Joe Turgeon

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Chief Operations Officer @ First Light Diagnostics
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A high energy, results-driven executive with an Operations background and hands-on experience leading Sales, Operations, Quality Assurance, Service, and R&D teams in a variety of highly regulated industries. I specifically seek out challenging situations from pre-funding start-ups to mature companies requiring turn-around for margin / performance improvement. I have successfully established excellent teams responsible for as much as $300M in revenue - but have also outsourced functions to create near-virtual and highly profitable manufacturing entities.Specialties: Operations Excellence - Margin improvement, Lean Manufacturing, DFM and product transfer, Six-Sigma, PFMEA, Poke-A-Yoke, 5 why's, "ProActive / PreEmptive Quality",Start-up, rapid growth or turn-around situations, organizational re-structuring, effective team building, strong leadership, strategic outsourcing, new product development and validation, supply chain optimization, medical instrumentation, medical devices, Customer Centric metrics, Mergers and Acquisitions, employee engagement

Joe Turgeon's Current Company Details
First Light Diagnostics

First Light Diagnostics

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Joe Turgeon Work Experience Details
  • First Light Diagnostics
    Chief Operations Officer
    First Light Diagnostics Aug 2018 - Present
    Chelmsford, Ma, Us
    First Light Diagnostics is commercializing a great new platform that can provide rapid,ultrasensitive determination of the appropriate antibiotic therapy forall types of hospital infections in all sample types.
  • Performx Consulting
    President
    Performx Consulting Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
    PerformX Consulting is focused on providing measurable and cost effective performance improvement for small and mid-size manufacturing companies (pre-revenue to $100M). We work primarily in highly regulated product environments (Medical, Aerospace, Defense) and specialize in hands-on support of your team to improve On Time Delivery, Product Quality, New Product Launch and Financial Performance.
  • Medical Catalyst Consulting
    Partner And Principal Consultant
    Medical Catalyst Consulting Aug 2015 - Aug 2018
    Providing manufacturing operations consulting and interim management for medical product and lab services companies. Specializing in Operations improvement, crisis mitigation and project management.
  • Pci Medical
    President
    Pci Medical Jan 2014 - Aug 2015
    Deep River, Ct, Us
    Assumed full P&L responsibility for a $9M privately-held industrial products company in transition to becoming a medical device provider in the automated disinfection systems space.• Restructured Engineering and Quality Assurance functions and led team to the company’s first FDA accepted 510K submission (involved complete redo after two submission failures over previous four years).• Achieved ISO 13485 certification (successful stage one and stage two audits).• Personally recruited engineering team and led re-engineering of first automated disinfection system – implementing extensive hardware / software changes to improve system efficacy, safety, reliability and manufacturability.• Established manufacturing capability for new automated instrument – infrastructure, processes, equipment and documentation.• Restructured Marketing function and Distributor network.Company sold by owner after significant increase in valuation from 2014 - 2015.
  • Zetroz Inc
    Director Of Manufacturing Operations
    Zetroz Inc Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
    Trumbull, Ct, Us
    Responsible for developing and executing manufacturing operations strategy to support the aggressive growth of this exciting young start-up company. ZetrOz currently manufactures and markets an ultrasound system for therapy and pain management in the high-performance equine market and is launching a new approach to ultrasound therapy for humans that promises to radically change the way medical practitioners and patients utilize ultrasound for muscle recovery, post-injury therapy and pain management.
  • Diba Industries Inc.
    Vp Of Operations
    Diba Industries Inc. 2010 - 2012
    Danbury, Connecticut, Us
    Executive VP responsible for Domestic and International Operations (Quality Assurance, Manufacturing and Supply Chain) for this $30M supplier of fluidics systems and components.Drove culture shift to customer centric focus with appropriate metrics andImplemented Lean Operations techniques resulting in:+ Improved On Time Delivery from 62% to 97%+ Reduced Product Returns from 5% to less than 1%+ Improved workforce engagement + Developed and implemented "Proactive Quality" process+ Managed team that reduced material cost by $500k/yr
  • Ikonisys
    Vp Of Operations
    Ikonisys 2006 - 2009
    Parigi, Ile-De-France, Fr
    Ikonisys designed, manufactured and supported a fully-automated digital microscopy instrument, distributed reagent kits and operated a Clinical Laboratory providing diagnostic services. I established and managed a highly capable (and ISO 13485 certified) Global Operations team utilizing lean techniques with responsibility for Manufacturing, Product Support, Quality Control, Supply Chain, Applications and Field Service.+ Led Engineering team responsible for redesigning the companies first product (a fully automated microscopy instrument) improving Mean Time Between Failure from less than 8 hours to greater than six months.+ Responsible for world-wide Field Service P&L - exceeded 30% net margin and customer satisfaction goals each year.
