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incontinence Management Product Development

➢ Development/Project Management – Developed, led/managed an innovative, complex customer/end user project/product assortment from concept to the market launch;➢ Developing & Leading Cross-Functional Teams – Leading & stirring up an effective, x-functional, international team which successfully and on time launched innovative and new market benchmark;➢ People Management – Responsible for line management and development of 1 direct report;➢ Organisational/Influential skills – Liaised, co-ordinated & led weekly x-functional technical meetings,to communicate, analyse problem root causes and monitor technical & market development progress;➢ Project/Process Improvements – Clustered Design/Gate Reviews in order to save time and amount of work required for the Review/Gate preparation which was approved by the board; ➢ Knowledge & Innovation management – Successfully delivered CE Technical File on time for successful launch. The knowledge database is being shared via Share Point/Team Center; ➢ Business development – Constant collaboration with suppliers of new materials. Attended OUTLOOK 2017 and 2018 to broaden market knowledge and industry networking. Filed 3 patents (status: pending).

- Leadership/Project Management skills – strategically co-ordinating, leading and managing cross-functional team of 12 from concept stage to full production.- Successfully secured SFM’s first ever CE mark (Class IIb product family).- Managing/co-ordinating Class III medical device project & cross functional team(s) of 16 people.- Interpersonal skills – liaised cross-functionally with internal departments (MD, Commercial/Sales, Operations, RA, QA, QC), suppliers, analytical labs and customers on a daily basis;- Organisational skills – organised, co-ordinated and led daily and weekly cross-functional team and technical meetings, to communicate, evaluate and monitor product/process development progress;- Product development/Process validation – developed an improved generation of hydrofibres offering products with added value according to strategically pre-determined customer requirements;- Knowledge and Innovation management – successfully delivered over 200 technical documents (protocols, reports, minutes, specifications, test methods, justifications, etc.) for completion of CE technical file and regular monthly presentations to R&D/senior management. The knowledge database is shared internally via QMS system.- Business development – regularly conducting/maintaining ongoing identification and selection of relevant technology advances and trends to expand company’s product and IP portfolio. Presented poster at SAWC Spring 2015 and attended EWMA 2015 to broaden scientific knowledge and networking within the industry.Skills:- Strategic Project co-ordination/management/leadership- New Product Development- Risk Management- Lab/Pilot plant/full production processing- Process/Method Development/Optimisation and Validation- CAPA investigation- Design Review- CE marking- 510 (k) submission- Train the trainer- Risk Management- Biofilms Procedure - (Copenhagen, Denmark)- Kaizen awareness training- Prince 2 principles (self learning in progress)

R & D ScientistSenior Research ScientistProject managementTechnical Consultancy & Support

Reported directly to R&D Manager• Project management - managed a multi-disciplinary project and various customer projects, setting up clear objectives and delivering customer requirements on time;• Product/Process development - developed a new generation of green, cost-effective, durable liquid repellent nano-polymers on lab scale strongly focusing on commercialisation and industrial implementation;• People management - led a team of 3 scientists on a daily basis monitoring team progress towards goals;• Industrial implementation of functional coatings technology - led an international team of 4-5 people, developing and implementing the technology for electronics on customer’s production site in China;• Knowledge management - delivered 8 technical reports in 5 months, numerous customer reports and monthly presentations to R&D team and management. The knowledge database was shared across the business;• Process optimisation - optimised plasma process for hearing aids - over 8 million devices protected up to date;• Business development - regularly provided technical expertise to existing/potential customers and internal business units to support company’s IP portfolio;• Technology representative - successfully presented technology at an annual Nano KTN conference.

Synthetic/Textile Materials Chemistry and Colouration in close collaboration with Lenzing AG (Austria)• Project management of industrially driven PhD research project within a set budget and timelines;• Developed, investigated and evaluated novel explanatory mechanism and synthesised high-performance chemicals/materials to satisfy commercial, chemical, technical and environmental requirements; • Delivered PhD thesis, over 30 scientific reports, 3 scientific papers for commercial journals and 2 poster presentations; • Delivered 4 conference presentations, putting forward a scientific argument of research work; • Worked in an international team of 8 in close collaboration with academics, clients from industrial and non academic personnel.

• Interpersonal skills - worked with clients on a daily basis at 2 Health and Fitness Centres in a team of 3-4;• Problem solving skills/Supervision - delivered health and fitness programmes, supervised, motivated and helped clients to achieve their goals;• Customer service - planned and delivered 3 classes a week for 8-12 adults and sport activities for children during weekends.

• Project management from the idea to the completion;• Worked in an international team of up to 8 researchers as well as on my own witn minimum or no supervision;• Developed a novel methodology to analyse β-cyclodextrin and its derivatives in aqueous media.

• Three weeks of summer work in Monfalcone, Italy; • Represented 5 co-workers as English interpreter to the supervisory team.

• Pioneered a complex European project HIGHTEX-INNOPRINT; • Investigated chemical and physical properties of treated cellulose using UV-curable pigments and online fixation in inkjet printing;• Learned German from technical standpoint and broadened educational and cultural awareness;• Translated scientific literature from German to English and Slovenian.

• Successfully synthesised and characterised a composition of the effect chemical using Fourier Transform Infra Red (FT-IR) spectroscopy.