Accomplished Tactical & Strategic Senior Program Director / Leader with over 18 years of award-winning experience focused on managing teams/ programs and developing novel life-saving products (Class I, II, & III) spanning the entire product life cycle from initial concept to specifications, design & development, regulatory submission & clearance/approval, transfer to manufacturing, and commercialization with numerous successful launches globally • Commercialized innovative products in various medical, pharmaceutical, & commercial markets including Biosensors & Medical Imaging, Optics, Dentistry, Diabetes, Cancer Diagnostics, Drug Discovery, Cardiology, Ophthalmology, and Neurovascular/Brain Therapy • Broad management skills as the Deputy Director at the prestigious UC/DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Senior Executive Scientist at Johnston & Johnston, Principal Program Manager & Chief Scientist at II-VI Optical Systems, Senior Director at AcCurra/Carl Zeiss, Director at StarFish Medical/LensGen, Senior Director / Senior Project Head at Alcon/Novartis, Senior PMO Manager at Medtronic • Exceptional personnel management & team building skills and outstanding project management, product development, & business development skills • Lean, Six Sigma, PMBOK / PMI / PMP tools, Agile, SCRUM, CPM, Waterfall / ADLC / SDLC • Recipient of numerous awards and recognitions • PhD in Chemical/Biomedical Engineering from University of California with full UC Regent’s Scholarship & highest Honors.