• Shaping roadmap for evolution of digital capabilities for manufacturing including communicating and securing support from various stakeholders and executing to propel roadmap forward. Meeting with area leaders to provide updates and refine strategy.• Presenting roadmap strategy and delivering line tours in connection to digital capabilities to various cross-functional teams and levels of leadership including members of the senior leadership team and executive leadership team. • Primary systems partner for Pilot Operations and New Product Development assessing which enterprise-level digital tools best meet the needs of process characterization and pre-commercial manufacturing areas. Mentor and train engineers on new digital tools.• Partnering with SCADA controls engineers, reporting data analysts, & Maximo owners to deliver digital capability outputs for new product development, R&D, & transfer teams.

• Led creation of protocols for regression testing of MES functionality to leverage for upcoming software version upgrade and future enhancement cycles.• Modeled MES workflows and created change management pathways tailored to pre-commercial medical device manufacturing processes to allow for early data acquisition and continuous system improvement throughout the product development process. This data is then leveraged for Minitab Connect and PowerBI dashboards to enable data accessibility and analytics.• Owned test case design & user acceptance testing for implementation of MES and SCADA Integration. Assessed user requirements for growth of integration capabilities.

• Supported pre-sales efforts by performing demos of solutions for prospective clients.• Led technical project management over a global MOM (manufacturing operations management) solutions program for the agricultural sector of a Global Fortune 500 company with five ongoing workstreams, 15+ resources, six time zones, and over $3M project value. Projects included application maintenance support, MES implementations, MES software upgrades, operational equipment effectiveness, and MES fit gap analyses. • Acted as functional/technical lead and project manager for MES implementation leveraging Opcenter Execution Medical Device & Diagnostics (formerly Camstar) at a company creating products to support manufacturing of drug therapies. Tracked requirements leveraging Azure Dev Ops.• Developed electronic process instructions using Opcenter Execution Pharma for a Global Fortune 500 pharmaceutical Company.

• Acted as global deployment leader for Critical Care business unit owning initial site MES implementation & line conversions for Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico facilities. Accomplished by leveraging concurrent engineering strategy coordinating process assessment, IT development/testing, software validation, and modeling of digital workflows performed in parallel throughout the year.• Collected business requirements and user needs from regional facilities. Translated and communicated these requirements to IT team.• Established Camstar MES, JD Edwards ERP, and SAP Business Objects reporting development needs in conjunction with IT architects and report data analysts to prepare system solutions for business requirements.• Led functional testing and oversaw user acceptance testing for new functionality.• Developed an understanding of MES benefits with site leaders by focusing on tangible outcomes of increased productivity, increased quality, decreased non-conformance events, and expanded access to data for performance metrics.• Trained MES teams at regional sites including modelers, engineers, managers, buyer/planners, supervisors, quality team, regulatory contacts, and floor personnel.• Guided establishment of project milestones by providing recommendations to project managers and core teams.

• Acted as primary contact for all MES sustaining activities at Draper, UT plant supporting approx. 25 products across multiple business units working with employees from different functions.• Owned all test case design & user acceptance testing execution for software version upgrade and two enhancement cycles for MES requiring extensive knowledge of global system processing and interaction with IT Architects & Software Quality team.• Fully digitized all annuloplasty ring production to be performed in MES – fast-paced effort converting six lines from paper to digital within six months.• Led initial investigation into pilot MES model for Receiving inspection area and evaluated existing software capabilities to identify required process updates for full deployment.• Created modeling step guides to facilitate training of new modelers.

• Supported product and process development of transcatheter heart valve delivery system R&D programs in partnership with new product introduction team.• Collaborated with R&D engineers to develop preliminary manufacturing process flows.• Wrote and reviewed SOPs for production lines and owned changes through Ignite

• Researched energy usage on campus and analyzed trends depending on times of year and day.• Graded assignments and projects for operations research course.

• Oversaw coordinators in planning of over 20 significant campus events and budget of over $100,000.• Facilitated and developed volunteer group of 40 members including recruitment, assignment of tasks, and organization of general body meetings.• Received the “TPB Commitment to Excellence” award.

• Advised students during walk-in hours on resume construction, editing, and other inquires.• Conducted outreach presentations on topics such as resume writing and interviewing skills.

• Responsible for planning and execution of 6 significant USD campus events with a budget of $64,000.• Received the “Programmer of the Year” award.

• Supported training and implementation of 5S methodology (lean) on five different production lines.• Led project on lean analysis of established line producing heart valve loaders for delivery systems.• Worked on lean team to optimize six balloon manufacturing inspections. Streamlined the inspection line and supporting documentation (operating procedures, routing and forms).

• Focused on development of process improvements to drive cost reduction and operational efficiency.• Reduced production space from 25 to 20 stations by completing a time study with the line operators.

• Supported start-up of the company’s new California facility by identifying vendors, procuring equipment, and participating in installation qualifications for the new clean room.

• Customer service, event booking & coordinating, telemarketing, cash register and data entry.