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Leadership and creation of new Celestica Design Center focusing on medical device development. Accountable for generating & delivering customer value through flawless execution in partnership with the global network of market segments, design centers, internal affiliates, and external partners.

Functional leader of the Human Factors Engineering team within Medtronic Neuromodulation- Functional leadership of a team of contract and full-time Human Factors Engineers executing the Usability Engineering for Medtronic Neuromodulation- Vision, Roadmap, and clear interfaces creation and definition to drive alignment, priorities, and strong inter-discipline collaboration- Creation, roll-out, and maintenance of a new HFE Procedure linked to the larger Quality Management System to drive lean and compliant DHF deliverables - Developed strong relationships with Risk Management, System Engineering, and Design- Execution and creation of work processes to quickly collect inputs and drive design in an agile environment in a more cost-effective way- Departmental expertise, succession planning, and staff planning to drive stability and best practices across the work and interfaces

Functional leader of CRHF Technical Communications team driving organizational change through culture, product, and process improvement- Functional leadership of 40 individuals including managers, content designers, graphics, electronic distribution, software development, and project management.- Management of AOP and a $10 million budget for the function and translations team- Developed functional roadmap and drove rapid transformation through prioritization, functional scorecard tracking, and team alignment to functional strategies- Process revolution for Tech Comm from detailed work instructions to a universal understanding of QSR and ISO 13485 with requirements-driven IFU content and processes- Created and drove alignment with development teams and external regulators for novel electronic delivery methods for superior customer experience and significant cost savings- Replacement of a 14 year legacy content management system with a state-of-the-art off-the-shelf component content management system to meet current and future business needs- Grew overall brand and deliverables of technical writing team to support a 25% increase in overall demand for services- Created a portfolio team leader model to align with the CRHF GM structure to drive enhanced service and understanding for the supported businesses

Member of the Systems Engineering functional management team managing twelve system engineers- Talent management of a diverse set of system engineers supporting the CRDM business- Functional management driving alignment, process improvement, and strategic direction- Creation of KPIs, Key Requirements, and business report outs across programs- Chief Systems Engineer role on select product development teams

Key technical leadership roles on various projects across CRDM including the MR-conditional portfolio, Nayamed, Vitatron, and key pacer, ICD , and lead products.- Program management of projects including process, schedule, team leadership, technical direction, customer inputs, and launch activities- Core team member on five programs- Created project schedule of all system engineering work and overall development schedule- Four patents issued for inventions on programs while in role- Identification of key requirements and KPIs for all programs- Systems engineering functional expert in requirements writing and business alignment- MRI programs technical expert including requirements, user inputs, regulatory negotiations, and consistency of portfolio that produced the first MR-conditional products on the market

Systems engineering team member focused on requirements, testing, and process deliverables.- Creation of first to market set of MRI requirements in Systems Engineering- Executed testing of download algorithms and initial products with the MVP feature

Creation of an algorithm to detect ischemia from sub-cutaneous electrode array and EGM signals, designing and building data collection equipment, collection of data, analysis of the data, presentation of results in various venues, and internal and external presentations to describe results.- Design and execution of five clinical data collections for various projects.- Six patents describing methods and apparatus for the detection of ischemia in an implantable device.- International assignment in Maastricht, The Netherlands

Heart Failure Management - Bench-top and GLP testing of new bi-ventricular pacemaker.Brady Research - Creation of algorithms to detect ischemia from sub-cutaneous electrode array data.Tachy Test Systems - Writing simulation test scripts to test the firmware of an ICD.

Designing and verifying performance of a new microwave ablation catheter to treat ventricular tachycardia

Characterization of ischemic episodes in the ESC ST-T Database at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering