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Boston, MA, US

Bedford, Massachusetts, US

• Built and managed a five-person team responsible for Medical Device supply chain including S&OP ownership, shipping/receiving, buying, supplier engineering, and customer engagement.
• Helped drive the expansion and distribution of capital equipment and consumable products to over sixty countries globally, enabling sales strategies that improved market positioning.
• Introduced a quarterly format for ranking, tracking, and mitigating supply chain risk across all product lines and suppliers; with proposals reported to the executive team.
• Created formats for cross functional meetings and slide decks between international sites, which improved communications, alignment of yields, S&OP, and reduced COGs.

Cupertino, California, US

• Promoted to owner of manufacturing cost analysis for Apple enclosures on LOB including iPhone, Watch, iPad, Mac and future products.
• Lead analyst responsible for supporting NPI/sustaining negotiations, long term production strategy, and total cost of ownership breakdowns.
• Subject matter expert for Chinese labor rate analysis and breakdown, hiring/retention, labor overtime/staffing analysis, creating OPEX budgets, and Covid 19 Bubble planning.
• Led a cross functional team in creating a robust equipment auditing program for CNC mills, lathes, lasers, and anodization lines.
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of business tools to track total cost of programs at suppliers, bottom-up cost standardization, and labor/process rate should cost.
• Senior GSM responsible for training of new hires on capacity planning, how to create a bottom-up cost, and how to be an operations DRI.

Cupertino, California, US

• Operations lead for prototype to mass production of key cosmetic parts representing $1.5 billion USD of Apple spend. Products supported include iPhone 12,13,14 and sustaining programs.
• Managed vendor contacts for respective parts and ensuring proper ramp planning, peak capacity preparation, and cost negotiations. Negotiations savings were $180 million USD.
• Created business tools for forecasting: Vendor allocation, Supplier volume/output by week, CNC Mill and equipment capacity demand by week, labor demand, and revenue estimation.

Somerville, MA, US

• Initiated the Form 3 and 3B printer RMA/repair processes at contract manufacturers located in Europe and North America. Project involved material/line planning, operator/technician training, and technical team.
• Realized $1 million USD in savings by reducing cost of a consumable converted product through cost structure negotiations and engineering actions.

Somerville, MA, US

• Managed NPI and steady state production for the galvanometer sub-assembly in the Form 3 Printer. This included production planning, cost negotiations, contract agreements, implementing IQC/OQC, measurement analysis.
• Introduced basic quality management workflows (FMEA, Validations, Internal Auditing) to a medical resin manufacturing facility during their ISO13485 audit.

Acton, Massachusetts, US

-Managed the Calibration and Preventive Maintenance of all tools for multiple company locations.- Reviewed and approved manufacturing equipment qualifications.- Acted as a subject matter expert on the function of biomedical devices produced by the company.- Performed root cause analysis on observed device failures as well as performed post-sterile lot.

Acton, Massachusetts, US

-Used root cause analysis to determine the cause of medical device failures.- Responsible for having in depth technical knowledge of the mechanical and electrical function of drug pump devices and electronic data managers.- Redlined and updated procedures to optimize Post Market lab processes.- Completed investigative reports that were submitted to the FDA.

Boston, MA, US

- Consultant for the National Science Foundation through Washington University- Performed metabolic engineering experiments on Drosophila melanogaster populations.- Involved in husbandry and upkeep of experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster.- Presented research at the Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego (April 2016)- Instructed.

• Ensured efficient and constant production of brain and spine implants.
• Created, prototyped, and manufactured machine pieces involved in implant production.
• Optimized the sterilization of catheters through statistical analysis.
• Contributed to interdisciplinary team efforts to improve medical device production.
• Aided in audit preparation and implantation.

Lowell, MA, US

• Improved yield and quality of micro-manufactured biomedical devices.
• Fabricated sensors, retinal implants, and atomizers.
• Collaborated on documentation involved in FDA approval.