- Meeting the challenge to build and develop a strong, diverse, and competent Supplier Quality Engineering team utilizing E2E Advanced Product Quality Planning to design in product quality and significantly reduce defects across the Hospital Patient Monitoring (HPM) business global supply base.- Business Process Expert for HPM's Purchasing Controls processes.

- Leading the delivery to market of an innovative OEM wearable wireless biosensor and relay. Managing and coordinating complex system integration efforts with multiple OEM and internal partners/suppliers.Planning/implementing sensor enhancements and next generation revision based on system clinical trials.- Conceived, proposed, planned, and implementing a Philips corporate wide Cleaning and Disinfection (C&D) Center of Excellence. Standardizing customer C&D needs, test/validation… Show more - Leading the delivery to market of an innovative OEM wearable wireless biosensor and relay. Managing and coordinating complex system integration efforts with multiple OEM and internal partners/suppliers.Planning/implementing sensor enhancements and next generation revision based on system clinical trials.- Conceived, proposed, planned, and implementing a Philips corporate wide Cleaning and Disinfection (C&D) Center of Excellence. Standardizing customer C&D needs, test/validation methods, material selection, and manufacturer collaboration to improve development time, material cost, validation effort, and product quality. Show less

- Managed and developed a diverse global team of 14 responsible for all engineering functions (Research, Development, Project Management, Material Engineering, New Product Introduction, and Current Product Engineering, Supplier Management) for the $250M+ accessory/consumables business that provides patient connection products for vital signs monitoring. The product line consists of 700+ contract manufactured and OEM products in 14 measurement areas.- Developed and implemented management… Show more - Managed and developed a diverse global team of 14 responsible for all engineering functions (Research, Development, Project Management, Material Engineering, New Product Introduction, and Current Product Engineering, Supplier Management) for the $250M+ accessory/consumables business that provides patient connection products for vital signs monitoring. The product line consists of 700+ contract manufactured and OEM products in 14 measurement areas.- Developed and implemented management processes to evaluate opportunities, set priorities, manage resources, and achieve objectives, resulting in consistent product releases on plan, within budget, and quality system compliant (typically releasing 15-20+ new products worldwide annually.)- Collaborated with cross-corporation R&D, Marketing, and Supply Chain organizations to manage product and technology roadmaps, aligning customer needs, growth strategies, resources, and technical skill sets. - Built and developed a diverse engineering team to meet the challenge of an expanded R&D business charter. Commercialized many new products while developing recognized technical core competences in SpO2 sensors, neonatal feeding/monitoring tubes, NIBP cuffs, ECG cables, and others.- In collaboration with Supply Chain, drove material cost savings process that consistently yields $1-2M annual BoM savings.- Consistently receive “High performance” scores on the Employee Survey for Leadership Index and Employee Engagement. Show less

- Re-defined the product line strategy for $15M defibrillator electrode business based on knowledge of user needs, supplier capabilities, and industry intellectual property. Negotiated unified product specifications cross-divisionally, enabling product line leverage and eliminating redundancy. -Successfully managed the business top priority project to release a core electrode product set needed to implement the business growth strategy by tripling the addressable market.

- Managed engineering resources coordinating with Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, and Supply Chain to minimize costs and optimize product quality/availability through complaint trend analysis and supplier quality management.

- Divisional lead engineer and Acting Product Engineering Manager managing priority business projects.- Successfully managed critically urgent electrode gel de-polymerization shipping hold and recall. Unified cross-divisional efforts to expedite customer communication, identify/rectify root cause, determine logistics, and manage the supplier. Identified, managed, and implemented the introduction of new electrodes as replacement for the recalled products, quickly resolving a major business… Show more - Divisional lead engineer and Acting Product Engineering Manager managing priority business projects.- Successfully managed critically urgent electrode gel de-polymerization shipping hold and recall. Unified cross-divisional efforts to expedite customer communication, identify/rectify root cause, determine logistics, and manage the supplier. Identified, managed, and implemented the introduction of new electrodes as replacement for the recalled products, quickly resolving a major business risk.- Specified, developed, sourced, validated, and supported the manufacture of various medical products including SpO2 sensors, defibrillation electrodes, invasive blood pressure transducers, patient cables, ECG electrodes, temperature probes and thermal recording media. Show less

-Solely performed a complete mechanical redesign of a centrifugal blood pump electromechanical system. Validated and implemented changes that significantly increased both performance and reliability while decreasing component costs and assembly time. -Supported the manufacture of a centrifugal blood pump system, an intra-aortic balloon pump, and the associated disposable devices.

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