Tim Dalbec Email & Phone Number

Livermore, CA, US

San Jose, California, US

• Currently leading a high-profile project to develop a new ultrasonic liquid level sensor that will eliminate Outset’s most problematic field issue.
• Manage and maintain Outset’s disposable products including projects for shelf life extension, component obsolescence, and implementation of new user features.
• Primary point of contact with Asian contract manufacturer to ensure all production and quality issues are quickly and effectively managed, which results in robust supply chain.

San Jose, California, US

• Built strong relationship with Asian contract manufacturer, which enabled smooth and efficient production transfer of two of Outset’s disposable products.
• Managed and implemented Unique Device Identification (UDI) across all Outset products, which included barcoding and management of FDA database entries to ensure compliance with FDA’s UDI requirements.
• Led the organization’s transition from a custom design of concentrate bottles and uptake straws to leverage off-the-shelf concentrate options with a new vendor, which led to significant cost reduction and a.

• Managed the drug-eluting stent product line extension that increased product size offerings from 18 sizes to 30 sizes.
• Developed and implemented sheath flaring equipment and process to minimize likelihood of stent damage during assembly and use.
• Implemented larger drug solution mix volume and expiry in manufacturing, which reduced touch time of this process by more than 50%.

Marlborough, MA, US

• Managed development of next generation bipolar radiofrequency (RF) system that enabled procedure time reduction of approximately 33%.
• Implemented manufacturing metrics and material inventory tracking. Incentivized production operators with weekly cash bonuses. As a result, there were no line stoppages due to inventory shortfalls, operator attendance.
• Brought Boston Scientific R&D and process development engineers up to speed on monopolar and bipolar RF system designs, enabling transfer projects to be on schedule and within budget.

US

• Effectively managed small team that redesigned catheter ahead of FDA PMA submission, which subsequently resulted in approval of company’s first commercial product.
• Led catheter redesign effort to implement numerous usability and manufacturability improvements on a tight timeline and within regulatory constraints.

US

• Improved catheter reliability by approximately 40% in IDE clinical study, which saved company money and improved user perception of catheter.

US

• Designed and tested structural elements of robust electromechanical chest compression device that continues to be successfully sold since 2003.
• Managed subcontractors by training their management and assembly staff on product requirements and assembly techniques, which led to implementation of cost-effective disposable subassembly.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Designed satellite antenna tower structure that met launch and on-orbit stress and thermal requirements. Tower structure was delivered to larger spacecraft group ahead of time and under budget.

Bethesda, MD, US

Master’S Degree, Materials Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science And Engineering