John Wlassich, Phd Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, CA

• Sold in more than 90 countries, Rain Bird is the world’s largest manufacturer of irrigation products. The company designs, develops, and manufactures drip irrigation, high efficiency nozzles, and cloud-based electronic.
• Increased output and quality by implementing Lean in manufacturing.
• Led manufacturing programs which doubled capacity.
• Generative Design with physics-based simulations in product design.
• Machine Learning to improve process quality.
• … Show more Sold in more than 90 countries, Rain Bird is the world’s largest manufacturer of irrigation products. The company designs, develops, and manufactures drip irrigation, high efficiency nozzles, and.

Long Island, NY

• Joined as employee #5 to recruit and manage a team to develop and manufacture a wholly new laser medical device and smart disposable for wound healing. Company reached sustainability and was sold in late 2015 to a.
• 90% margins and greater market penetration achieved by transforming the business from pay-per-use to "razor/razor blade" model with a novel, smart disposables.
• 33% sales increase by executing a product line extension from concept to… Show more Joined as employee #5 to recruit and manage a team to develop and manufacture a wholly new laser medical device and smart disposable.
• 33% sales increase by executing a product line extension from concept to introduction.
• 25% time-to-market reduction realized by aligning product development with clinical testing and regulatory compliance.
• Won the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation of Year Award. This contributed to driving market awareness of our product prior to launch.

Boston, MA And Reading, UK

• Led groups in engineering, quality, and life sciences in the Blades and Razors Division of Gillette.
• Increasing levels of responsibility; project engineer, program manager, and research manager.
• Formed an interdisciplinary team to build fully functional prototypes for performance testing of a future billion-dollar male razor brand.
• Led a manufacturing scale-up team to deliver a high volume manufacturing process.
• Successful 5 year expat assignment as manager of an advanced… Show more Led groups in engineering, quality, and life sciences in the Blades and Razors Division of Gillette.
• Successful 5 year expat assignment as manager of an advanced technology group in the premier corporate research laboratory in the UK.

Boston, MA

• While a student at MIT, recruited a five-member team, completed corporate contracts, and implemented a new, highly efficient materials processing technology. The technology reduced cost while improving quality of.
• Started the company and grew it to 25 employees.
• Sold company in 1995 and delivered 4x ROI for shareholders.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• First mechanical engineer in the company to work jointly with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Information Technologies.
• Increase the yield of a materials manufacturing process with sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms.
• Saved millions of dollars for a government agency by showing a low-cost alternative solution to a complex problem in aircraft operations.

Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Vice President MIT Chapter of ASME, Sigma Xi Majored in Control Systems and minored in Design and Materials. PhD.

Sm, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Learned to sail and row single person shells. • Built robot test beds from scratch. Designed systems and.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi Graduated Summa Cum Laude. One of first 3 undergraduates to earn an.

Quantum Computing, Professional Certificate