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Eden Prairie, MN

Plymouth, MN

• Facilitated multiple continuous improvement efforts including molding dimensional capability, measurement system improvement and reengineering inspection scheme.
• Reduced customer complaint rate by 50% in twelve months via implementation of molding process controls, standardized inspection and job review. This initiative, yielding ~$1 million annual cost savings, also reduced.
• Developed production metrics for predicting on-time delivery and managing order timeliness.
• Created intra-site manufacturing readiness plans and phase gate review process for line expansion projects.

Minnetonka, MN

• Implemented new ‘quantitative’ risk management system to manage design, mfg. process and use risks across the product life cycle.
• Enhanced standard risk assessment approaches (e.g. process and design FMEA) with improvements such as linkage to product requirements and quantitative estimation of overall product residual risk.
• Mentored engineering team as part of product remediation program. Simultaneously deployed new risk management risk system and delivered product risk objectives to meet project timelines per regulatory agency commitments.
• Provided quality leadership for developing and releasing multiple implantable pelvic health products.
• Assisted with implementation of DFSS methods such as Customer Requirements Definition, Quality Function Deployment and Requirements Trace Matrices.
• Led project to align product labeling and risk management documents for more than 20 products.

Chaska, MN

• Responsible for all facets of manufacturing quality support to immunoassay reagent production lines with more than $100 million in annual sales.
• Led DMAIC teams in validating and dramatically improving calibrator value assignment and stability testing methods.
• Facilitated best practice risk management activities using approaches such as statistical modeling and fault tree analysis.
• Leader and trainer in establishment of corporate green belt training program.
• Developed manufacturing process monitoring system for internal and external customer notification.