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Hanover, Md, Us

• OMR division designs and manufactures autonomous forklifts for the material handling space for large warehouses and manufacturing facilities. As a new products Introduction (NPI) Manager, I manage electrical, mechanical, software and test engineers. • The NPI group is responsible for creating test plans and executing all verification and validation testing of new product features. • Work with cross functional engineering teams to develop new features to meet the customer requirements. Traveled to key customer sites to gain insight to customer use cases.• All products followed a product life cycle process (PLC) to release products to a contract manufacturer (CM) and field upgrades.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

• Managed electrical, mechanical, software, robotic safety and autonomy design teams to design and productize commercial robot systems. Autonomy design team included controls, simulation, perception, motion planning and AI/ML engineers.• Managed project deliverables, budget, schedule, and risks. Created a monthly program status report and presentation that was presented to cross function teams and leadership.• Apply Agile Scrum and waterfall methodologies using Jira to manage software and hardware engineering teams.• Establish and regularly monitor program risks and opportunities decreasing the overall program risk profile and creating a burndown plan for remaining risk items.• Experience with EMC, safety, shock/vibration, ingression protection regulatory compliance certifications.• Worked closely with product management to create product requirements and product road maps.

• Consulted with a variety of engineering companies and assisted in managing commercial development projects.

Boston, Ma, Us

Senior Technical Project Manager with experience managing technical requirements, scope, budgets, risks, and schedules for up to 10 clients. Experience with Medical Class I and II FDA regulated projects, ISO 13485 quality management systems (QMS), verification, & DFMEA, and Medical IEC-60601 family of standards.

Loveland, Co, Us

Technical Project Manager with experience managing technical requirements, budgets, and schedules for up to 15 clients. NPI Manager and Project Manager for Product Life Cycle (PLC) team. Experience with Medical Class I and II FDA regulated projects, ISO 13485 quality management systems (QMS),development process's-verification & validation & DFMEA, process development-PFMEA- IQ/OQ/PQ- QR&R,and Medical IEC-60601 family of standards.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

20+ years of experience as a leader and manager for an engineering team in the Life Sciences instrumentation field. Up to 9 direct employees including PhD scientists, ME and EE engineers, and software engineers. Responsible for design verification & validation, process validation and release to manufacturing. Technical project management experience managing large teams, technical requirements, budgets, and schedules. Worked in a matrix environment, where resources from other departments were used to fill resource requirements in assigned projects. Several projects required communication with global teams in different states and countries.Worked closely with the customer base on negotiation of technical specifications. Established relationships with customers to determine key business developments.

20+ years of experience as a leader and manager for an engineering team in the Life Sciences instrumentation field. Up to 9 direct employees including PhD scientists, ME and EE engineers, and software engineers. Responsible for design verification & validation, process validation and release to manufacturing. Technical project management experience managing large teams, technical requirements, budgets, and schedules. Worked in a matrix environment, where resources from other departments were used to fill resource requirements in assigned projects. Several projects required communication with global teams in different states and countries.Worked closely with the customer base on negotiation of technical specifications. Established relationships with customers to determine key business developments.Site management responsibility of facilities infrastructure, IT, quality, manufacturing and service.