I am a Precision Engineering Professional with 20+ years experience in R&D, Product & Process development and manufacturing. My experience in technical leadership includes microelectronics integration into micro-optical systems, diamond turning of freeform optics, optical tooling and molding, precision metrology of optical / mechanical components, measurement system development and production systems deployment into regulated environments. I have also held functional leadership roles which included organizational development, R&D leadership, production systems life-cycle management, and collaborative leadership through matrix organizations. Following graduate school, I joined J&J Vision to develop Diamond Turning platforms and processes. The systems and processes developed enabled the launch of Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism and the highly successful portfolio of Astigmatism products with the Blink Stabilized Design. Ultra-Precision machining with Single Point Diamond Turning has historically out-paced off-the-shelf metrology capabilities. This led to my next role to develop metrology for segmented and continuous aspheres with laser interferometry which are used for in-process components enabling the launch of Acuvue Oasys for Presbyopia. In 2010, I became the first Global Metrology Manager for the franchise and shifted into a functional leadership role with technical accountabilities. I created a global team which managed the life-cycle strategy of metrology systems for both Finished Goods Testing (Quality Control) and in-process checks. We developed automated metrology systems integrated with overhead data systems (LIMS) and reduced production scrap rate by improving measurement capabilities.