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San Jose, CA, US

New Brunswick, New Jersey, US

San Mateo, California, US

• Managed the system development of high-volume accessories through cross-functional coordination of clinical user engineers, software engineers, and hardware engineers by overseeing risk management, business strategy.
• Improved product performance by 300% and closed over 20 high risk items through managing a root cause and risk mitigation task force, enabling the initiation of Series B fundraising.
• Oversaw system integration, characterization, and design verification preparation through development of test methods and fixtures, inventory planning, and results analysis, ensuring the product met all requirements.

California, 94086, US

• Oversaw 13 engineers and the development of 10 fixtures as the program manager for the equipment team’s next generation endoscope test and calibration equipment.
• Enabled the initiation of V&V a month ahead of original schedule by optimizing fixture development and qualification timelines, part availability, and people resource allocation for each of the program’s 10 fixtures.
• Project led development of an automated machine for performance testing the endoscope, managing a cross-functional team of engineers and managers from multiple divisions across the company in addition to owning the.
• Developed an endoscope light attenuation tester as the lead hardware engineer working cross-functionally to design the fixture and ensure integration of the electronics, mechanical components, and optical components.
• Re-designed an optical fiber aiming fixture resulting in improvements in accuracy, usability, and stability.

Milpitas, California, US

• Led global cross-functional teams for 4 different product lines of robotic wafer handling automation systems and 2 generations of bare wafer inspection systems through the entire product life cycle including marketing.
• Reduced Cost of Service on tools under contract or warranty by 157% on new products and 17% on legacy products, resulting in cost savings of over $4.75M by identifying and driving multiple continuous improvement plans
• Managed design for service effort through the development of clear product requirements for anticipated customer demand and driving improvement to achieve all service related KPI (key performance indicators).
• Drove 75% reduction in cost and downtime by reducing initial quality incidents in the first 6 month of product life.
• Created pricing strategies to maximize revenue for service contracts based on market research and cost of service models ensuring margins are maintained 20 years into the life of the product.
• Optimized parts planning for new products, reducing scrap without sacrificing time-to-delivery and ensuring all parts were stocked for ramping across a global market to ensure less than 48 hours down time in the event.

Falls Church, VA, US

• Solved a 6+ month, multi-million-dollar failure investigation that allowed for the continuation of a major contract
• Created a program for manufacturing visibility to decrease production time of complex assemblies
• Designed test assembly fixtures that were used in performance and failure analysis tests
• Developed special tooling for assembling and testing high precision hardware to meet set deadlines

- Managed a daily distribution route in which I was responsible for delivery, merchandising, marketing and sales of company products in the food & beverage industry - Built displays to increase point of sale and product visibility - Worked as a warehouse clerk managing product on incoming trucks and warehouse organization - Oversaw and maintained tap.

Master'S Degree, Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

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