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Sherwood, Or, Us

Galway, Ie

Galway, Ie

•Lead a team of 3 managers, 18 engineers, and 7 techs to implement New Product Introduction of cable solutions for a Surgical, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Portfolio valued at $51 million in annual revenue. •Dozens of products developed and released successfully to market including sterilizeable high speed digital video endoscopy cables, surgical power cables, disposable (gamma and EtO sterilization) surgical cable products, ECG leads, fiber optic cable and connector solutions.•Camera and LED on tip disposable video endoscopy device currently in development. Fully molded navigation handle, extruded multi-lumen braided multidurometer shaft for camera navigation.•Full responsibility of all engineering functions including Design, Materials, Electrical, Manufacturing, and Quality.•Support installed base of products with market lives as long as ten years by leading root cause analysis of field issues, re-design of existing product, and real time customer management.•Interface with customers (existing and new) on a regular basis. Clearly communicate technical expertise in the product. Define timeline and cost expectations. Strategize towards a mutually beneficial quality review and product maintenance schedule with the customer. •Lead a culture of creativity, accountability, standardized operating procedures, urgency, critical thinking, open communication, and process improvement•Provide hands on technical and root cause analysis leadership. Coach employees toward filling competency gaps and successfully manage succession plans, and development plans.•Ensure engineering integration with other functional units within the business, including marketing, finance, operations, sustaining engineering, sales.•Engage and challenge other R&D groups, operations, and materials scientists to advance the breadth of technology available as a core business strength to support future business in the portfolio.•Manage budget and resource planning.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

• Led a team of 27 reports to select materials and certify 70+ projects per year valued at $734 Million.• Materials selection and development of all materials for all seating products. Evaluate and provide guidance for all materials selection balancing performance, weight, manufacturing intent, and flammability performance. Guide all new product development during designs review meetings.• Manage budget and resource planning several years in advance. Utilize tools such as Kaizen events, 360 feedback for process improvement and organizational management.• Electronic database management of historical data by leading creation of new software interfaces to databases of test data in order to: increase efficiency of test engineers; and reduce future testing by creating a robust historical database with which to select materials on new product development.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

• Project manager responsible for setting phase gate review processes, negotiating project timelines, engineering technical reviews, customer OEM and industrial design team interactions, engineering budgets, first article reviews and FAA certification completion on time for product shipment.• Led custom business class seat product development for Qantas Airlines, Korean Airlines, Air France, Emirates Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, and more.• Developed custom “sidecar” single business class seat with personal stowage compartments. Led prototyping and design of custom mechanisms for stowage compartments with gas spring assist.• Cross-functional Engineering Lead directing design, certification, and testing teams. Vendor incorporation including cushion and cover vendors, In Flight Entertainment, and Seat Actuation Control electronics.• Phase/Gate design process coordinator using 3 phase technical reviews internally and phased customer review meetings (ITCM, PDR, CDR, and FAI).• Developed and delivered custom product valued at $112 million.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

• Led design teams responsible for custom mechanical design and custom incorporation of vendor electronic components. Responsible for all drawing and bill of material release to production, DFMEA, DFMA, and materials selection.• Inventor of Articulating bottom seat pan used on platform economy class seating product (currently on United 787, Air Canada 777, and many others).

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

• Product Development Engineering Lead for Spinal Implants and Instrumentation. Lead teams of design engineers and drafters to develop brand new product lines and product line extensions.• Developed new implant designs and surgical instrumentation system for PEEK polymer rod integration to existing Lumbar Pedicle Screw fusion system. Designed manufacturing technique and tooling for thermoform shaping of PEEK rods. Designed custom aqueous/heated MTS testing chamber and passed tests to 5 million cycles of flexion/extension for FDA 510K approval and CE Mark.• Inventor of titanium pedicle screw fittings and instrumentation to allow for PEEK rod introduction to several existing product lines, including new minimally invasive rod system.• Developed new Cervical Disc Arthoplasty implant and surgical instrumentation. Coordinated cadaver labs with developing surgeons to garner input, coordinated FDA and biomechanics studies along with Tulane University’s biomechanics lab, designed wear study apparatus, conducted wear studies and presented the Zero Wear characteristics of Pyrolytic Carbon at Spine Conferences worldwide.• Invented all metal Total Facet Replacement Implant and Surgical instrumentation system. • Member of the MIS pedicle screw system team developing instrumentation and implants to deliver spinal hardware through less invasive surgical procedures.• Invented novel interspinous spacer device and associated instrumentation.• Managed relationship with several Developing Surgeon Consultants. Conducted exploratory cadaver labs onsite and remotely at Physician’s academic research facilities for surgical instrumentation trials, as well as biomechanical studies.• Coordinated laboratories to conduct FDA-IDE animal studies, biomechanics tests, and toxicity screening.• 5 patent applications filed with Biomet Spine, L.P.

• Primary Lab Mechanical Engineer designed fixturing for testing of novel artificial Hip and Knee implants in coordination with production companies and Orthopaedic Surgeons.• Project coordinator, technician, and publisher for several materials tests: Fatigue Crack Propagation; tensile strength; compression; tear strength (J/R) in UHMW-Polyethylene, by following ASTM standards. Designed all test equipment, defined study methods. Artificial Hip and Knee simulation experiments. Material Properties of UHMWPE, Research and publication.

SEM Inspection equipment owner and programmer. Installed new SEM equipment to full functionality within 4 months. Wrote all programs for inspecting photomasks supporting silicon wafer manufacturing industry for all major customers. Oversaw 4 technicians working in cleanroom environement, 24/7 with remote access to machine.

Mba, Business

Bs, Biomedical Engineering

Continuing Executive Education, Intelligent Organizations: Collaboration And The Future Of Work

High School