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Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States

Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States

• Successfully manage the design and development of complex mechanical medical devices, ensuring adherence to project requirements and timelines.
• Maintain comprehensive project oversight across all disciplines, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and efficient issue resolution through escalation when necessary.
• Demonstrate adeptness in understanding the Voice of the Customer and User Needs, fostering effective communication and collaboration with customers, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional team leads throughout the.
• Strategically define project scope, objectives, and milestones in alignment with sponsors and internal program managers, while accurately forecasting and assembling a highly skilled Project Team.
• Execute budget preparation and monitoring, meticulously tracking project costs to meet financial targets while ensuring optimal resource allocation.
• Develop and manage detailed project schedules and work plans, coordinating internal resources and external vendors to ensure flawless project execution.

Schertz, TX

• Leading the design and development of unique custom manufacturing machines and automated systems for wide range of industry leading customers in the following fields: automotive, medical, oil and gas, consumer.
• Providing cost-efficient solutions on engineering issues in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Strengthening and developing valuable business relationships with vendors and customers
• Continuously identifying opportunities for leaner and higher quality manufacturing
• Responsible of proper budget allocation in each project for providing the most cost-effective and profitable design to meet customers’ needs
• Developing and maintaining manufacturing drawings on a daily basis using Solidworks to effectively communicate design intent

Temple, TX

• Startup company focused on additive manufacturing of patient specific organ anatomy
• Created and sold realistic 3D printed organ models for university teaching and research
• Built highly valuable relationships with industry experts for prototype and mass production phases
• Applying design for manufacturing (DFM) and lean manufacturing experience to optimize product and technology design

San Antonio, TX

• Leader of startup company focusing on the development of a novel and hygienic contact lens handling device
• Led the team to 1st place at UTSA’s CITE $100k Student Technology Venture Competition (April 28th, 2015)
• Principal inventor "Contact Lens Handling Device" (U.S. patent US9642744B2)
• Oversees product development, manufacturing, FDA regulatory affairs, market validation strategy, funding strategy, and company’s legal affairs.
• Achieved valuable relationships with manufacturers and board of advisors
• Presented in multiple pitch competitions and emerging technologies events (CITE, San Antonio Emerging Venture Pipeline, SATX Global Innovators Pitch Challenge)

San Antonio, TX

• Student member and collaborator in the Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory (VBBL) at UTSA
• Carried Honors Thesis project “Non-destructive pressure-inflation of an abdominal aortic aneurysm silicone phantom: a feasibility study”
• Developing FEA models to evaluate aneurysms and blood flow (CFD)
• Became lead part designer and 3-D printing specialist for the VBBL laboratory
• Assisting faculty and students with CAD parts designing and 3-D
• Presenting scholarly journal articles and personal research to fellow student researchers

San Antonio, TX

• Improved academic performance of student athletes by as much as 3 letter grades.
• Coached student athletes on better study habits, test preparation and time management.
• Subjects tutored: Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, French and Spanish