Lead and define strategic direction across the Global IT organization in Electronic Data Capture (EDC) development, study reporting development, vendor management, and demand management. Lead the Clinical Systems Development team, aligning Global IT capabilities and key priorities with the Clinical functional areas' business imperatives.

For Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management R&D, successfully managed numerous medical device application software development projects delivering both new product and product maintenance releases. Experienced managing all activities of the software development life cycle and regulatory submission. Good track record of completing projects on or under time and budget, and developing engaged and accountable project teams. Teams have included remote workers, local contractors, and global partners. • Managed a cross-functional, cross-organization team which delivered an IT-based system solution under budget and ahead of schedule. • Successful People Manager responsible for performance evaluation, career development, and talent reviews. As a member of Staff leadership, responsible for ensuring the success of all projects and for the strategic direction of the group. • Test Engineering Functional Manager responsible for Performance Engineering, Validation Testing, and for delivering Test Automation Strategy. Responsibilities included staffing, supporting Project Managers’ schedule and budget, increased efficiencies, and providing estimates for new work. • Experienced with medical device reporting and complaint handling.

For Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management R&D, I developed medical instrument application software for retrieving, changing, and presenting parameters and diagnostic data from implanted medical device pacemaker and defibrillator product platforms. • Extensive experience in the full software development lifecycle experience including software requirements development, and developing tests for development and integration of features. Collaborated with Software Verification and cross-functional partners to ensure correct and complete feature development. Experienced working with remote colleagues and external contractors. • As a technical leader, I mentored colleagues on design and development best practices, and tools.• As an Agile coach, I helped teams adopt and adapt Agile practices into our Software organization. Certified SCRUM master.• Successfully managed a project of 10 SW/SWVT engineers to deliver a software application for a new bradycardia implantable medical device. The team and I utilized agile practices and a collaborative workspace to complete the project on-time and on-budget. • Responsible for supporting management of several engineers with mentoring, performance evaluation, and career development.

Developed medical instrument application software for retrieving, changing, and presenting parameters and diagnostic data from implanted pacemaker and defibrillator devices. Strong collaboration with verification and cross-functional development partners. Methodologies and tools included OOA/OOD, C++, and iterative development.

Developed architecture and application software that interfaced with embedded control systems of servo-hydraulic equipment for materials testing . Methodologies and tools included OOA/OOD, C++/C, Pascal, Modula-2, and assembly.

Performed all phases of software development from initial design to maintenance for real-time and application software for the Military Avionics Division.