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Melville, NY, US

Orange, CA, US

Long Beach, California, US

Responsible for guiding the technical team (R&D, RA & QA) in the delivery of The Hydrafacial Companies next generation, flagship product. Accountable for technical, schedule, and financial attributes of the project.

Schwalbach, Hessen, DE

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of in-vitro diagnostic and medical instrument development projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, quality, commitments and goals.

Alpharetta, Georgia, US

Managed the verification, validation and manufacturing transfer to Mexico of a Class II medical device.

• Providing Product Development and Quality System consulting services to leading Medical Device manufactures.
• Provided for the redesign of offshore electronic diagnostic equipment to meet UL, CSA, IEC 60601 safety regulations.
• Constructed CE Technical Files for legacy products, ensuring their continued sale throughout Europe.

Newport Beach, CA, US

• Selected to pioneer the new Product Management group, establishing its charter and advancing the cultural changes necessary to ensure success.
• Led the accelerated development of a novel 3D dental scanner from inception through development and launch, capturing $.5M in sales within the first two months of commercialization.
• Drove the development and commercialization of cloud-based (SaaS) dental laboratory CAD software, creating a new, untapped revenue model.
• Defined the requirements and market for a new dental composites division and lead its first successful product launch. Key competencies:
• Product Strategy and Roadmap
• Market research

Newport Beach, CA, US

• Tasked to manage the development of clinical and laboratory dental CAD software for the organization.
• Provided leadership for the acquisition and integration of a key Dental CAD software concern, ensuring the organizations competitive advantage and profitable ROI.
• Led the effort to expand the limited functions of clinical dental CAD software into a fully featured dental lab CAD software product.
• Managed the redevelopment of the company’s online customer shopping portal, significantly improving user experience while reducing overhead.

Yorba Linda, California, US

• Led New Product Development efforts as well as managed Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance for the North American division of VITA.
• Championed alliances and technology transfers with key Digital Dentistry partners to facilitate the introduction of CAD/CAM Denture production and Smile Simulation software solutions.
• Implemented a phase-gate based New Product Development process to ensure the timely, structured and compliant development of new products. The product development cycle was reduced, on average, from 24 to 18 months.
• Initiated a New Product Portfolio Management system to ensure that products of high value, aligned with company strategic goals, received the highest priority throughout the organization.

Brea, California, US

• Responsible for development of electronic products for the Endodontic Products Group
• Led the development of numerous innovative and highly successful diagnostic medical instruments which are considered industry standards of best practice, contributing over $10M in revenue yearly.
• Focused on the Continuous Improvement and Value Engineering of numerous legacy products, leading to increased sales, performance and decreased cost. Average savings of 20-60% through cross-functional gated process.
• Introduced Open Innovation with strategic partners to speed products to market.
• Obtained Patent protection on several key technologies, securing the value of the company’s intellectual property.
• Directed the integration of several newly acquired businesses into existing manufacturing facilities and low cost manufacturing regions in Mexico and China, significantly reducing costs and increasing profit margins.