Pushing an incredible nanotechnology to a commercially approved lifechanging medical device with a lean and talented team.

Everyone says they grow up fast and kindergarten will be here soon!I have been fortunate enough to take time to 'engineer' and 'develop' my number 1 priority: Family!As expected I keep my communication and negotiation skills sharp with some of the hardest to please "customers", but now I can also do hair...

Built New product development and processes to deliver products and product improvements in a rapidly growing company.● On time delivery of new extensa-XT product line.● Organically recruited, hired, and trained a successful team of 5 engineers in 12 months.● Maintain strategic roadmap for near team wins and long-term continuous improvement.● Drive department growth, culture, process, and predictability.● Due diligence, Contract negotiation, and Intellectual property development.● Drive alignment with Sr. Leadership, voice of customer, and Marketing Campaigns.● Class 2 and Class 3 medical devices with Class A, B, and C level of concern software.● Implemented and architected requirements Management System including integration to QMS.● Accountability and leadership of 3rd party development and manufacturing● Emphasize the voice of customer and human factors engineering for predictable result.

Surgical Solutions, New Product Development, Systems Engineer and Controls Team Lead.Focus on improving efficiency: Efficiency is best realized business wide (not in one department). New product development is most efficient for the business when it paves the way for marketing, sourcing, quality, manufacturing, assembly, shipping, installation, service, future updates, and Most Importantly: the end user.Controls Team: Lead a team of software and electrical engineers to work cross functionally and deliver new capital products with intuitive human machine interface.System Engineering: Requirement Tracing, specifically, User Task Analysis, Risk Analysis, Design input, Verification, and Validation document development and tracing.

Renal Nanotechnology Lab, PI: William Fissell MD - Implantable device project manager: conceptualize, design, rapid prototype, and manufacture pilot scale artificial kidney devices for 30 day animal implant maintaining strict compliance with IACUC, AAALAC, and FDA (internal and external regulatory committees for large animal studies) - Assembled and maintain a team of specialists from Transplant Surgery, Nephrology, Manufacturing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, MRI, Ultrasound, and Veterinary Care, to inform device design and deliver on grant milestones - Facilitated a 10 fold increase in annual animal trials including completion of 26 experiments in 3 years - Instruct surgical teams and lab personnel on proper installation and handling of implantable devices (SOPs), lab safety, safety data sheets (SDS), and chemical hygiene plan - Experience with design control from product conception phase to product launch phase; designed and implemented ergonomic improvements based upon surgeon feedback; reduced operation time from 4 to 3 hours - Manage and lead 3 lab employees and their projects including producing database structures and providing data analysis - Designed software and intuitive graphical user interface (Labview) for benchtop testing program

BioMEMS and Nanotechnology Lab, PI: William Fissell MD - Designed/built bench testing apparatus to Characterize filtration through MEMS technology based, silicon nano membranes (SNM) - Applied Surface modifications (silanol chemistries) to SNMs and assessed hemocompatibility - Developed and validated HPLC methods for antibiotic quantification in patient blood

- Worked with staff technicians to manufacture and purify magnetic iron nanoparticles - Assisted research scientists with conjugation of antibodies to iron nanoparticles - Developed micro array protocol to asses efficacy of nanoparticle-antibody conjugation

Worked every summer starting as an apprentice and working up to head instructorResponsible for the leading 7 instructors and the safety of 40 campers. The camp lasted 5 weeks each year. Coached advanced sailors after camp to prepare them for racing in regattas

Biomedical Devices Lab, PI: William Smith PhD - Drafted parts using CAD for the Total Artificial Heart and Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device projects - Performed mock blood loop simulations with prototype devices - Conducted platelet adhesion studies on bio-compatible gel coatings

Designed curriculum and program of a summer sailing programHired 2 instructorsResponsible for the education and safety of 15 campers between the ages of 8-15