Experience

St. Teresa Medical

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Process Engineer looking to share my extensive skills and knowledge from my many years of experience in a manufacturing environment. Process Engineer looking to share my extensive skills and knowledge from my many years of experience in a manufacturing environment.



Innovize

• United States
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Engineer

  • May 2017 - Dec 2017



Sivantos Group

• Singapore
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • 2005 - 2016

  Validated new products, processes and equipment before released into production. Determine if they functioned as designed. Identified and provided feedback on process improvements and gave final sign-off before release. Provided and wrote software requirements for various production software (UNIQC, HiCoss and 3Shape). Tested, validated and verified that new functionality met process requirements. Created and updated all manufacturing documents for the assembly of hearing aids. Identifid changes, improvements or errors and submitted change requests to update or correct the documentation. Created the production documentation for new products. Organized, trained and oversaw the initial product launch. Verified products functioned as designed by research and development. Identified and documented errors or issues. Worked with internal parters to trouble shoot and implement solution. Provided final sign-off for products to be released into production. Created training documents and provided hands on and web based training to all Sivantos hearing aid factories around the world. Trained the production operators on new products, equipment and software. Traveled up to 30% of the time. Visited domestic and overseas hearing aid factories. Provided and implemented training programs, standard operating procedures, set-up and audit procedures. Audited production operators to ensure that documented processes for assembly and equipment were preformed as documented. Provided feedback, training and improvement plans that ensured that all processes were followed as written. Identified non-documented processes and evaluated them for safety, efficiency and value added. Verified, tested and validated these new process steps and/or other suggestions or requests. Provided and recorded the necessary testing, validation and implementation required to determine if the process improvement should be implemented into criteria. Show less



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Support Manager

  • 2003 - 2005

  Traveled and oversaw operation setup at new oversea facilities (Australia & Singapore) . Responsibilities included equipment setup, production floor layout, hiring, training and certifying new employees, and providing support to management until factory and teams were self-sustainable.

• Production Manager - Day Shift

  • 2000 - 2003

  Managed four supervisors and up to 100 employees throughout the entire manufacturing assembly process for Miracle Ear, Rexton, and Siemens. Specifically, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the assembly of new, remake and repair custom and BTE hearing aid products.



Miracle-Ear, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Device
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Manager

  • 1984 - 1999

  Served various roles in hearing aid manufacturing for Miracle Ear, Inc. Positions: Production Manager Assistant Production Manager Shell Lab Supervisor Lead Shell Lab Technician Final Assembly Technician Shell Lab Technitian Order Entry & Evaluation Served various roles in hearing aid manufacturing for Miracle Ear, Inc. Positions: Production Manager Assistant Production Manager Shell Lab Supervisor Lead Shell Lab Technician Final Assembly Technician Shell Lab Technitian Order Entry & Evaluation