Mike Platt

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Dynamic Servant Leader | Cross–Functional Team Leader | Life-Critical Medical Devices | Project Management | Process Improvement | NPD - Stage Gate | Machine Design | Encouraging, Motivating, Altruistic Coach & Mentor @
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Prospect Heights, Illinois, United States, United States
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About Mike Platt

Results driven Engineer with 25+ years of success launching new products (life-critical medical devices, business machines, consumer products). Products launched have totaled over $2 billion in sales and amount to over 700,000 devices and millions of disposables in the world helping people and businesses.Proven creative problem solver with 20+ issued patents.A consistent track record of diversified experience to drive results in new product development & product support encompassing technical leadership and project management, team leadership, product design and development, research, rapid prototyping, testing of mechanical and electro-mechanical products, products with embedded software, equipment and machinery.Responsibilities have included leadership of mechanical engineering and cross functional project teams consisting of engineers, designers/technicians and liaison with testing, manufacturing, marketing & sales, purchasing, suppliers and customers. Led teams from product feasibility / conception through to production & distribution and product support. Driven to achieve outstanding bottom line results with integrity, honesty and a relentless drive towards excellence. I strive to treat all people with respect and dignity to help create a productive team based working environment.Engineering / Technical Skills • Mechanical Design Expert • Systems Design and Integration • Technical Problem Solving • Design for Reliability / Robustness • Design for Manufacturing • Human Factors Engineering• USA and International Mfg.• Industrial Design • Creative Designer, 3D CAD• Product SupportLeadership / Mgmt. Skills and Roles• ME Team & Cross Functional Leader• Team Leader (Business, Sports, Community)• Global Team Leadership• Project Management, Stage Gate Process• Team Building / Key Employee Recruitment• Process Re-Engineering / Best Practices• Supplier Management• Technology Roadmapping• FDA 510k, UL and ETL submissions• Good interpersonal communication and influence at all levels.• Relentless, Driven, Motivating Head CoachProduct Manufacturing Skills• Injection Molding• Rapid Prototyping• Thermoforming• Castings (Die-Sand-Rubber)• Metal Injection Molding• Powdered Metal• Extrusions, Stamping• Weldments, Sheet Metal • Plating, Painting, Finishing• CNC Machining• Automated High - Speed Assembly

Mike Platt's Current Company Details
GoodTech USA

Goodtech Usa

Dynamic Servant Leader | Cross–Functional Team Leader | Life-Critical Medical Devices | Project Management | Process Improvement | NPD - Stage Gate | Machine Design | Encouraging, Motivating, Altruistic Coach & Mentor
Mike Platt Work Experience Details
  • Goodtech Usa
    Director Of Engineering
    Goodtech Usa Mar 2024 - Present
    ● Low Price / High Quality / Fast Delivery / Great Support > You get it all when you work with GoodTech!!!● Engineering and Manufacturing.● GoodTech USA is a Partner with GoodTech Mfg.● Prototyping Capabilities: https://www.gtproto.com/● GoodTech Mfg: Processes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd8nE2RhxScCJs7O_OC6inQ/about● LinkedIn GoodTech Mfg: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodtech-mfg-group/
  • Ascent Integrated Tech
    Director Of Engineering (Hardware And Software)
    Ascent Integrated Tech May 2023 - Apr 2024
