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South San Francisco, California, US

Oversees large, multi-initiative programs to deliver innovative medical devices and drug/device combination products.

South San Francisco, California, US

A catalyst for operational excellence and innovation, guiding the leadership team through daily challenges and longer term strategic initiatives.

South San Francisco, California, US

Lead cross-functional teams in development of new drug/device combination therapeutic products.

San Antonio, Texas, US

Drive product vision and execution for cross-functional drone systems team, including hardware, system software, and mobile application. - Defined and communicated quarterly roadmaps that delight customers.- Worked with sales and marketing on new product launches.- Engaged third party vendors to add direct integrations with Kespry system.- Implemented data.

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Lead development and integration of hardware, embedded software, and cloud analytics projects for the leading provider of automated drone systems for commercial environments. Build new program management processes and.
• Drove launch of new second generation drone system.
• Implemented daily Visual Management, adopted common project tracking tools across all of Engineering, and introduced Scrum software development.

San Jose, CA, US

• Lead new product development projects for design and launch of complex biological research instruments and software.
• Oversaw cross-functional global teams of 5 – 15 members in defining, developing and launching new products, delighting customers and beating schedule targets by as much as 30% while meeting quality, cost, and scope.
• Established new lean development process for flagship imaging product, leading to accelerating requirements definition through customer feedback 6 months earlier than on previous projects and process being recognized.
• Piloted new technology roadmap process and developed standard work, enabling leadership team to double time horizon of strategic product roadmap from 3 to 6 years.

San Jose, CA, US

• Delivered internal consulting for operational process excellence. Drove business, manufacturing, supply chain, and transactional improvements through extensive customer VOC, transparent metrics and deep data focus.
• Reduced site inventory by $2.6M (15%) in 6 months through Kanban implementation and finished goods planning, including extensive data analysis on over 50k items.
• Enabled $1M cost savings by facilitating transfer and ramp-up of 3 new overseas product lines, including support of materials planning, standard work development, and leading Kaizen events for production cell.
• Streamlined processes and improved communication with service team as interim master scheduler, increasing service spares on-time-delivery (OTD) from 89% to 94%.

San Jose, CA, US

Led logistics optimization project to reduce freight costs and improve shipping revenue from customers.

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Oversaw quality deliverables for FDA-regulated cardiovascular devices with revenues of $1B, including early development, production, government approval, and launch.
• Facilitated transfer of new stent from R&D lab to production facility, scaling volume from 500 to 5K by implementing new operating procedures, training, and equipment.
• Reduced in-process inspection time 25% by leading 18 cross-functional teams in Design-For-Profitability initiative that included sharing best practices and data-driven decision making.
• Led process validations for Xience Prime™ stent with 20-person staff and $8M budget, including coordinating build / test schedules and driving root cause failure investigations, resulting in product launch 4 months.

• Ran facilities improvement projects at major oil refinery.
• Ensured employee safety by identifying and reducing high-risk areas in plant.
• Designed and installed safety eyewash stations throughout refinery, protecting workers from injury and complying with government regulations.

Mba, Business

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering