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New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Northville, Michigan, Us

As an executive officer of the company, led new product development, R&D, and sustaining engineering for Medical and Industrial divisions. Led strategy renewal to enable exponential growth. Strategy included organization re-design, investment in direct sales force, PLM integration, acquisition targets, capabilities expansion, new Engineering lab, new building & manufacturing additions. Key member of due diligence team for successful acquisition by Gentherm.Medical division consists of temperature management solutions in the areas of blood temperature control, hyper-hypothermia, normothermia, and localized therapy for the ICU, NICU, PICU, Orthopedics, OR, and ER.Industrial division consists of a full range of standard and custom-designed temperature humidity, stability, walk-in, drive-in, thermal shock, altitude, vibration, and Halt & Hass environmental chambers.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Global design leader and global lead team member in Household Care, Health Care, andBeauty Care. Led global design teams across five global locations, established new capabilities, and led mobilization of numerous multi-functional teams.Responsibilities have been in up-stream innovation, holistic branding, brand identity, product design, packaging, design language development, design thinking & facilitation, cognitive & behavioral science application, consumer & market insight development, culture development, community leadership, functional thought leadership, and strategy development. Led multiple global events and trainings of up to 320 employees.In Home Care, the design leader responsible for new category creation (Quick Clean & Air Care) and brand re-designs (Swiffer / Febreze / Mr. Clean) that grew from small niche brands to billion dollar businesses and global expansion. Led the re-design of dish brands that de-commoditized the dish business (Dawn / Cascade) and repositioned them as premium category captain brands.In Fabric Care, responsible for leading the first premium Tide product and architecture (Tide Total Care) that re-ignited innovation in the laundry category and expansion in key channels globally growing from 2.5 billion to 5+ billion.In Health Care, led the restage of Vicks and expansion beyond a seasonal cold & flu business into the sleep aid category (ZZZQuill) that drove the business beyond 1.5 billion milestone and established the innovation capability in a highly regulated category.In Hair Care, led design innovation for all Hair Care & Color brands (Pantene, H&S, Herbal Essences, Rejoice, Wella) that was valued as the next 3 billion in growth and responsible for leading the new global Beauty Sector R&D Industrial Design capability (Hair Care & Color, Prestige, Skin Care, Personal Care & Cleansing, and Cosmetics).

Raritan, Nj, Us

As lead Industrial Designer at Ethicon Endo-Surgery for the Electro Mechanical, Breast Care Management, and Conscious Sedation Franchise, responsibilities were to maintain product line strategy through the design and development of medical instruments and capital equipment for the Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel, Gammapoint, Mammotome, and Safe Sedation product lines. Projects demanded heavy input of human factors, usability, and human procedural anatomy. Projects required extensive involvement with marketing, surgical R&D, packaging graphics, regulatory, supplier management, manufacturing, tooling, and engineering.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Senior Industrial Designer in Advanced Development Group. Responsibilities were to incorporate Philips Design Harmonization through the design and development of consumer electronics and advanced digital products.