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Morgantown, WV, US

• Designed first concept of revolutionary sacroiliac fixation device. Handed off the project to our partner engineering medical design firm and continued to work with them.
• Developed custom instruments based on surgeon requests.
• Mentored new engineers on print review, Modeling in SolidWorks, & Design For Manufacture (DFM)
• Interfaced closely with partner machine shop, answering questions, communicating needs, and priority shifts.

• Engineering Product Design of Orthopaedic Implants & Instruments.
• Designed Posterior Cervical Implants using a lumbar system as reference in SolidWorks.
• Intellirod Spine: Engineered an FDA approved intra-op strain measuring for posterior rods.

• Designed prototype & custom instruments

• Engineering consulting: Project Management, Solid Modeling, Machine and Product Design
• ViewRay: Fixture design & prototype for daily machine testing, cover surface redesign, finalize designs with hardware & check into SolidWorks PDM
• PPG MetoKote: Machine design using structural steel and sheet metal in SolidWorks
• BPS Broiler: Redesigned sheet metal broiler, including creating new models and assemblies in SolidWorks

Princeton, New Jersey, US

• Integral part of team which modified existing instruments to meet surgeon’s needs. Completed 500 to 600 customizations per year utilizing FDA approved process. Completed over 2800 projects. Supported 24+ product lines.
• Designed custom surgical instruments for spinal surgeries, including implant inserter that tightens with threaded knob increasing rigidity during impaction.
• Researched and Recommended instruments for Surgical Doctors.
• Specified manufacturing processes and secondary operations.
• Coached group members on use of Pro/E Wildfire 4 and Intralink / Windchill 8.

US

• Designed and developed spinal implants and instruments including DHF maintenance, timeline management, and V&V: bench testing, and cadaver labs.
• Utilized FEA to prove worst-case scenario for system testing. Prepared FMEA for 510k, and compiled feedback during Alpha Launch.
• Collaborated closely with group of spinal surgeons to quickly bring Coral Deformity I Lumbar and Thoracic product extension to market. Interfaced with vendors on design and manufacturing issues.
• Launched Coral Degenerative Lumbar in 2004. Became flagship product of company and still holds 48% of Integra Spine Akron sales with 3000 - 4000 surgeries per year.
• Applied for US Patent for Rod Persuader 60/872,903

Akron, OH, US

• Designed platforms and steps for operator access to new tire manufacturing machine.
• Coordinated with team members and created assemblies using skeletons and large assembly management.

Columbus, Ohio, US

• Redesigned power system achieving 15% cost reduction while implementing new features and simplifying manufacturing.
• Created and maintained configurable assemblies in Pro/Engineer and Pro/Program capturing various customer options that are used in Pro/Process to generate manufacturing instructions.
• Designed retrofit kits for newer system for use with older battery strings.
• Converted legacy sheet metal prints to 3D parts, assemblies and drawings. Imported BOM into SAP.

Assisted New Products Showerhead team with Pro/Engineer part modifications. Created drawings for quoting. Organized quotes by part cost, tooling cost, and lead time in Pareto Charts.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Redesigned Dirt Devil Easy Steamer handle assembly with Pro/Engineer involving manipulation of part files with 500+ features, reducing box size by 33%.
• Verified injection molded assemblies for fit and function.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Constructed new and modified existing solid models with Pro/Engineer, designed parts for moldability, fit and function. Created detailed drawings of components and assemblies.
• Collaborated with project team members: Product Engineers, Designers, and Mold Engineers.

• Updated capacity document of forges, heat-treat furnaces, and machining centers.
• Performed AutoCAD overlay to check if forged part was large enough to machine.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Certificate Of Applied Project Management, Project Management

Education record