Helen Cuddy Email & Phone Number

Auckland, NZ

New Zealand

• Led successful transition from heritage to new modern platform for multiple features, managing a team of 5 engineers in a complex software product delivery environment in collaboration with product, quality, design.
• Delivered multiple features on time by strategically planning timelines (delivery plan), reassigning tasks, and coordinating with cross-functional teams. Coordinated technical meetings with third party suppliers and.
• Analyzed options to meet pentest requirements of updating existing environment for 3 months and then proposed migration plan to unify a Travel Management Companies (TMC) global divisions on new platform, resulting in.
• Spearheaded mentoring program in collaboration with leadership, establishing structured guidance and resources now available to all 200+ employees. Conducted successful trial with 4 mentor/mentee pairs.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning through regular knowledge-sharing sessions on topics like QA testing, modernization frameworks, and software training. Conducted DISC workshops with peers and teams, plus.
• Chosen after applying for one of four global participants in Serko for the Women Rising Program, focused on leadership development.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Lead laundry user interface and structures team through design and testing new platform matching front loader washer and dryer products into manufacture and production release. Transferred torefrigeration as functional.
• Led and coached a team of 8 to be the "highest functioning" within the department, aligning individual strengths with company goals to drive career growth and business success, plus support other functional groups in.
• Led storage systems team in developing up to four new product introductions simultaneously at different design stages, while supporting factory needs for injection tooled and extruded parts for Thailand and China.
• Managed laundry user interface and structures team of 10 through design, testing, and production release of new platform matching front loader washer and dryer products. Oversaw electronic housings, consoles.
• Aligned technical solutions with project goals to deliver maximum value for both internal and external customers.
• Oversaw project planning and milestones, provided support for integration events and key decisions, documented in knowledge management database.

Auckland

• Leading teams in delivering engineering projects under a newly implemented quality management system. Also responsible for personal initiatives for creating and managing metrics to help with the strategic planning for.
• Project managed multiple R&D projects, including a battery-free implantable telemetry device (ECG, EEG, EMG), driving planning, coordination, technical expertise, and quality oversight from design through manufacturing.
• Implemented design controls, change control, and risk management procedures under QMS. Achieved ISO 9001 certification for the Auckland office in 2017. Ensured FCC and EMC compliant test reports for all products.
• Managed Houston projects overseeing critical component coordination, engineering change notices, risk assessment, and material compatibility for pressure sub-assemblies, saving approximately $80,000 per month due to.
• Researched process improvements to boost yield, including clean room integration, parylene coating, and successful implementation into production.
• Initiated Corrective Action Board (CAB) meetings to improve production, assess failure rates, and provide updates on KPIs like complaints, sales, and lead times.

Auckland, New Zealand

• PDE: Core contact of expertise in new product research, design concept and process termination (electrical) of respiratory tube within RAC and OSA divisions.
• Named inventor on two patents related to material composition and power feedback technology in breathing tubes.
• Played pivotal role in development and release of novel tube product through design phases leading operators through training programs for both clinical trials and final product release.
• Investigated various processing methods and dispatched samples for trial (ultrasonic cutting, laser ablation, laser spot welding etc) capable of producing 1 million products per year.
• Created and improved design control and process validation documents for products and moulding tools including Biocompatibility, Clinical Data and Evaluation Reports, and Verification protocols and reports.
• Generated draft of 510(k) document for new respiratory humidification mask. Developed an online survey to get feedback from medical staff on the new mask.

Auckland

Galway

• Key player in design control process for the development of innovative cardiovascular stent delivery systems including risk management, standards review, test method development and validation.
• Generated and reviewed numerous Product Development Process (PDP) documents including Directions for Use (DFU), Market Specification, Product Specification, Design Verification Master Plans (DVMP), Product Risk.
• Composed several protocols and reports for design verification whilst training technicians, supervising testing and analysing results (using statistical analysis and Minitab).
• Revised and updated historical products Design Control documents to align them with current standards/requirements.
• Advised colleagues in the production department of the current standards/requirements for their products.
• Presented training workshops to groups of Engineers on Failure Modes Effects Analysis.

Galway

Galway

Galway

Personal Independent Funded Course: Life, Business, Executive And Relationship Coaching

Activities and Societies: Travelled to Melbourne for course and continued online trainingAustralia's #1 largest and most awarded life.

Enggen 771 - Medical Device Practice

Course from Masters of Engineering Studies: Awarded highest result for my project work in a class of approx. 20 (mix of colleagues and.

Diploma, Design And Specification Of Plastics

M.Eng.Sc, Experimental Analysis Of The Influence Of Physical Size On The Mechanical Properties Of Thin Metalli

Activities and Societies: Awarded 1st place for poster presentation at the 28th Annual Microscopical Society of Ireland Conference in.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Hons