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Miami, Fl, Us

Lead the design and development of primary and secondary packaging solutions, focusing on sustainability and eco-friendly practices. Manage cross-functional teams to streamline the product development process, implement supply chain software, and optimize project timelines. Spearhead New Product Development (NPD) initiatives, providing expertise in market research, product design, preparation for manufacturing, and quality plans. Drive collaboration across teams to enhance operational efficiency and reduce manual tasks. Offer sustainable & ethical solutions to product development; transforming companies to achieve sustainable goals while maintaining quality and time to market.

Miami, Florida, Us

Miami, Florida, Us

Successfully built a Product Development team in alignment with the company’s aggressive expansion goals. Directly responsible for the creation of multiple verticals within Product Development including Industrial Design, Project Management, and Packaging.Supported the company growth strategy by successfully launching the sub-brand "Frida Mom", along with more than 30 new innovative products rooted in marketing insights to ensure market success. Responsible for validating product design is aligned with the innovation and portfolio strategy, and is executed on time within budget.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

[Formerly Jarden Consumer Solutions]Lead cross functional teams to develop new products, product revisions, cost reduction, and quality improvement efforts for small kitchen appliances in the LATAM and Canada markets. Brands include FoodSaver, CrockPot, Oster, and Sunbeam.• Responsible for the introduction of new products for Food Preservation, Heated, and Indoor Cooking categories.• Lead new product development teams to successfully develop products from concept to production.• Work closely with Product Managers to assure all required features are identified and included in the product design.• Successfully manage complex projects simultaneously through an organized process until their introduction to market.• Work with Quality Dept to ensure all new product quality targets are defined and achieved. • Proactively enhance the new product development process time to market by improving information gathering and approval submission processes.

Chicago, Il, Us

Actively support product development, ship acceptance and sales for the different regions globally. Collaborate with product information shearing and streamlining the regional shipping process.• Liaison between marketing, product team and quality to drive the regional requirements during the product development and release.• Oversee ASTRO Product Portfolio for Latin America and Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia regions. • Identify and analyze market needs and drive any changes needed on the product portfolio.• Proficiently organize, capture, and distribute product knowledge to provide monthly update session to the different regions internationally.• Responsible for driving and ensuring product availability globally as well as maintaining current portfolio.

Chicago, Il, Us

Developed, Managed and designed radio and Surveillance Accessories. Drive the design and production. Worked with EE and SW teams on multi disciplinary products for specific customers. Re- designed and developed a mobile base station for rapid deployment use.• Actively manage all projects from customer requirements to ship acceptance.• Efficiently predicting project information such as cost, staff months and time lines.• Responsible for keeping the teams projects status, revenues and achievements for easy tracking and distribution in an organized manner.• Support product life cycle from definition to cancellation.• Design new products and solutions for high tier radios based on customer requirements.• Prepare necessary documentation including specifications, prints, certification plans, and PAF.

Chicago, Il, Us

Developed and designed Audio and programming adapters. Worked on different adapters and radio solution for particular costumers to promote sales. Developed a Weather Case for the radios programming device. Designed and built a fully working RSM prototype to work with a David Clark headset.• Design new products and solutions for high tier radios based on customer requirements.• Achieve cost efficiency by re-using existing parts when appropriate.• Responsible for the testing and evaluation of adapters, accessories, and cases.• Prepare necessary documentation including specifications, prints, certification plans, and PAF.• Actively contact suppliers to obtain quotes, tool reviews and production process information to be used on current projects.• Inspect product samples for approval and implement changes when needed.• Ensure that final assemblies (Kit) are fully tested per Motorola standards in order to move new products through the qualification and ship acceptance process.

Hartland, Wisconsin, Us

[Formerly Mark Two Engineering]Worked on the production and manufacturing of biomedical and aerospace products. Designed any needed fixture for implementation. Programmed manufacturing machines according to tolerances and print dimensions. • Procured materials based on print specifications and machine capabilities.• Efficiently re-designed parts to accommodate tool size, speed, or material used resulting in faster and better production. • Programmed a CNC Multi-Axis Milling machine to make complex metal and acrylic parts with a minimal tolerance range minimizing human assistance and failures. • Managed a group of machine operators during production builds.• Measured and inspected finished parts per print specifications to confirm the manufacturing process.

Professional Education, Sustainability Studies

Bs Degree In Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial And Product Design

Robotics Certificate