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Marlborough, Ma, Us

Boston Scientific, for more than 30 years has been an industry leader in less-invasive surgical technologies.My tenure began in 1989 with Pacemakers, Inc. followed by Guidant Corporation both acquired by Boston Scientific. As a Program Director, I am charged with leading several large cross-functional teams and the development of numerous medical device products. Most recently, I produced a family of implantable devices and accessories for treatment of heart failure patients.In my role, I led a development project for an external medical device intended for transmitting medical data from implanted devices to web servers for clinician use with emphasis on cost reduction and rapid development.Key Accomplishments:► Partnered with contract manufacturer to develop Class III medical manufacturing status.► Established and maintained strong relationships with Strategic Marketing, Technical Services, Sales and Supplier Development colleagues in order to define and produce an efficient manufactured, low-cost design which exceeded customer requirements.► Managed $60MM Portfolio for patient management. ► Collaborated with the clinical research organization to model and design cost effective clinical studies intended to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of various elements of the devices in development.► Directed a team which developed an internet-based patient data management system for next generation of implantable medical devices.► Recruited management teams for hardware and software development, software test, and project management.For a detailed list of achievements, please request my resume.

Guidant Corporation, part of Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs, designs and manufactures artificial pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, stents, and other cardiovascular medical products.Key Accomplishments:► Managed large teams of engineers on various projects.► Achieved record approval time with FDA, successful launch into the OUS and US markets.► Led team to pioneer technology to achieve small size and high quality and reliability.► Improved defibrillator quality and reliability which led to increased sales of more 60,000 devices being sold (0.47% failure rate over 7 year period).► Reduced production costs while increasing product functionality and reliability.► Spearheaded pilot phase of wireless telemetry into implant and follow-up environments.For a detailed list of achievements, please request my resume.

Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., doing business as Guidant Cardiac Rhythm Management, manufactures implantable cardiac rhythm management devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators.Key Accomplishments:► Designed, and Implemented low power integrated circuits for implantable defibrillators.► Charged with the layout construction, verification, modeling, and maintenance of an ultra low-power low-maintenance cell library for use with digital implanted integrated circuit design.For a detailed list of achievements, please request my resume.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering

Master Of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Master'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering