• Led all product management activities during an 8-year development cycle to define and develop the company’s first-ever neuromodulation product, culminating in FDA approval and successful launch.• Drove the creation and deployment of inaugural strategic plan for Biotronik’s new Neuro division by organizing and facilitating a year-long series of workshops with key stakeholders.• Established and managed physician advisory boards from scratch, serving as the primary liaison for two neurostimulation applications (pain and heart failure)• Directed product concept, customer requirements, and feature development through usability studies, workshops, interviews, and field observations with physicians, patients, and representatives.• Crafted and communicated the product vision, strategic roadmap, and market requirements, collaborating with engineering teams on technical specifications for complex implantable systems and digital health tools.• Contributed to intellectual property strategy with over 10 patents filed; received the company Innovation Award for a remote programming solution.• Trained education and commercial marketing teams and supported the creation of promotional materials for product launch.• Evaluated new market opportunities through research, regulatory pathway, reimbursement strategies, competitive analysis, and scientific reviews.

• Drove start-up of pre-clinical & clinical studies for novel stimulation investigation: protocol generation, site identification & screening • Delivered technical support for pre-clinical studies, including training on implantation techniques, operating research systems, and collecting physiological data.• Acted as the main liaison with CROs for study planning, contracts, budgets, and data management.• Performed cardiac and neuro study data analysis including signal analysis & automated processing in Matlab & Excel; delivered reports and presentations of study results

• Developed with team a nasal insert to facilitate drug delivery for chronic sinusitis treatment. Conducted project reviews with physician panels, FDA, engineering consultants, and legal firms. • Designed with team a low-cost fetal heart monitoring device for the developing world, including acoustic hardware, signal processing and programming, and form factors. • Identified and validated clinical needs through 300+ hours of clinical rotations at Johns Hopkins Hospital in electrophysiology, interventional radiology, general surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery.• Authored animal and clinical study protocols and achieved ACCU and IRB approval. • Performed pre-clinical testing, including self-devised bench testing, primate animal studies, and cadaver studies.• Traveled to Ethiopia for 3-week immersion to research clinical needs in low-resource environment. • Selected to present at Yale Global Health and Innovation, University of Minnesota Design of Medical Devices, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Conferences.

• Responded to inquiries from clinicians, field representatives, and patients to troubleshoot pacemaker/ICD programming and implantation, interpret ECG recordings, and describe technical information.• Completed training in pacemaker/ICD/CRT programming, testing, and implant technical support. • Authored user manuals, technical bulletins, and product training materials; presented new publication ideas.• Developed comprehensive new-hire training program objectives and exercises and led training sessions.• Led workshops for doctors, nurses, and field representatives on device programming and troubleshooting.• Communicated user feedback to engineering and marketing teams; filed complaints according to FDA QSR.

Completed one-month intensive training program in medical instrumentation and Spanish· Conducted inventory and staff interviews for needs assessment in Nicaraguan hospital· Utilized newly acquired knowledge to troubleshoot and repair hospital medical devices· Trained nurses and doctors to operate donated or repaired equipment and provided translated instructionsheets

· Executed clinical CT protocols and filed results in database to evaluate developing versions of software and hardware · Compiled and presented automated test data and equipment status reports at daily meetings with project managers, development engineers, clinical test site coordinators, and technicians · Co-authored comprehensive CT testing operations manual containing basic through technical reference information and testing protocols

· Performed ECG setup and lab animal exercise protocol to investigate canine arrhythmia · Assisted in surgeries for cardiac lead implantation and myocardial infarction production · Collected ECG and vagal tone data and analyzed with statistical software program