transfer & process optimization with reduced cycle times).• Increased business capacity on 33%, and increased production output over 55%.• Supported Stryker Instruments Division’s RnD team on the release on over 10 new products releases (plastic parts & mold design, process engineering optimization, new mold releases & validations).• Dramatically reduced inventory while keeping high service levels due to basic Lean Manufacturing techniques implementation.

• Conducted an Injection Molding Process Academy, identifying and then developing the company’s future Injection Molding Process Engineers (August – December 2001). Employees developed (still active as of 2018 as Process Engineers) were strategically selected not to be actual engineers but paid by the hour employees with technical abilities. • Managed to lead all Stryker Puerto Rico production units in MPS Attainment, Service Levels, Efficiency, First Pass Yield (FPY); and the lowest Complaints per Million (CPM), Overtime, Absenteeism, Inventory Days and Scrap as a Percentage of Good Sold (SPGS).• Trained & developed two Process Engineering Technicians.• Implemented Universal Molding™ process optimization philosophy & techniques in our custom injection molding operation.• Contributed to the design and build of a 16 Injection Molding Machines Universal Molding Company clean room operation.• Implemented cost reduction projects of over $1.2 MM (molds transfer & process optimization, higher first pass yields and reduced cycle times).• Increased business capacity on 50%, and increased production output over 75% when compared to year before (from 450K/month to 800K/month)• Supported SPR production units on tooling & plastics parts issues, as well as in the implementation of costs reduction projects related to new tools and/or molds transfer• Had one of the highest Q12 (direct reports evaluation) scores among supervisors throughout the corporation with 4.62 out of a top 5.00 perfect score.

• Supported SPR manufacturing units on the implementation of cost reduction projects via new higher cavitation molds for existing products, optimizing the injection molding process, and release/validating the tools. • Transferred several existing molds and new molds of existing products to our custom molding operation representing savings of over $1.8MM in a yearly basis.• Scientifically optimized processes on current molds under production in SPR that represented over $450K in savings on a yearly basis.

Responsible for maintaining Customers/OEMs tooling assets in good manufacturing conditions as well as maintaining a 'healthy' spares inventory.Support new molds/products introduction (incoming inspection, preventive maintenance plan, spares inventory, etc.)

Responsible for maintaining the injection molding process throughout the shift, troubleshooting and correcting equipment stoppages and/or QA reported nonconformances.Responsible for the overall manufacturing outcome of the night shift which included 15 injection molding machines.