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Greater Boston

Greater Boston

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

- Lead process improvement and lean transformation projects for RF products- Implemented improvements to QMS in areas of defect tracking and CAPA

Gaithersburg, Md

Responsible for hardware production, UX improvement, troubleshooting and sustaining engineering of cell engineering technologies.- Build critical component, overseeing hardware production, troubleshooting, and sustaining engineering of cell engineering technologies.-Direct key sustaining engineering project, ensuring product delivery in alignment with iterative product enhancement timelines.-Solicit customer feedback to identify feasible usability and functional enhancements.-Develop upgrade release plan and training for major product upgrades, field service implementation strategies, leading training projections prior to product launch to ensure that key users and stakeholders understood and leverage full product capabilities.-Train field scientist and sales personnel in advance of product launch.-Support manufacturing assembly and validation operations for electroporation instruments.

Frederick, Maryland

Hired to startup and maintain a new 4,600 sq-ft fill and finish lab, including installation of equipment, definition and performance of IQ/OQ/PQ for all equipment and lead process improvement and enhancement activities.Daily activities include, troubleshooting equipment issues and process deviations, creation and maintenance of SOPs, inspection and acceptance of received components and maintenance of inventory in ERP system (Oracle).Major accomplishments include:Successfully led lab startup project hitting major milestones and on time first delivery.Created and maintain turnback database to identify improvement opportunities.Led kaizen with cross functional team to improve ampoule labeling setup, with 15% reduction in scrap.Created and maintain kanban system for all finish components to reducing on-hand inventory by 40%.

East Hartford, Ct

Conduct supplier capacity and capability assessmentsProvide supplier support for production ramp up, including manufacturing reviews for new sources and engineering changesWork with engineering to improve designs for defect mitigation and cost reduction activities

Middletown, Ct

Project manager and development lead for next generation rotors including process implementation, monitoring and improvement.Managed transition of rotors into production.Conduct analysis of airfoils for milling process certification and improvement.Establish recommendations for manufacturable tolerance limits.Develop and implement cost reduction initiativesReduce rework and handling damage through elimination of extraneous touch-pointsBench-marked local vendor's and partner's balance systems to identify best practices for balance capability improvement.

Middletown, Ct

- Lead cost reduction projects for commercial and military engine assembly, successfully meeting cost and lead-time goals.- Provided regular project timeline updates to executive management teams.

East Hartford, Ct

Accepted into a a two-year rotational program for manufacturing engineers with rotations through quality engineering, plasma spray operations (high mix/high volume), rotating hardware machining (high mix/low volume/long lead time) and new product development. During this program I developed experience in design for manufacturing (DfM / DfX), lean manufacturing, six sigma (green belt certified), GD&T, project management, design controls, design of experiments (DOE), root cause analysis, organizational thinking and effective communication at all levels.- Lead project to analyze visual inspection processes and developed training for visual inspection best practices.- Developed improved plasma spray fixturing with 80% reduction in related defects.- Lead development and validation of engineering change processes, reporting through design reviews.- Developed and validated manufacturing process for new product development

East Hartford, Ct

As a contract Project Engineer with Pratt and Whitney, I worked on oil whetted hardware for legacy turbofan engines. Daily duties included analyzing field failure trends and performing failure analysis, identifying and leading sustaining engineering projects, and managing engineering change timelines and deliverables.

Bs Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics

I received a BS in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Biomechanics. In addition to the core curriculum combining both the electrical.

Certificate, Lean Manufacturing

Two week certificate program through the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Lean Manufacturing principles.