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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Leading a group of globally distributed (US, Europe, Asia) program managers responsible for development of “connected” sewing & embroidery machines and related cloud, mobile, and desktop apps. Programs employ hybrid.
• Revamped the Product Development Process (PDP) to reduce time-to-market and improve quality.
• Implemented multi-level project governance and reporting processes and created associated templates to drive cross-functional visibility and accountability.
• Planning/estimating process and templates established, supporting resource, budget, and portfolio management.

Irving, Texas

- Led and developed a team of Project Managers, Project Specialists, and Account Managers from proposal through product delivery. Completed a wide variety of Traditional and Agile-hybrid programs for many of the world's leading pharmaceutical, medical equipment, and medical device companies.- Established project governance, updated processes & procedures.

Issaquah, Washington

• Managed the end-to-end development of Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) ultrasound catheters, including release of ACUSON AcuNav Volume. Responsible for directing the cross-functional product steering groups.
• Helped rebuild nearly entire engineering team due to relocation of design facility.
• Spearheaded new, multidisciplinary process for identifying and implementing product cost savings.
• Implementing DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) techniques and PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) for innovation, cost and quality improvements. Achieved more than 20% cost savings on a new catheter under development.

Redmond, WA

Extensive experience leading globally distributed product development and product improvement teams. Direct responsibility for multidisciplinary engineering teams as well as cross-functional leadership of non-engineering functions.Developed the LIFEPAK®CR2 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) platform.Chair of the Change Control Board and R&D member of.