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Concord, Ma

ACCELERATE DESIGN, LLC, Charlton, MAOpto-Mechanical Engineering, January to May 2023Developed supply chain and selected contract manufacturer for a multi-element contact lens for use in ophthalmic surgery for a top tier pharmaceutical corporation.VARIOUS CONSULTING PROJECTSDesign reviews on projects including a vacuum filtration system for an acoustic diaphragm and a biometric breath analyzer. ANOVA (analysis of variance) to find root causes of variance on high cavitation molded parts.COOPER PERKINS, Lexington, MAPrincipal ME, August 2020 to October 2021 and April to July 2021Generated concepts for subsystems in robotic surgery equipment. Researched, analyzed and tested concepts to reveal pros/cons and trade-offs to aid in final selection. Sub-systems included the catheter actuation system and the main frame. RADIUS INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Waltham, Clinton, MAIntegration Lead, January 2019 to March 2020Developed the Plaqless Pro electric toothbrush, unveiled by Colgate-Palmolive at CES 2020. The optical system detects plaque and alerts the user where to brush. As Integration Lead, my role was to guide cross-disciplinary, product-critical efforts like PCB development, multi-color LED lighting effects and aspects of the UV optical system. I analyzed and specified the design for preloading optics against motor vibration, the snap-fit of the brush refill and tolerances of fit. My coaching style was received well by junior and senior engineers.BETTER TRICK, INCconsultant: serving as a "sherpa" in manufacturing economics, January 2020 to presentThe Better Trick mantra is "Improving the lives of everyday people while saving the world . . . one product at a time." Dr Jim Kramer, a veterinarian, has a wealth of product ideas in various areas including tools for the kitchen, gardening and veterinary medicine. I guide Dr Jim through the economics of manufacturing to explore the trade-offs in design, materials and tooling.

Waltham Ma, State College Pa, Quebec City,

As Director of Mechanical Engineering and Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering across 3 locations with 30 engineers, I worked with executives, managers and team members to align our focus on business goals, on platforming and reuse, on standardizing approaches to design and on sharing knowledge. This endeavor stretched far beyond R&D into Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations. I enjoy the discovery and analytical work required to develop products that customers love to use. Conceptualizing. Brainstorming. Optimizing. Capturing best practices. Mentoring. Learning from everyone in the process.Olympus provides an industry-leading portfolio of innovative test, measurement, and imaging instruments. Leading edge testing technologies include remote visual inspection, microscopy, ultrasound, phased array, eddy current, eddy current array, X-ray fluorescence and diffraction, and optical metrology.

Waltham, Ma

I served as the technical lead and manager of a 7 person ME group supporting design of hand-held XRF and ultrasonic non-destructive test instruments. Key accomplishments include assessing workload, skillsets, root causes of recurring problems, then implementing countermeasures to improve the quality and predictability of the performance of development teams.

Framingham, Ma

Bose SoundLink products currently dominate the $3B global market for Bluetooth portable speaker in their price categories. • Formed a category leadership team to manage product strategy and delivery of products to market. The core team includes Marketing, Finance, Engineering, ID and UE. • Planned the strategy for a multi-year product roadmap and the advanced development required to deliver it. • Defined technical requirements and performance targets for new products and accessories.• Managed design reuse and common feature sets across multiple development teams for increased efficiency and customer-facing consistency.• Drove success by aligning the organization with common goals and context. Efficiency increased by platforming and designing common feature sets.• Managed a staff of 3 Senior Mechanical Engineers leading development teams. • Provided career guidance and growth opportunities that have led to increased satisfaction and advancement. • Actively enabled their success by collaborating on risk management and resource allocation.• Certified Green Belt in Design for Lean Six Sigma (DFLSS) and practitioner of the tools.• Led discussion group in DFLSS and Lean Product Development to promote adoption and to mentor new trainees in the tools. • Hosted a company-wide forum on DFLSS case studies.

Led mechanical development teams to achieve high quality, high volume production launches.• Created aggressive plans and actively managed risks throughout the project.• Fully engaged teams with a clear mission, ownership and the opportunity to learn.• Managed the high-level schedule and the details.• Analyzed and tested the approach, then integrated and validated systems.• Confirmed capability in manufacturing of performance and cosmetics.Managed the career development of direct reports. Recruited and trained new mechanical engineers that joined our group.Delivered these products and contributed significantly to many others as Project Engineer or Lead Mechanical Engineer.2014: Soundlink Color2013: Soundlink Portable series 32012: SoundTouch 302011: SoundLink Portable (passive radiator design)2009: Videowave, Clickpad Remote Control2006: Sound Dock Portable2003: Acoustimass 6, 10, 15, 16 speaker systems2001: Wave Radio CD 21999: Lifestyle Home Theater System 28/35 series I1998: 321 Home Theater System1997: Wave Radio CD 11995: Acoustic Wave Music System with CD

Billerica, Ma

Designed wafer inspection systems that were valued customers and the competition. Inspex was later purchased by their arch rival KLA-Tencor.Chief ME for architecture, design and manufacture of semiconductor wafer inspection systems including robotics for wafer handling, laser scanning, vision capture and precision high-resolution positioning mechanisms all tightly integrated with the software system.Designed mechanisms for servo, stepper and pneumatic controls. Designed optical systems to be easy to assemble and align to specifications.Managed a team of mechanical engineers and designers

Waltham, Ma

• Designed and launched second generation of a bone densitometry measurement system including a patient table, X ray generating source, XY gantry system for raster scanning, sensor on a precision rotatable arm and an OB GYN chair accessory.

Wilmington, Ma

• Designed subsystems for a high resolution raster scan engine for an imagesetter used in the pre-press industry. • Image defects occurred in half-tone images as a result of optical aberration and scan defects. I developed analytical models that predicted these defects caused by optical aberration and scan errors. As a result we were able to analytically allocate tolerances for aberration and scan errors and still produce quality images.• Precision optics mounted on air bearing scanners spinning at 18,000 RPM distort under the inertial loads causing aberration and poor image quality. Designed optics with various countermeasures to prevent or correct the aberration.

Watertown, Ma

• Developed XYZ laser scanning systems for microfilm, large format printing, resistor trimming and laser etching. • Developed servo- and stepper controlled mechanisms for dynamic focus, spot-size control and "skywriting" or matching of start-stop segments. • Specified lasers and optical components. Designed systems to be easy to assemble and align.

Foxboro, Ma

• Analyzed and tested a variety of fluid flow concepts including vortex shedding flow meters, a low Reynolds number flow measurement system and a resonant mass flow measurement method. • Proof-read a text book on fluid flow measurement and created problem sets for each chapter.