Diversified venture backed startup transforming a broad patent portfolio into medical, DOD, and commercial businesses.• Led Marketing and Sales development teams to define go to market strategy and target customers.• Drove NPI, Market Introduction, and commercialization of strategic development projects to Operations including Supply Chain and ERP integration.• Developed full Operational infrastructure and contract manufacturer workflow from order to fulfillment. • Directed cross functional NPI projects resulting in the company’s first commercially available products.• Led the final stages of the NetSuite ERP implementation project including data design and execution.

Medical device (Class III) venture backed ISO 13485 certified company focused on the development, clinical trial, and commercialization of an innovative heart valve repair platform using a catheter deployed implant. Company transacted to Edwards Lifesciences in March 2019 and closed.• Promoted from Sr. Director to Vice President in 6 months• Defined the strategy and led the GMP Operations team including Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Engineering, Program Management, and Facilities from clinical study case support, CE submission, and commercialization scale preparation.• Spearheaded the implementation of key ERP modules for Planning, Scheduling, Cycle Count, and Event Reporting eliminating clinical stock-outs (100% OTD) while driving down inventory 25%.• Restructured Operations team of 25 people and redefined roles with a Lean Six Sigma focus adding DFM/DFX discipline to the development process and improving execution of the value stream via Operational plans and metrics.

Develops and manufactures encoder, galvanometer, machine vision, and printer solutions for medical and advanced industrial OEM markets under the ISO 13485 Quality System.• Updated and Reenergized aging medical chart recorder business achieving 10%+ Revenue improvement.• Created Sales and Operations Planning system that led to an OTD improvement from 85% to 95%.• Duplicated and transitioned a volume manufacturing line to China in 90 days enabling in-country supply.

Led the cross-functional integration project of NDS Surgical Imaging.

Set Operations strategy and direction including contract manufacturers for ISO 13485 encoder division utilizing Oracle ERP.• Managed capital, expenses, and inventory effort improving Turns from 3.5 to 5.1 (DOH 72) on flat revenue.• Developed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training material and trained 13 cross-functional associates with projects achieving significant scrap savings with respective yield and OTD improvement.• Created and implemented real-time data system enabling live process analysis including contract manufacturer KPI’s.

General Dynamics acquired Axsys Technologies in June 2009Led all Operational functions including Supply Chain, Sustaining Engineering, Operational Excellence, Production, and Facilities for 3-shift 200 person Operations organization.

• Established the guiding strategy, metrics, and dashboard summarizing OTD, Gross Margin, Variable Margin, Scrap, Returns, Inventory Turns, and Book to Build Ratio facilitating strategic and tactical decision making.• Executed low cost region strategic procurement contract resulting in $2.3M of inventory reduction.

Director of Quality for Precision Motion Division

MicroE Systems acquired by GSI Group/Novanta in April 2004