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Pennant Hills, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Enhancing the patient experience for those suffering from chronic diseases through the development of a digital diagnostics platform. This platform aims to provide easier pathways to personalised treatment and improved health outcomes. The primary focus areas are the challenges faced by patients, clinicians, and insurers during the diagnostic process, driving the iteration and testing of solutions, raising capital and establishing strategic partnerships to support the growth.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I work with a small portfolio of startup and scale-up medical/health technology companies in product development, QA/RA and business advisory capacities. I'm expertly skilled in deep-tech hardware delivery and have a growing passion and expertise in digital health products. Experienced in developing electromechanical medical devices compliant with ISO13485, and numerous other standards (IEC 60601, BioC ISO10993 etc). Extensive experience with regulatory processes across TGA, FDA & MDR. I have helped clients develop products from implanted deep brain stimulation and cardiac intervention devices all the way through to diagnostics and consumer digital health products.I specialise in product leadership where I can help clients define their market problems and translate those into the design and development of innovative medical devices and digital health products.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Building the product function of a growing startup provides a diversity of opportunity and ambiguity, from developing market intel & product strategy to program management and business process development.- Developed market intel and product strategy for the domestic mining and industrial segments. Delivered data to drive decision making around the product and go-to-market strategies.- Program management of next generation product. Delivered improved business processes around program management, including customer and system requirements and product development lifecycle.- Execution and customer focused, drove to establish product-market fit in a high potential market segment and help deliver the first profitable solution to mining and industrial customers.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The cushion process development team of engineers are responsible for delivering the production processes for new CPAP mask cushions and managing ~$20m CAPEX annually. ResMed's cushion factories boast world leading automation, artificial intelligence (machine learning) & data analytics.Achievements:- Strategy development and execution to bring cushion production in- house, reduce COGS and leverage key competitive advantages to drive operational efficiency of the $1.5B revenue cushion business.- Team transformation to be the preferred partner to our product development teams across Sydney and Singapore- Drove project timelines from 2 years to less than 12 months via critical capability development (data & AI/ML), delivery model changes and team size growth- Mentored leaders around operations to help create and nurture an environment where people can thrive and achieve their best.

Sydney, Australia

Led a large Research and Technology (R&T) team who were responsible for developing the next generation of sleep disordered breathing products. Ranging from humidification to IoT sensing and energy harvesting tech.Achievements:- Drove the technology strategy for the entire group and provided technical leadership within the mechatronic engineering disciplines.- Technical leader of new passive humidification technologies such as heat moisture exchangers (3 patents) and IoT sensing with energy harvesting.- Stakeholder engagement to drive buy in and investment in a technology vision including structural and capability development of teams.

Sydney, Australia

I led the mechanical engineering team that delivered the highly innovative AirMini flow generator to market. This product has kickstarted a revolution in PAP therapy and redefined what it means for our millions of patients to get the treatment they need.My role included line management of a highly talented design team, supplier engagement and project & stakeholder management. The team's responsibilities included the mechanical design of flow generator's plastic & silicone parts, packaging and accessories.

Sydney, Australia

- Technical leadership of next generation product development- Project management- Supplier engagement and commercial management

Sydney, Australia

High tech medical device development that spanned target technology and research through to product development and delivery to market.With a strong emphasis on innovation and customer impact, myself along with a highly talented team delivered a hugely successful product platform to the market that has had significant impact on patient quality of life and the care providers that manage them. As well as technical design and development, I supported regulatory submissions, safety certification and transition to manufacturing for the platform. The success of these product solutions have elevated ResMed to the number one sleep device manufacturer in the world, measured by market share, and delivered significant earnings growth to share holders.In parallel with product development, a large part of my role was target technology and concept development that has lead into next generation products that are both exciting and provide opportunity for ResMed to continue to grow through cutting edge technology and innovation.

Australia

Sydney, Australia

Chairman of Young Engineers Australia Sydney, a division of Engineers Australia providing support, networking and professional development opportunities for over 10000 members in the Sydney region. Initiated links between YEAS and other professional groups such as Young Lawyers annd Young Entrepreneurs. Successfully facilitated 15 professional development events over 12 months with particular emphasis on improving core professional competencies within the young engineering community such as communication and policy engagement.

Research and Development of new medical technology aimed at improving quality of life for amputees.Some of the technology platforms developed were targeted towards student learning and development.

Provided assistance in the migration of production data from a proprietary system to SAP.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Exchange, Medical Sciences & Research

Bachelor Of Engineering (Hons), Mechatronics

Bachelor Of Medical Science