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Early stage start up. OEM Mfr. of Fire Fighter Tracking Modules for GPS denied environments.Company Leader for all Mechanical, Electrical, Software and Mfg. Teams. Reporting to the CEO and CTO.● Responsible for creating the first Tracking Systems that were delivered to customers (Multiple Fire Depts.).● Accountable for leading all aspects of the product development process from concept to production start up.● Led, mentored, trained & motivated mechanical, electrical & software engineers (17 direct, 3 indirect reports).● Grew the Engineering Team from 10 to 18 Engineers. Recruited the Lead ME, SR EE and SR Emb. SWE.● Provided Mentoring & Industry experts to build up the team: Lead Systems Eng, Product Mgr, Project Mgr ● Created from scratch & implemented the company’s New Product Development (NPD) - Stage Gate Process.● Reduced 2024 CapEx & overall R&D Budgets by approx. 25% to gain critical additional company runway. ● Selected Designs, Materials, Mfg. Processes and Suppliers (USA, China) to cut COGS by 50%+.● Coached & developed SME’s in critical subsystems: Ruggedization , Materials, Prototyping, Mfg. ● Met Build and Customer Demo Schedule Milestones per Plan to provide continuous customer feedback.● Created & Implemented Product Development Processes: Requirements (“Day in the Life”, MVP, PRD), Project Plans, Design Reviews (formal / informal), Design Process, Stage Gate Reviews, System Block Diagram, DHF / DMR / DHR, Change Control, Issue Tracking, Team Structure, Lessons Learned, On-Boarding, Scrum, etc.● Implemented Best Practices of Engineering & Project Mgmt throughout the company: Root cause analysis, Iterative design / Evolutionary prototyping, DFM / DFA, Early reliability testing, High fidelity prototyping, Reuse, Goal Setting / Mini-Milestones, Outsourcing, Risk Mgmt.- Mitigation, Planning-Tracking-Metrics, Lifecycle Model Selection, One Page Project Mgmt. Method, Top 10 Risks / Mitigations, Implemented “Basecamp” Project Mgmt.
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  • Azul 3D, Inc
    Director Of Hardware Engineering
    Azul 3D, Inc Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
    Skokie, Illinois, Us
    Early stage start up. OEM Mfr. of 3D Printers utilizing DLP UV Technology.• Led, mentored, trained and motivated mechanical & electrical engineers (9 direct reports, 3 indirect reports.)• Created from scratch & implemented the company’s New Product Development (NPD) - Stage Gate Process.• Accountable for leading all aspects of the product development process from concept to production start up.• Responsible for creating the FIRST printers that were delivered to customers (DuPont, Wilson Sporting Goods).• Selected and managed suppliers (parts, sub-assy’s, pcb’s) that reduced the BOM cost of the printer by 30%.• Coached and developed SME’s in critical subsystems: precision optical alignment of DLP’s, fluid handling, thermal management, sensors, mechatronics, structural analysis, hexapods / Stewart platforms (75 um stitching)• Increased Mfg. Yield: Team implemented lean mfg. and reduced printer build times from 3 months to 2 weeks.• Met Build Schedule Milestones per Plan and Increased inventory of working, sell-able Lake Printers by 4X.• Created & Implemented Product Development Processes: • Implemented Best Practices of Engineering & Project Mgmt throughout the company: • Took “Extreme Ownership” of all projects: Prioritize and Execute, Decentralized command, Cover and Move, Simple (KISS). This provided the vision, motivation, planning, resourcing, collaboration, & teamwork needed.• Sourced alternative suppliers for critical components (Digital Light Projector, PCB’s, CNC’d Parts, etc.).• Outsourced non-critical subsystems (enclosures, frame, cabling, etc.) to free up the team and saved $100k+.• Machined parts at home machine shop (milling machine and lathe) to meet tight project milestones.• Reporting to CEO; Developed company Roadmaps (Technology, Projects, Hiring, Team Building, Suppliers)
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  • Linx Global Mfg.
