Leader for all activities from the Manufacturing Engineering organization for all activities related to the line sustaining and process improvements for the Catheter Clean Room.• Management of engineering customer relationship: analysis of non-conformances, complaints, CAPAs• Lead the Supplier Change Notification process with the different customers • Lead the Engineering team regarding yield ramp up and process improvements. • Management of implementations related to Supplier CAPAs and non-conformances.

Leader for all activities from the Quality organization regarding a product transfer for the start up in the Costa Rica facility.• Quality representative for PQ and sustaining activities in Transcatheter Valve Processes.• Quality lead for the submission activities for the Costa Rica facility. • Managed Quality Technicians during the transfer activities in the Irvine facility.• Implemented a sampling process for Quality processes on the Costa Rica and Irvine facilities.o Multi-disciplinary work with the facilities of Singapore, California and Costa Rica• Creation of Quality procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, Gowning and Cleaning procedures. • Qualification of cleaning and gown laundry processes for the facility. • Lead all the training and transfer activities for the Quality group in the Irvine facility.• Subject matter expert in international regulatory audits.• Analysis and review of metrics for Management Review.

Leader for a new product launch, representing and coordinating all the required activities from the Costa Rica facility. • Country lead for new product introduction project between three facilities. • Coordinated all the activities from Costa Rica to test, validate and start commercial operations in a product launch. • Coordinated all production, material, training and process requirements from the Costa Rica facility to meet all requirements for the global product launch. • Presented project metrics at the divisional level and held meetings between the different divisions.• Performed all product validations (IQ, OQ, PQ) and regulatory submission activities for the Costa Rica facility.

Leader in a divisional cost reduction project that focused in different areas of the company to obtain a reduction of 20% in the unit cost. • Implemented a new product packaging configuration for a product. o Savings of $450,000. o Multi-disciplinary work from the facilities of Ireland, California and Costa Rica.• Presented project metrics at the divisional level and held meetings between the different divisions.• Performed all product validations (IQ, OQ, PQ) and regulatory submission activities for the Costa Rica facility

Provided support to facilitate efficient operations within the production area, to optimize existing processes, and to ensure that production goals were met. Monitored performance of equipment and corrected equipment problems or process parameters that produced non-conforming product, low yields and/ or product quality issues.• Implemented Yellow Belt and Green Belt projects. o Implementation across the division with the approval of all the impacted areas. o 15% yield improvement o 20% reduction of process variation• Performed corrective and preventive action investigations to solve quality issues o DMAIC process for problem solving • Subject matter expert for international regulatory audits. Kaizen event coordinator and lead for Manufacturing Engineering area.

Managed a Chemical Mixing Laboratory and Manufacturing Services Room of the site. These areas provide the production lines with all the chemical solutions required in the production processes as well as the cleaning and inspection of materials and fixtures used in the manufacturing lines. • Coordinated all the activities to install and qualify the Laboratory.• Transferred and validated all the solution mixing processes to the Costa Rica facility (IQ, OQ, PQ) . • Managed production plans and inventory levels to supply manufacturing lines with all the requirements. • Supervisor of an eight people crew in two production shifts Lead performance review meetings and growth plans for employees