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El Paso, Tx, Us

El Paso, Tx, Us

Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Leading supply chain teams to introduce new products to the marketManaging Cost Improvement Portfolio to establish high execution capabilities to continuing delivering value back to the business.

Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Life Cycle Management Program Manager• Managing and overseeing design review and finalization, component qualification, and validation activities for compliance with the new Medical Device Regulation being introduced in the European Union.• Developed supply chain strategy and clear communication channels for the WCR business to meet requirements of MDR implementation for the 49 product families within scope.New Product Introduction program manager• Building project business cases which include performing a cost of goods sold analysis, including estimate capital and expense allocations, for forward looking new products and developing strategies to integrate them into current supply chains.• Maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and alignment throughout the initial phases of

Juarez, Mexico

Value Stream Portfolio Lead for new product line (strategic growth platform with sales of $35MM in 2018 with 39% growth) and Project Focused Team Lead for a mature product line ($90MM revenue in 2018)• Project issue resolution, key stakeholder communication, and managing improvement activities across multiple manufacturing sites and functions to uphold exceptional levels of quality and customer service.New Product Introduction Site Lead for Product Launch & Program Manager for Stabilization Activities• Managed process validation, equipment readiness, system readiness, and engineering troubleshooting to support launching a new product launch five weeks ahead of original commitment date.• Managed program timeline, capital and expense budget of $750k, and engineering resources to most efficiently complete all activities related to the five stabilization-project workstreamsRoot Cause Investigation as the process subject matter expert for a critical new Biosurgery product line supporting $40MM in sales• Successfully found root cause using 6M methodology and swiftly implemented short term corrective actions which reduced failure rates from 20% down to 0%

Jacksonville, Florida

- Owned manufacturing process workstream to validate a legacy product on a new manufacturing platform.> Used historical data, existing pFMEAs, and known equipment differences to developed the characterization strategy.> Efficiently resolved all machine runability issues by collaborating with experienced engineers and utilizing my technical foundation despite not having any previous experience with contact lens manufacturing technologies or processes.> Proactively managed risks with stakeholders by quickly assembling a team to gather and organize in-vitro measures resulting in no impact to the project timeline.> Resolved a critical technical challenge preventing multiple high priority projects from moving forward by leading a high-performance cross-functional, cross-site team to deliver a robust solution which helped all parties.- Implemented Engineering Dashboard to track key performance indicators within the group.> Developed scorecard visualization and historical data lake.> Held monthly meetings to discuss all tracked measures to incorporate any course corrections and to provide visibility to the engineering leadership team.

New Brunswick, Nj

- Work with global functional leads and regional leads to maintain monthly scorecards. > Add mew metrics to the system and Tableau visualizations > Work with Metric Studio support to troubleshoot any issues experienced by site, regional or global users. > Created documentation to proceduralize key activities in Metric Studio to allow users to more easily perform data entry at the regional level, eliminating the potential for incorrect data entry.- Developed documentation describing the purpose of the PMO group and documenting all the activities needed to be performed in metric studio as well as each month for all scorecards to provide business continuity to the performance management group. The Metric Studio documentation has been distributed enterprise wide to teach other Global PMOs leads on how to perform critical actions in order to setup, maintain and troubleshoot metrics for their sector.- Writing business case using the Gartner IT expenditure model for indirect benefits resulting from IT solutions.- Working in a cross-sector core team for the design and build of new JnJ metrics platform. I contribute to conversations to ensure all consumer needs will be met with the new IT solution

Albuquerque, New Mexico

- Managed and supported various projects that resulted in the successful implementation of the new Unique Device Identification requirement before the September 24th deadline- Lead project to acquired and validated new, custom printing equipment- Approved new labeling formats to ensure continued compliance with all existing requirements as well as the new UDI requirement.- Designed and installed new software on existing equipment to allow operators to more easily set up new batches that comply with the new UDI requirement. The software upgrade drastically decreased the potential for human errors by eliminating the need to manually type information in and allowing operators to scan all information into the system.- Wrote Specification of Requirements document for new cutting equipment for the Microbiology laboratory- Wrote all validation protocols and required supporting documentation for two new incubators to be installed in the Microbiology laboratory- Performed a Design Review Assessment and initiated a CAPA for updating and harmonizing the procedures governing the dropping of products throughout the entire Albuquerque site.

Somerville, Nj

- Assisted in the product release authorization for the EVARREST product, approved in May 2014, by updating the finished good specification and the regulatory assessment procedure and by initializing the change order in Ethicon’s quality system.- Wrote protocols and completion reports, executed experiments, and analyzed results for the development of the manufacturing process for a new product. Selection of the proper technology and equipment was made based off the results of these protocols.- Formulated, executed, and analyzed results from experiments on a manufacturing line dealing with particle-fiber refining and powder formation technologies; hammer milling, ball milling, air classification, and roller compaction.- Major contributor in cross-functional discussions with Operations, R&D, and Quality for which experiments to run according to relative priorities of unknowns in the manufacturing process.- Formulated and executed my own experiments on the manufacturing equipment resulting in ~10% increase in powder flow ability - Presented findings and further recommendations to the project team that resulted from the manufacturing experiments.

- As one of the initial executive officers, I am one of five board members who were responsible for drafting the constitution for the organization.- Responsible for organizing monthly mentoring meetings and assigning the mentees to their mentors.- Organize, coordinate, and keep budget for mentoring events and activities.- Drafted and produced the initial application used for new mentor selection.- In charge of recruiting a team every semester to evaluate incoming mentor applications in order to chose the newmentors for the semester.- Help new transfers, mentees, achieve academic success and a well-balanced, positive Georgia Tech experience by building an informal relationship and acting as a guide throughout their first two semesters of coursework.

- Work in the lab running reactions involving high temperatures and high pressures without any continuous supervision.- Critique current experimental procedures with the help of other undergraduate students, graduate students and post doctorates.- Document and maintain a procedural notebook for each individual experiment and its product analysis.- Administer and evaluate the results of H1-MNR, C13-MNR, GC-MS, and HPLC product test analysis.- Present experimental data and project findings to my supervisor and the two head professors in weekly meetings.

- Proctored and graded in-class exams for Organic Chemistry at Georgia State.- Held review sessions for students giving them more exposure to the course material.

Alpharetta, Ga

- Completely assembled military and commercial grade cockpit displays, assembly involved not only mechanical components but also electrical components.- Performed a functional test of each display assembled to ensure it met aviation requirements. - Wrote detailed procedures for all displays manufactured.- Recorded manufacturing and production information.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi and Transfer Student AssociationMinor: Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Chemistry Club and TriBeta