    Director Of Engineering
    Linx Global Mfg. Jan 2020 - May 2021
    OEM Mfr. of Hand Sanitizer Pumps, Soap Pumps and DispensersCompany Leader for all new product development and automated assembly machine start ups and optimizations.• Brought to life 3 high speed automated assembly machines. The Pump Assy Machine sustains the entire business.• Increased Yield from < 1k Pump Assy's / day to 39k Pumps / day max. Increased the machine's efficiency from < 25% to 90%+• Process Improvement: Redesigned, Rebuilt, Aligned, all 26 pump automated assy machine mfg. stations.• Process Optimization: Increased pump assy machine speed from 25 ppm to 30 ppm by reprogramming all 26 assy stations.• Created SOPs: Machine Operation, Safety, Trouble Shooting, Maintenance Plan, Spare Parts, Programming, etc.• Designed Factory Layout in 3D CAD: Optimized positions of Injection Molding Machines, Conveyors, Mfg. Lines, etc.• Established and Led Weekly Mfg. and Product Dev. Team Meeting: Set Priorities, Schedules, Milestones, Roles and Responsibilities, Risk Mgmt / Risk Mitigations, etc.• Led New Product Development Teams (Cross Functional; Niles Team and Linx China Team): New Pump Engine Designs, New Dispenser, New pump assy mechanisms from concept to prototyping to testing and to production.• Implemented Best Practices of Mechanical Engineering & Project Mgmt. throughout the company: • Took "Extreme Ownership" of all projects: Prioritize and Execute, Decentralized command, Cover and Move, Simple (KISS). This provided the vision, motivation, planning, resourcing, collaboration & teamwork needed.• Led the Creation of a New Quality Lab: Piece Part Inspections, Product V&V Tools, Methods, Training, SOPs• Mentored, Coached and Trained: 3 Engineers, 3 College Interns, 4 Mfg. Line Leaders• Linx University: Selected to instruct all Linx personnel basic to advanced Engineering and Mfg. Skills
  • Fresenius Kabi Usa
    Mechanical Engineering Team Leader At Fenwal (A Fresenius-Kabi Company)
    Fresenius Kabi Usa Jun 2014 - Dec 2019
    Lake Zurich, Illinois, Us
    Mechanical Engineering Project Team Leader for brand new (1) CAR T-Cell therapy machine and (2) Blood processing platform products.• Directed engineering activities from concept stage, development, Mfg. launch and field support.• Led teams of 5 engineers in house and 3-5 engineers off-site / international.• Brought in and led two external contract engineering sites to design and deliver prototype and production designs and Mfg. processes. Sites are domestic and international.• Brought key new engineering resources into Fenwal / FK that led to successfully speeding up, reducing costs and meeting very aggressive timelines and budgets while exceeding expectations of engineering and marketing. • Reduced times to market launch down to 2-3 years vs. 4-5+ years for previous Fenwal / FK products.• Responsible for every aspect of the mechanical engineering design and integration of the hardware and disposables into manufacture-able devices.• The first fully functional blood processing machine exceeded schedule and corporate bonus plan expectations.• Driving all part and assembly designs from concept, industrial design, prototyping, analysis, CAD modeling, part drawings, assembly drawings, Mfg. instructions, DMR, BOM creation, etc.• Drove rapid prototype development for customer feedback and formative studies for the marketing team with 3D printing and machining out large housing parts from solid plastic blocks. The machined models simulated molded parts for fast feedback on system testing and molding options. Rapidly created stunning, robust, works like / looks like models for the customer feedback and formative studies. This process is completely new to Fenwal and has been adopted by other teams at Fenwal.• Patents Pending• Excellent organizational skills.Sr. Mechanical EngineerCreated successful key new designs and processes for the launch of a new platelet collection machine (AmiCore).
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  • Haemonetics
    Mechanical Engineering Team Leader, Project Manager
    Haemonetics 2007 - May 2014
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Team Leader for a new blood collection device, wireless blood management device and blood diagnostic device. The new devices allow customers to improve their regulatory compliance, reduce their operational costs and allow for safer, faster, more reliable and accurate blood collections and better, more comfortable donor experiences.• Lead 6 ME’s from concept, industrial design, engineering, prototyping and into mfg.• Led the system design: Electro-mechanical components (pumps, motors, sensors, etc.), blood bag weighing system, disposable design & interface, electrical packaging, algorithms, clinician operation, ergonomics, user interface. Selected all part materials and mfg. processes.• Mentored, trained and happily coached 7 junior engineers and college interns.• Responsible for collaborating a world-wide engineering team, mgmt team and mfg. team.• Led off shore tool sourcing. First time in 30+ year company history of going off shore for tooling.• Reduced the tooling costs to 1/3 of the previous corporate costs and cut the lead times by 1/2.• Saved the company approx. $1 million in tooling and prototype fabrication costs.• Drove rapid prototype development with 3D printing and hogging out parts from solid plastic blocks. Created robust works like / looks like models for annual investor conference meetings.• Led robust design: 14 pound blood collection device and 10 pound wireless networking device can each be dropped from 4 feet without breaking. Blood collector can be dropped out of a car at 60 mph and still work properly. Led design to pass IPX1 fluid ingress testing per 60601 safety testing.• Drove the projects to achieve high reliability, life, HALT, shock, vibration and temp. testing goals. Led Blood Collector device design to survive HALT testing at 25g’s and 70C (158F). • Led all analysis efforts: Modeled fluid flow and pressure system, tolerance analysis, stress / strain.
