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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Collaborating with sales, R&D and marketing to structure a commercialization plan that empowers sales to sell new products. Leading continuous improvement initiatives that address problems from different business perspectives. Responsible for product roadmap and innovation pipeline. Managing the product life cycle strategy and owned the phase out of an old product to reduce complexity and risk in the product portfolio. Driving in-depth voice of customer initiatives for digital product development.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Assisted the development of strategic partnerships by building business cases. Performed market research and communicated the insights to product managers, sales and marketing.

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Led two global innovation teams which met to create an innovation culture and test a process to generate innovative ideas. Co-Led a continuous improvement initiative that accelerated time to market by assisting the process improvement workshop, conducting monthly follow-up with action team leaders, and aided in eliminating roadblocks.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Managed the production part approvals for a new product, by investigating product inconsistencies, assessing process capability and control plans. Collaborated with suppliers, manufacturing and design engineers to improve product quality, performance and reliability.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Supported students by delivering one-to-one and group interventions, assisting with lesson preparations and conducting the lab sections for the Human-Machine Systems Design class.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Enhanced the DevOps transformation by integrating technology and value stream mapping to create a step-by-step procedure to aid teams in identifying waste during software development. Collaborated on a proof of concept for a medical delivery system using drones for disaster situations as a part of an agile team. Presented the business case and technology to customers, executives and venture capitalists.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Identified feasible opportunities for process improvements by value stream mapping the existing internal logistic flows in manufacturing facilities in Sweden and France. Established best practices and informational documents to teach manufacturing facilities about Minomi flow and how to improve the process efficiency. Improved intercultural communication and international competency by working on international teams.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Recommended practical improvements for retinal microsurgery instruments from a human factors perspective in a literature review to improve current designs and future research. Assembled and analyzed voice of customer data from interviews with surgeons to incorporate their experiences and preferences with several types of feedback in retinal microsurgery into the design proposal.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Spearheaded the development and automation of the monthly nonconformance report that to trend medical devices that did not meet specifications in the manufacturing facilities. Enhanced the manufacturing facilities complaint log report and and presented service error data to management at the facilities. Supported the integration of Wolfe-Tory Medical into Teleflex, Inc. by aligning their Corrective Actions and Preventative Actions procedures with Teleflex’s procedures.*Since this experience was part of a rotational co-op program, I was in school between January 2015- April 2015 instead of at Teleflex.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Ensured regulatory compliance for numerous products pertaining to the respiratory, airway, and atomization product lines. Developed, and assessed product risk documentation regarding patient safety, design function, and manufacturability. Preformed preliminary flow testing on oxygen masks and analyzed the fraction of inspired oxygen to determine the most effective prototype.

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Designed experiments with arthritic mice, harvesting spleen & synovium with the goal of developing a drug that targets arthritic cells in the body. Presented a research poster at CCHMC and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s Capstone Poster Symposium.

Master Of Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Society of Women Engineers, Society for Health Systems

Bachelor Of Science In Industrial Engineering, Minor Statistics, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: A.O.E. Professional Engineering Sorority, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, University Scholars Program.

Semester Engineering Exchange Student, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Swansea University Canoe Club, Swansea University Netball Club