Experience

Aptitude Medical Systems
• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Manufacturing

  • May 2021 - Present


Luminex Corporation

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Manufacturing

  • Aug 2019 - Jan 2021

  Recruited to help integrate Seattle facility and convert it from R&D operation to full-functioning production facility, in accordance with Luminex’s standards. Responsible for Quality, Supply-Chain, Logistics, Manufacturing Eng., and Production. Recruited to help integrate Seattle facility and convert it from R&D operation to full-functioning production facility, in accordance with Luminex’s standards. Responsible for Quality, Supply-Chain, Logistics, Manufacturing Eng., and Production.



Laser Techniques Company

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Manufacturing

  • 2018 - 2019

  Laser Techniques specializes in the development of automated, high-resolution laser-based measurement and inspection systems. Shifted top leadership's mindset from an R&D mentality to an optimized production and operations department, increased throughput allowing the company to accommodate much larger orders, in turn, fueling rapid growth. • Member of LTC's Executive Leadership Team helping make key strategic decisions to align company goals and objectives.• Responsible for P&L analysis and improvement, capital planning, budgeting, supply-chain, inventory control, shipping and receiving, production personnel, manufacturing engineering and Quality.• Planned operations to meet established schedules, factoring in order demands and business forecasts.• Evaluated production levels, quality standards and maintenance actions to identify and address operational problems and maintain targets.• Increased productivity by implementing new processes and improving old ones while decreasing labor.• Implemented the company's QMS (ISO 9001:2015) - of which successfully achieved certification over a 6-month period with no major non-conformances.• Established pull systems/Kanbans that reduced inventory by 35%.• Reduced cost by renegotiating raw material and processing contracts with vendors, bringing costs in alignment with market. Show less

• Production Manager

  • 2015 - 2018

  Managed the production execution and scheduling of high-resolution laser-based measurement and inspection systems. Responsible for the overall production team encompassing purchasing, electronic assembly & system integration, manufacturing-engineering, test-engineering, quality and material control. Responsibilities included production department setup from the ground-up, process creation, budgeting, logistics, sales order process, design transfer process and production tracking from inception of order to customer shipment. Show less



Novuson Surgical Inc.

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

• Production Engineering Manager (Consultant Contractor)

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

  Responsible for the ground-up creation of the end-to-end production, materials sourcing, manufacturing and quality control for a new-to-market ultrasound, class III medical device. Additional responsibilities include budgeting, production planning & requirements, headcount, strategy development, incoming & outgoing quality-control policies & the ongoing improvement of assembly plans for the primary product. Responsible for the ground-up creation of the end-to-end production, materials sourcing, manufacturing and quality control for a new-to-market ultrasound, class III medical device. Additional responsibilities include budgeting, production planning & requirements, headcount, strategy development, incoming & outgoing quality-control policies & the ongoing improvement of assembly plans for the primary product.



Ballard Technology, Inc.

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

• Production Engineer

  • 2008 - 2015

  Accountable for new product introduction (NPI) for electronic test equipment for the aerospace industry. This included complete design transfer process into production. Worked with engineering to ensure production had all the necessary tools and equipment required for testing and assembly. Accountable for new product introduction (NPI) for electronic test equipment for the aerospace industry. This included complete design transfer process into production. Worked with engineering to ensure production had all the necessary tools and equipment required for testing and assembly.



SR Technologies (SRT Group)

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineering Services Manager

  • 2004 - 2008

  Provided support to the engineering department encompassing all areas of production including component-specification, research and procurement, program management, prototype testing and troubleshooting and final schematics review. Provided support to the engineering department encompassing all areas of production including component-specification, research and procurement, program management, prototype testing and troubleshooting and final schematics review.