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Huntington Beach, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, United States

Global End to End Technical Engineering and Supply Chain leader for multiple complex electrophysiology product families. Responsible for multiple site engineering and strategic workstreams to achieve rapid growth as product is launched and scaled in subsequent worldwide markets.Engineering People Leader for teams that supports a diverse portfolio of medical devices that range from newly introduced Diagnostic & Therapeutic catheters and sheaths to Systems and Accessories.Building and managing the technical growth of platforms through both Internal Development and External Partnerships across WW sites.

Responsible for digital medical RF generator system and associated system of software and hardware updates and accessories utilizing a team located in both California and Israel. Responsible for capital spending planning and reporting for a group of businesses in excess of $15M annuallyActive team member in business product portfolio planning leading the discussion of Internal vs. External development and Make vs. Buy of product concepts.

Irwindale, Ca

Lead Product Management Engineer and core team member for a complex Class III cardiac medical device. My role involves early involvement translating Voice of Customer clinical data into product requirements, review of device mechanical and electrical design drawings for manufacturability, creation of a verification and validation strategy for both the device and manufacturing equipment, completion of product risk analysis including FMEAs, and development of a business operations plan including cost of goods analysis, projected gross profit, and yield/stability metrics.

Irwindale, Ca

Greater Los Angeles Area

Business Development activities for UCLA Technology transfer of intellectual property and early stage ventures. Projects include digital health applications, medical devices, and pharmaceutical candidates.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Part time consultant for UCLA Medical Center Medical Device and Software Accelerator conducting early stage Intellectual Property Valuation, Venture Capital Funding planning, and Corporate Development partnerships for research exiting UCLA Medical Center with strong commercial opportunities.

Seattle, Wa

Led 30 highly-trained sailors in the maintenance, operation, testing and quality assurance of steam powered turbines, hydro-mechanical controls systems, and reactor mechanical support systems for an A4W Nuclear Reactor. Department of Energy / Naval Reactors certified Engineer.PROJECT MANAGEMENT• Coordinated a $50M reactor pump replacement project from planning to execution between technicians, shipyard engineers, contractors, and military leadership finishing two months ahead of engineering projections. • Planned and coordinated 2 international naval exercises involving units from 12 countries under media scrutiny• Ranked #1 LTJG based on divisional leadership of 25 highly-trained technicians and performance metrics • Directed safety testing of critical reactor I&C control paths, PLC, and DCS software and hardware componentsDATA ANALYSIS• Managed and analyzed a maritime operational database of 1000+ contacts for cargo information and shipping trends to predict interdiction results and improve decision making leading to $10M in smuggled goods.• Developed tactical plans based on real-time targeting data for use in over 50 computer simulations• Personally accountable for over $65M naval ordinance database with no discrepancies and zero safety incidents• Performed real-time evaluation of engineering data, predicted trends, and identified abnormal conditions and riskRISK MANAGEMENT and PROCESS IMPROVEMENT• Spearheaded process improvement resulting in higher operational readiness by applying Root Cause Analysis to failures and instituting a thorough Formal Work Package review of 2000+ maintenance/design items• Applied Risk Management to cost/benefit decisions on production schedules and parts selection resulting in $10,000+ in saved parts costs and 5 weeks of saved production time

San Diego, Ca

Led 25 highly trained sailors in the tactical operation and maintenance of shipboard weapon systems missiles, large-caliber guns, and fire control radars; planning and executing over 40 complex exercises.

Cornell University

• Began development on a block co-polymer and CaPO4 mesoporous structure for artificial bone and dental composites• Used Sol-Gel chemistry to synthesize nanoparticles• Characterized block co-polymers and nanoparticles using Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)• Synthesized and evaluated various calcium and phosphate alkoxide combinations• Performed tests and analysis of samples using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)

Waterbury, Ct

• Evaluating the performance of polymer and composite materials for aerospace applications. • Performed thermomechanical analysis to study glass transition temperature and expansion coefficients of carbon fiber, Kevlar, E-glass, and Quartz composites• Prepared epoxy, phenolic, and polyester resins for viscosity and rheology experiments.• Compiled composite product data sheets for consumer distribution. • Wrote procedures for company use of the TMA, DMA, and DSC testing apparatus.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Materials Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Cornell Lightweight Crew, Cornell Club Water Polo, Navy ROTC, Phi Sigma Kappa, Estroff Biomaterials Research.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Focus in Technology Development, M&A, Digital Product Development, and Early Stage Valuation and Funding

Nuclear Reactor Theory And Operations