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New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Customer Experience Engineer responsible for the translation of customer feedback and requirements into product lifecycle improvements that deliver the utmost customer experience. Utilizing an investigative approach.
• Guided by customer feedback, identify and clearly articulate the customer and business opportunities to management.
• Independently develop, design and implement quality solutions to improve on-market products.
• Manage complex multi-functional projects that require project management leadership skills to deliver business prioritized projects.
• Proactively monitor, attend focus groups, analyze, and improve all aspects of product performance.
• Provide end to end design, development and input to manufacturing for quality improvement of orthopedic implants and instruments.

Raynham, MA, US

• Product Development Engineer with increased responsibility for full development of orthopedic devices. Integral member of cross-functional team to develop project timelines using Agile methods, ensure resources are.
• Core team member responsible for design, V&V testing, and DFM of Distal Femur Attachment Plate, part of an $80M eNPV modular Periprosthetic Fracture System.
• Primary representative during academic collaboration that used FEA to analyze the relationship of an extended orthopedic construct and bone strain in the distal femur.
• Provided key inputs in collaboration with Supply Chain to investigate potential manufacturing alternatives, enabling team to drive down CoGs of project templates.
• Primary R&D Engineer overseeing external manufacturer for the development of the MatrixPRO II Driver, enabling the team to drive to an on-time product launch.
• Member of CREO training team to instruct new CAD users on basic and advanced topics related to model generation and analysis.

Raynham, MA, US

• Product development engineer responsible for development of orthopedic medical devices from feasibility to commercialization. Comfortable in multidisciplinary team interactions including translation of voice of.
• Proactively led physician labs session to elude desired VOC for strong and quantifiable design inputs.
• Driving force for R&D support of the Regulatory Department through significant input to 510(k) documentation for regulatory pre-submission package.
• Primary contributor for company-wide corrosion rationale to address risk associated with implantable materials.
• Led transfer of design elements to supply chain colleagues for DFM solutions within multiple manufacturing sites.
• Develop design documentation and led design reviews to ensure proper stage gate development of chosen designs.

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, US

• Product development engineer responsible for all phases of medical device product realization. Interface with physician customers to define design intent and contract manufacturers for transfer to manufacturing to.
• Actively manage project timelines, including development of contingency plans, using project management techniques to confirm project scope and goals are met.
• Develop process documentation for design transfer to production facility.
• Interact with physicians to translate customer needs into product design attributes.
• Lead in vivo studies to validate feasibility of project objectives.
• Advance new product documentation including product requirements, test protocols and reports, and risk analyses to develop a complete DHF and DMR files by employing ISO 13485 standards and FDA Quality System Regulations.

• Research and development engineer responsible for all aspects of medical device design and product development from concept to commercialization. Coordinated multiple projects at various life cycle stages while.
• Principal Investigator of a $2.2 million NIH Small Business Innovative Research grant to advance design and research on an electro-mechanical pediatric circulatory assist medical device.
• Led multidisciplinary teams utilizing Project Lifecycle Management techniques to develop company priority projects and designs.
• Utilized 3-D CAD software to design implantable and disposable medical devices and associated test fixtures.
• Analyzed data from pre-clinical in vitro (feasibility, verification) and in vivo (validation) testing to recommend design modifications and meet FDA regulatory requirements.
• Conducted internal and external verification and validation testing, as required.

University Park, PA, US

• Non-tenure track faculty member in a dedicated research group assisting in the design and development of ventricular assist medical devices in support of government funded research. Coordinated and oversaw in vivo.
• Facilitated achieving specific aims on $1.9 million grant as project leader for in-vivo experimentation comparing two designs of electro-mechanical implantable heart assist devices.
• Interfaced with OEM manufacturer after hand-over of technology to customer.
• Developed and coordinated timelines to keep other team members on track for project goals.
• Mentored student researchers during experimental situations.

University Park, PA, US

• Master’s degree student responsible for part-time support of the Division of Artificial Organs while completing required coursework to earn engineering degree.
• Designed innovative inlet pressure sensor utilizing micro-strain gauge technology for continuous flow ventricular assist device (VAD).
• Performed FEA analysis of pressure sensor mounting surface.
• Verified theoretical calculations with bench-top experiments.
• Interfaced with external suppliers to produce early prototype models.

University Park, PA, US

• Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering with part-time position to continue research with the Division of Artificial Organs while completing Bachelor’s degree coursework.
• Developed test fixtures used to initiate in vitro heart valve experiments.
• Devised protocol to complete cavitation experiments and trained fellow students on experimental techniques for cavitation studies.

University Park, PA, US

• Modeled and designed components and assemblies for artificial heart and ventricular assist technologies to meet department objectives. Handled on-call responsibilities for in vivo experiments.
• Designed, modeled and edited detail and full assembly drawings of heart assist medical devices.
• Completed adaption and testing for different designs of existing blood pumps.
• Developed code/modules for MATLAB and LabView data acquisition software for testing.
• Produced various process prototype models for early stage feasibility testing.
• Assembled blood pumps for in vitro and in vivo experimentation.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Certificate In Professional Development, Project Management

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