New Product Development Engineer with a consistent track record of product launches using skills in engineering and management, research and development, mechanical design and system design, leadership and mentoring, empirical testing and data analysis, and problem-solving. My primary strength is transforming customer needs into commercially successful products, both as an individual contributor and through the leverage of a product development team. I've worked in small and large companied developing a variety of products, form very high-volume automated assembly medical devices to low volume capital equipment. I've often been team lead, project manager and engineering manager for many of the products I've developed, allowing me to leverage the strength of a larger team to execute on a product development plan.I earned my MBA in 2015 - with emphasis on Finance and Marketing - to augment my technical background.Over the years I have added to my technical skill set and professional development including: • MS Office Tools - Microsoft Office, MS Project • CAD/FEA - Solid Works, Creo, AutoCAD, COSMOS, Simulation, Mechanism • Engineering Tools - MathCAD, LabView, Circuit Maker • Quality Training - Juran, Crosby, ISO 9000, cGMP, Six-Sigma • Design Training - HIMA Seminars, SPE/SPI Seminars, DFMA, GD&T, FMEA • Problem Solving - Kepner Trego, DOE, Shanin, Six-Sigma (Yellow Belt) • Electronics - PCBA Design, Soldering, Electronic Debugging, BasicStamp Programming • Project Management - Reading and training on world class product development • Personnel Assessment - Training in diversity, personality types – including PI Index • Medical Devices - Design of Class II Medical Device in cGMP / ISO environment • DFMA - Design for Manufacturing and Assembly • NPI - Launched many products from concept to MP • Management - Many years of experience managing cross functional Engineering teamsI've also been able to quickly get up to speed and consistently find innovation solutions to customer needs resulting in many patents for new novel products throughout my career.