In charge of IVD Project and Product Development From User Needs to RD, RA, Quality, Operations, Manufacturing, Marketing, Distribution and Post Market Surveillance.Molecular Dx and Immuno-Assays.Expert in ISO 13485Permanent Resident Status in Singapore

Director of Operations at Osler Diagnostics, Oxford UK.Member of the Executive Committee.

- Responsible to lead and organize the entire team of managers, engineers and technicians to ensure smooth total integration of new high technology processes in a fast pace environment.- Establish objectives, policies and standards to ensure the highest requirements are met in term of quality, cost effectiveness, time and team competencies.- Responsible of the department budget. Take appropriate action to achieve cost reduction initiative assessing P&L impact.- Ensure compliance with medical standards for medical devices.

Setup of a new production plant in Shanghai through a JV.Medical Devices.• Responsible of the installation of a new manufacturing centre in Shanghai.• Manage a cross functional and international team of 7 engineers (France, Italy and China).• Plan and manage the projects including schedules, resources, budget and quality.• Responsible for the industrial strategy, validation strategy, localization, operation team setup, equipment supply, supply chain setup, sterilization, quality management system setup, DMR setup, QA/RA strategy, DHR setup, start of production, product registration in China.• Apply Lean Investment strategy and tools in order to optimize ROI.

Implementation of the whole Lean Manufacturing practices for French and Italian plants.Medical Devices• Define the whole lean manufacturing roadmap and planning for two manufacturing sites (one for wire bonding and smt, the other for high end final assembly) of each 100 people, 75k units/year.• Perform the whole VSM indentifying key improvements.• Setup a global lean assessment tool on branch level in order to consistently monitor improvements. • Execution and follow up of the lean manufacturing plan including teams, resources, budget.• Achieved a sustainable efficiency improvement (29% reduction in operation costs).• Led more than 20 projects including VSM, 6 sigma, just in time (pull flows, kanban and heijunka), 5S, Standardization, kaizen, SMED, TPM, KPIs, Jidoka (Problem Solving), Design of Experiment for process optimization, FMEA.• Achieved dramatic improvements in lead-time, OEE, scraps, standard times reduction, efficiency and downtime.• Achieved sustainable efficiency improvements• Demonstrated strong leadership both as lean manufacturing manager (experience of conducting mindset change) and industrial project manager (engineering management).• Achieved three major international industrialization projects on time, on budget, meeting quality requirements, expected results and compliant with regulations (especially FDA compliance for implantable medical devices) in the field of electronics, micro electronics, integration and tests.• Expert in Kaizen, DMAIC, Six Sigma, VSM, MIFA, 5S, Standard definition, Pull Flows, Takt time and Line Balancing, TPM, SMED, 8D, QRQC, Hoshin, Heijunka, Single Piece Flow, Jidoka.• Led several six sigma projects on processes such as wave soldering, potting and screwing. Dramatically improved yield (from 14000 to 1000 ppm reject) and OEE (from 56% to 85%).• Trained green belt, key users, supervisors and operators using a set of standard training tools.

Industrialization of an ECU for PSA / Industrial StrategyAutomotive• Achieved the start of production of a critical ECU product for PSA, on time, on budget, matching the initial gross margin target.• Take part to the Request for Quotation steering committee: establishing industrial assumptions, estimating investments, establishing forecast margin and propose offer to customer.• Installation of a very high throughput production line (1 million products a year 5500 units/day) including SMT and high technology assembly processes.• Led a thorough lean investment process to achieve the standard product cost, quality and on time targets.• Defined the industrial strategy. Make versus buy analysis. Risks analysis. Manufacturing feasibility.• Led the whole industrial project planning, resources and budget.• Process flow definition, negotiation and purchase orders for tooling and equipments, supplier follow-up, installation and validation. Problem solving and process optimization.• Wrote the complete manufacturing documentation writing (specifications, FMEA, planning, control plan, flowchart and test coverage).• Ensured manufacturability: work hand in hand with R&D, providing technical inputs to ensure the best manufacturability. Branches’ expert for lead free project.• Strong know-how in SMT, waves, selective waves, potting, press fit, conformal coating, test, line integration, traceability.

Management of an airbag ECU production unit of 85 people, 5 shifts, 6 supervisors, 7technicians, 25 000 products/day on 4 different production lines.• Successful experience of operational management as production unit manager in a demanding, fast pace environment, 24/7. Dramatically improved KPI (especially OEE, Yield, Scrap and Standard Time) using continuous improvement tools.• Capable of conducting both short term operational management and long term improvement. KPI follow up (safety, quality, on time delivery, budget, yield, scraps). Experienced in customer relationship management (audit). Results driven. Build strategic and realistic plans for improvement.• Strong experience in team management (operational and project): set and share clear targets, identifying talent and weaknesses, address issues, refocusing interview, manage through others, making people grow in competencies while achieving targets, share successes. • Operational management of a team of 85 people, 5 shifts through 6 Manufacturing leaders and 7 technicians (3 Maintenance, 2 engineering and 2 Quality people)• Annual appraisal and interviews. People hiring.• Responsible of the on time delivery of 5000 ECU/day and 20000 sensors/day over 4 production lines. 24/7.• Management through operational indicators (OEE, OTD, Internal reject, scrap, standard budget time, safety, Customer returns) in a sensitive and fast pace environment. • Lean workshops: 5S, Just In Time, TPM, 6 sigma, 8D.

• 16 months experience in the United States. Took part on the setup of a new production line.• Flow simulation (using Extend Software) and flow optimization. Scenario testing, investment reduction.• Process optimization projects.

• Responsible for the production planning and coordination of 20 SMT lines and 15 final assembly lines for customization.