Responsibilities include: Product design/development, and Design for Manufacturing Support design/development efforts on many fledgling products concurrently Develop Manufacturing process controls, tooling, risk management files Support Production products before, during & after Launch to obtain stability Project Leader for Medical devices during design, product release to manufacturing.

Hologic is a leader in the women’s health care field. The Indianapolis site designs & manufactures disposable biopsy devices. I currently manage 6 Mechanical engineers and one engineering tech. My team is responsible for production process controls, flow, maintenance and continuous improvement. With one of my reports working in the New Product Development arena for DFM and Lean manufacturing principals at the ground level of all new products.Manufacturing Engineering Manager• Managed five salaried Manufacturing Engineers, and one hourly technician • Managed department budget and set directives for spending > $1M• Managed Manufacturing Engineering resources for piece price variance (PPV) cost improvements• Facility Project Manager for relocation of breast cancer biopsy production lines to Costa Rica facility (~ $115M/Year business)• Responsible for team objectives and strategies as Hologic climbed from 35% to 53% market share• Instrumental in directing team for implementation of continuous improvement techniques• Directed the department initiative for use of Process Control Plans, improved product specifications and documentation for better end user quality• Lead coordinator of cost reduction team ($1.5M saved on average over three years)• Program manager for first pass yield and scrap improvement projects• Co-Lead in several kaizen events to re-design the production flow of people, material and process for space allocation and capacity increase• Initiated specialized training for associates in order to have on-site experts

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, New Product Development• Sustaining Manufacturing Engineer for breast cancer biopsy products and associated components• Responsible for product and process development launch of breast cancer biopsy device(~ $40M/Year business)• Instituted lean principles and standards in breast cancer biopsy production line development • Engineering Co-lead on development of breast cancer biopsy product • Co-lead product changes during product design, testing, clinical studies and production launch activities• Liaison and procurement engineer for all prototype components during product design, testing, clinical studies• Supplier Quality Engineer for tier one supplier of critical components for two product families($10M /year)• Developed automated in-house grinding operation for radial sharpening of internal cutting device• Created, executed and maintained validation procedures for critical breast cancer biopsy production equipment• Created PFMEA template used for production floor documentation• Designed, documented and maintained process flow documents and device master record Bill of Materials for breast cancer biopsy product lines• Facilitated CAPA investigations and performed root cause analysis• Participated in customer complaint return devices to improve product & process outputs

Quality Manager, International Product Launch Center: September 2005 – May 2007• Direct manager for nine salary employees, including incoming inspection personnel• Health and Safety Coordinator for prototype & lab facilities• Developed and implemented processes that insured higher quality for prototype product builds• Core team member for maintaining Product Launch Center TS 16949 certification• Responsible for upgrading product launch center from QS 9000 to TS 16949 certification• Supported and developed production processes envisioned in production launch center

Senior Manufacturing Engineer: June 2002 – September 2005• Lead Manufacturing Engineer responsible for stator assembly cells transfer between two Mexican facilities ($2M project)• Lead Manufacturing Engineer for changeover, installation, debug, runoff and production for automotive alternator assembly cells• Extensive experience with machine refurbishment, modification, international relocation and installation• Responsible for all MSD (Manufacturing system design) documentation including FMEA, Control Plans & packaging requirements• Implemented multiple machining and assembly cells while coordinating international communication • Implemented lean principles in all projects

Manufacturing Engineer: June 1999 - June 2002• Lead Process Engineer for prototype part procurement• Responsible for transfer, start up, debug & runoff of machining and assembly cells from US to Poland facility

Project Engineer, Tooling Design and Print Maintenance: January 1998- June 1999• Design coordinator on cost savings program utilizing tooling redesign for equipment change over. (Cost $50K, ROI 6 months)• Coordinated tooling design on process that decreased ergonomic risk, and increased quality• Responsible for tooling design, print maintenance, print records, and number dispensing• Facilitated several machine changeover designs and implementations• Maintained revision tracking on all tooling from design through print storage• Responsible for tracking budget, suppliers, and timing for tooling projects• Collaborated with union skilled trades to implement tooling changes and production trial runs