Engineering leader with 30 years of experience in engineering design. Primary expertise is in the field of medical device implant design, testing, prototyping, and regulatory filing. Specific devices that have been designed include cardiovascular implants and delivery systems (stents, valves, filters, and ventricular assist pumps) and orthopedic implants (joint replacements, spinal devices, and trauma products). I’ve built highly effective R&D teams, leading and mentoring a full range of colleagues, from new engineering graduates up to accomplished engineers, scientists, and doctors. Specialties: R&D, Team Building, Cardiovascular, Combination Drug/Device, Structural Heart, Orthopedics, Spinal, Regulatory Filings, Fatigue Analysis and Testing, Design Optimization, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Nitinol Device Design, Analysis, and Testing, Innovation/Intellectual Property.
Listed skills include Medical Devices, Biomedical Engineering, R&D, Fda, and 45 others.