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  • Arryx, Inc.
    Lead Mechanical Engineer
    Arryx, Inc. 2007 - 2008
    Chicago, Il, Us
    Arryx, Inc. (a Haemonetics company)• Lead ME in start up business that built a portable, desk top blood typing machine using proprietary holographic optical trapping that could accurately type blood using only one drop of blood in one minute.• Provided processing methods for initial construction of microfluidic chip based point of care assays.
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  • Baxter Healthcare Corp.
    Chief Eng., Eng Mgr., Project Mgr., Tech. Lead, Lead Me
    Baxter Healthcare Corp. 1995 - 2007
    Engineering Manager & Chief Engineer 2004 to 2007• Management, mentoring and motivation of direct reports. Hiring and firing decision authority.• Technical & Team Leadership. Chief Engineer for the Ambulatory Pump Product Business.Project Manager / Technical Leader 2000 to 2003Selected as the Project Mgr. and Tech. Leader for a new Syringe Drug Infusion Pump project. • Led project team from feasibility to production, consisting of 25+ team members from Mech., Elect., Software, Mfg., Testing, Disposables, Reliability, Quality Eng., Med. & Regulatory Affairs, Marketing• Drove customer feedback sessions and human factors engineering activities.• Led concept, design & dev. for method to shock proof the product, the 9 lb. pump can withstand a 4 foot drop to a hard floor and still function normally after a drop test from a car @ 50 mph! • This product (Syndeo) received a 2004 Baxter Corporate Award for Technical Innovation.• This product was named a 2004 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) winner.• Three (3) U.S. patents awarded for this product (for sensors and mechanisms).Technical Lead (Overall Lead Engineer) 1997 to 1999 Technical Lead for a new ambulatory drug infusion pump (the Ipump). $100+ million in sales.• Led mechanical, electrical, software and mfg. teams (12+ engineers) from concept to production.• Responsible for getting the design into production in Singapore. • Voted “MVP” by the 20+ member Ipump team at the end of the project. • Baxter Corporate and Medication Delivery Technical Achievement Award winner for the product.• Three (3) U.S. Patents awarded.
  • Zebra Technologies
    Mechanical Engineer
    Zebra Technologies 1991 - 1995
    Lead Mechanical Engineer Led the Stripe project team to get the Stripe Printer from concept to production. The Stripe was the world’s first bar code printer of its kind in terms of its exceptional performance to cost ratio, and the first printer in the Automatic Identification Industry to be constructed primarily of plastic. • Lead mechanical engineer (5+ ME’s on the project). Concept to production in 15 months.• 500,000 Printers Built.• Four (4) U.S. Patents awarded.
  • Rockwell Graphics Systems
    R&D Engineer
    Rockwell Graphics Systems 1991 - 1991
    Mfr.'s of newspaper and commercial printing presses. Former $1B dollar div. of Rockwell Int'l.Research and Development Engineer – Completed short term applied research project on schedule.
  • Life Fitness
    Mechanical Engineer
    Life Fitness 1988 - 1991
    Mechanical Engineer Project team member for Mfg. of Life Steps stair climbing exerciser & Life Cycle stationary bike lines.• Established conception, layout and detailed designs/drawings of power transmission, structural, sheet metal, weldments and plastic components and assemblies. • Supervised designers and technicians. Supervised manufacturing for production start up.• One U.S. Patent awarded.
