Experience

SQI Diagnostics

• Canada
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Feb 2012 - Present

  Managed the design of a family of instruments for medical diagnostics, including creating the design, testing, documentation, and usability validation for FDA and Health Canada submission 21CFR. ISO14971. Engineered, implemented, tested, and validated hardware programming of the medical device and its integration with the robotic arm. Completed Verification and Validation activities and transferred to the manufacturing department. Served as the critical liaison between departments, including medical professionals and a third-party programmer. Identified areas of necessary compromises while mitigating costs through efficient use of person-hours. Completed the creation of the Product Introduction (NPI) in IVD within timelines and budget constraints, including the on-site installation of hardware at local and international client sites. Significant experience programming automated liquid handling systems in a biotech setting. Experience with protocol development and operation of integrated robotic systems and automation scheduling software. Hands-on experience with assay development on automated systems, assay optimization, and performance validation. Expert in third-party instrument integration with robotic arm.



Thermo Fisher Scientific

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • Jan 2005 - Nov 2011

  • Managed software design projects for robotic and automated equipments. Applied project management methodology to deliver software projects that meet system specifications. Resulted in customers cutting their screening duration from months to hours. • Assisted sale force with proposals/RFP. Assessed 3rd-party vendor integration packages. Analysed lessons learned from the past, confidence level, reusability, ease of Integration, maintenance levels, risk factor to provide Application Department realistic estimations. • Lead team of 10 co-workers to improve company internal processes by following process improvement principles. Optimized day-to-day efficiency and reduced operational cost by 20%. • Supported robotic systems located world wide. Remote trouble shouted issues, deployed solutions, performed systems upgrades remotely or at customers’ site. • Developed software to remotely control 3rd-party pharmaceutical instruments. Defined software specifications with stakeholders, created instrument drivers in C# (.NET 3.5) using 3rd-party vendor SDK and Agile/Scrum methodology. Tested, documented, supported final product in timebox of 4 to 8 weeks. • Designed robotic software applications to move microtiter plates between 1 to 30 automated instruments. Used automation package architecture to engineer solution and overcome system limitations.



Thermo CRS

• THERMO CRS, Burlington, ON

• System Software Integrator

  • Feb 2000 - Dec 2004

  • Managed teams of 1-4 software developers and integrators in the assembly and qualification of robotic integrated systems of 50K to 1.5M USD for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical customers. Estimated time and cost, scheduled, managed risk to deliver consistently systems to customers. • Participated in conception of robotic cell assemblies. Translated customers goals into achievable system layouts using lessons learned knowledge based and finalized system requirements documents. • Carried out the follow up of 1 to 4 robotic cell assemblies quarterly. Monitored build progress, performed quality audits, managed team of up to 5 coworkers, held meetings, and ensured communication with customers. Managed and delivered simultaneously multiple projects. • Performed system installations at international (North America/Europe) customers’ sites. Coordinated customers infrastructure readiness, planned resources, ran acceptance tests and provided customers training. • Restored defective robotic systems. Tracked down and fixed company or 3rd-party components mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical issues, swapped defective components, updated software. • Developed software interfaces to control equipments. Wrote instruments drivers capable of interfacing robots to laboratory instruments using C like language (Thermo CRS Rapl-3), Visual basic, and software development kit provided by 3rd-party vendors. • Debugged Robotic cell controlling software, pharmaceutical instruments drivers, and system settings. Reviewed source code and documentation. Consulted with suppliers and Technical Support department.



GAMOGUID INC.

• Acton Vale, Quebec

• Project Leader in Industrial Robotics

  • 1998 - 2000

  • Programmed and maintained LASER robotics cell for tube cutting and automated tube bender machine. • Performed follow-up production in robotics by monitoring quality, throughputs and resolving technical issues. • Developed new company' strategies in automation to improve throughputs and reduce costs. • Programmed and maintained LASER robotics cell for tube cutting and automated tube bender machine. • Performed follow-up production in robotics by monitoring quality, throughputs and resolving technical issues. • Developed new company' strategies in automation to improve throughputs and reduce costs.