  • 454 Life Sciences
    Director Of Operations
    454 Life Sciences 2003 - 2005
    Branford, Ct, Us
    454 Life Sciences commercialized the highly innovative Gonome Sequencer system for ultra-high throughput DNA sequencing. Reported to the CEO with responsibility for new product validation, Instrument and Reagent Manufacturing, Product Support, Quality Control, Field Service and Materials/Supply Chain.+ Developed and executed the Operations strategy and detailed start-up plan resulting in on-time launch of the companies first instrument and reagent kits. Achieved production scale-up to support $24M/Yr revenue.+ Implemented Supply Chain improvements utilizing lean manufacturing techniques resulting in inventory turns improving from 4 - 8, and accuracy improving from 75% to 99.98%+ Put in place ISO 9001 Quality Assurance systems resulting in reagent kit workmanship defects reduced from 20% to less than 1%.
  • Nanogen Inc
    Vp Of Operations
    Nanogen Inc 2002 - 2003
    Nanogen developed, manufactured and marketed automated molecular biology work stations, electronic micro-arrays and disposables for the detection of genetic mutations. Responsible for 40 Manufacturing, Product Support, Purchasing and Facilities personnel with a budget of $6M. Worked with Hitachi to transfer a newly developed instrument and disposable into manufacturing and launched 8 new assays (ASR's) in one year.+ Used Lean Manufacturing techniques to reduce instrument manufacturing throughput time from almost six months to three weeks or less. Improved electronic micro-array yield (lab-on-a-chip) from 60% to 95%.+ Reduced facilities expenses by $300,000 / year
  • Progeny Systems
    Vp Of Operations
    Progeny Systems 2000 - 2002
    Progeny Systems developed systems (instrument and reagents) used to measure fertility in veterinary applications. I reported to the CEO with complete Operations responsibility. + Reduced total manufacturing costs by 48% and achieved Gross Margins of 72% within 12 months by completely outsourcing instrument and reagent manufaccturing.+ established contract manufacturers in California, Mexico and Israel and ensured that all Progeny manufacturing personnel were retained in appropriate positions by chosen contractors.+ Met volume ramp-up goals of $0 - $12M in first 18 months.
  • Nichols Institute Diagnostics/Quest Diagnostics
    Director Of Operations
    Nichols Institute Diagnostics/Quest Diagnostics 1996 - 2000
    Nichols Institute Diagnostics was a provider of manual test kits that hired me to transfer the design of a newly-purchased automated immunoassay platform to the U.S. and establish complete manufacturing and support capability. Reported to the CEO, responsible for Operations and Field Service.+ Coordinated efforts of engineering teams at three separate companies to complete development and launch Nichols first instrument on time and under budget.+ Established complete ISO 9001 Operations capabilities for Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Service - strategy, personnel hires, equipment selection, etc., and grew to $50M revenue.+ Developed a highly effective Field Service group using combination of service engineers and outsourced support.
  • Dade Behring
    Manufacturing Engineering Manager
    Dade Behring 1989 - 1996
    Forchheim, De
    Behring Diagnostics developed and launched three new automated immunoassay instruments in four years. As the first manufacturing engineer and then department leader I engineered the start-up and growth of manufacturing from $0 to $300M before the company merged with Dade to form Dade-Behring.+ Established manufacturing process that supported growth from 0 - $20M in first year and subsequent growth to $300M.+ Succcessfully transferred a $150M manufacturing operation from Syva Corporation (San Jose, CA) to Westwood, MA as a result of merger/acquisition.

Joe Turgeon Skills

Manufacturing Medical Devices Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Product Development Cross Functional Team Leadership Process Improvement Fda Start Ups Iso 13485 Management Quality Assurance Leadership Team Building Strategy Operational Excellence Validation Quality Management R&d Analysis Operations Management Biotechnology Iso Quality System Manufacturing Engineering Continuous Improvement Product Launch Commercialization Manufacturing Operations Engineering Design For Manufacturing Supply Chain Supply Chain Management Process Engineering Manufacturing Operations Management Budgets Gmp Business Process Re Engineering Theory Of Constraints Design Control Capa Root Cause Analysis Mergers Supply Chain Optimization Outsourcing Employee Engagement Pfmea Mergers And Acquisitions Kaizen V&v

Joe Turgeon Education Details

  • Questrom School Of Business, Boston University
    Questrom School Of Business, Boston University
    Mba Program
  • Wentworth Institute Of Technology
    Wentworth Institute Of Technology
    Manufacturing Engineering

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