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    Summary Of Specific Technical Expertise Areas 1903 - 1904
    Summary of Specific Technical Expertise Areas• Systems Engineering (i.e. integrating mechanical, electrical, software, mfg., disposables, etc).• Sensors (force, flow pressure / occlusion, air in line, proximity, linear position, rotary encoding, etc.) •Motors (dc brushed, dc brushless, steppers, gearboxes) • Software algorithms (force, pressure, proximity, etc.)• Electrical packaging (flex circuits, keypads, connectors, cabling, circuit boards, displays & batteries mounting and packaging, shock protecting, heat removal, sealing, etc.).• Materials selection (plastics, metals) • Mfg. processes, •Plastic part design (injection molding, thermoforming)Die castings • Metal injection molded parts • Powdered metal parts •Aluminum extrusions • Stampings Metals finishing/plating • Machined parts • Weldments • Rubber parts • Springs • Seals• Extensive experience w/ mechanisms •Complex assemblies • Pneumatics • Hydraulics • Test fixtures • PLC’s • Pumps: Linear and rotary peristaltic pumps. Exposure to microfluidics assays and pumps.• Power transmission / mechanical component experience ( leadscrews, belts, bearings, cams, clutches, gears, pulleys, chains, brakes, shafting, lubrication). Experience with precise positioning systems & controls.• Human Factors Engineering experience (including ergonomic design and customer feedback).• Industrial Design experience: (for example, integration of hardware into sleek, aesthetic, ergonomic yet fully functional and practical designs)• Housing Design • User Interface Design
  • Continuing Professional Education
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    Continuing Professional Education 1902 - 1903
    • Linx University: Selected to instruct all Linx personnel basic to advanced Engineering and Mfg. skills.• Emotional Intelligence: Professional development course taught by Fenwal / FK.• Conflict Resolution: Professional development course taught by Fenwal / FK.• Accountability Workshop for Leaders: Professional development course taught by Fenwal / FK.• Positive Leadership: Professional development course taught by E3 Solutions at Fenwal / FK.• The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team: Course based on Patrick Lencioni’s “Five Disfunctions of a Team”• Project Mgmt. / Critical Chain: Two week training program by Frank Patrick (Goldratt Institute)• GMP, GDP, GLP, PDP, FMEA, DMAIC, CAPA Training: Fenwal / FK, Haemonetics, Baxter• Product Reliability Training: Three day class by the Reliability Analysis Center (RAC), Rome, NY• DFM / DFA Training: Motorola University• “Solving the Plastics Design Puzzle”: Society of Plastics Engineers / Glenn Beall, one week class• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GDT): Dr. Don Shepherd, three day Training Seminar• Designing for EMC / EMI / ESD: Two day seminar by Kimmel Gerke Associates, LTD• Presentation
  • “Hands On” Technical & Mgmt. Skills
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    “Hands On” Technical & Mgmt. Skills 1901 - 1902
    • CAD Proficient (Solidworks, ProE, AutoCAD)• Project Management; MS Project, ProChain (Critical Chain Project Mgmt.)• Technology Assessment; Competitive Product Evaluation & Acquisition Analysis• Eng. & Creativity Software; FEA, MathCAD, LabVIEW, Mindmapping (Creativity Enhancement Program)• Quantitative Software Project Estimation (Construx Estimate). • Software Design & Dev.; Designed, coded, debugged, compiled, tested, optimized & implemented SW programs used to trade stocks and futures with real time full automation.• Electronics; Designed, built and implemented an Electrical circuit for my Master’s Project at Northwestern. Can operate basic Electronic diagnostic tools (Oscilloscopes, various meters, etc.).• I have my own Machine Shop at home for prototyping and inventing (Lathe, Milling Machine, etc.).

Mike Platt Education Details

  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern University
    M.S. Engineering Management (Mem)
  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern University
    M.S. Mechanical Engineering
  • Marquette University
    Marquette University
    B.S. Mechanical Engineering

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