Experience

Nanostone Water

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Engineering Manager

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Nanostone researches, develops and manufacturers products for the filtration of water sources in drinking water, industrial, wastewater and desalination businesses. As Product Engineering Manager, my responsibility is to support customers and business development resources with accurate product specifications, technical and quality support such as Customer Complaint and RMA activities. Representing the product and submitting revisions and new filings to regulatory organizations such as UL, NSF and Regulatory 31 (UK). Product improvement and re-design as well as research into next generation design opportunities are also my responsibility. Management of the Waltham Reliability Lab including safety, procurement and the design of fluidic experiments and mechanical experiments round out my realm. Show less



Waters Corporation

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• CG R&D Engineering Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Jun 2022

  - Manage a group of mechanical and chemical engineers in the pursuit of research and development of new technologies and the development of novel products, while supporting production and legacy products in three manufacturing sites. Mentor and ensure ever increasing technical knowledge through the personal development growth of the team.- Provide leadership and guidance, as a member of the CG R&D Staff, involving leading or participating in project teams focused on products nearing commercialization and business improvement of R&D, as a business unit. - Conduct business development and provide foresight into emerging technologies which will be important to next generation products and plan strategically for research and implementation into launched products through in house and external partners.- Provide the vision, strategy and foresight, to discover, develop and commercialize new technologies enabling next generation products new functionalities with SMART capabilities and specific material improvements. Show less

• Principal Consulting Mechanical Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - Jun 2022

  - Work collaboratively with instrument design teams to develop next generation products for HPLC, UPLC and Mass Spectrometry platforms.- Advise and support upper management on new product development to determine technological risks, market opportunities, and determine areas where intellectual property can be acquired.- Following the development of Adaptive Manufacturing in industry and advising management of it's best implementations and where advantageous deployment can be achieved.- Manage research and development programs in key areas of future development.- Additional responsibilities as noted for Principal Engineer position below. Show less

• Principal Engineer

  • Apr 2006 - Mar 2015

  - Lead mechanical engineering resource for new product development for consumable products in HPLC, UPLC, and Prep chromatography and sample preparation devices.- Responsible for research and development, prototyping, concept development, concept verification, product testing, and CAD design of new products.- Work in cross functional teams including Marketing, Chemistry, Column Packing and Manufacturing (both captive and outside sources) to ensure products meet customer needs, price and margin targets- Conceptualize and design any required tooling at both R&D and production scales in order to cost effectively produce new products in either Milford, Taunton and Wexford manufacturing plants- Support and troubleshoot issues with new or legacy products in any manufacturing plant or at suppliers.- Find, develop, and maintain business relationships with key industrial partners whose products have a great impact on our products performance and overall business objectives.- Managerial responsibilities include supervising, mentoring, career development, performance reviews and assigning tasks with deadlines for junior engineers and coop students.- Lead development engineer for the following Waters products: Acquity VanGuard Cartridge and 7.8mm SEC HPLC Columns Show less

• Sr. Mechanical Engineer

  • Dec 1999 - Apr 2006

  - Lead development engineer for the following Waters product launches: Optimum Bed Density (OBD) Prep Columns, Acquity Columns, 96 Well uElution Plate, and Acquity VanGuard PreColumn.- Working with Consumable and Instrument teams to conceptualize, design and develop Waters products in cross functional teams.

• Tool Designer

  • Apr 1997 - Dec 1999

  Using Unigraphics CAD software, designed tools and fixturing to support CNC Turning, CNC Milling, Tubing, Passivation and Conventional Machining areas.

• Production Engineer II

  • May 1986 - Apr 1997

  1. Support, improve and provide process development for in-house operations of microscope deburring, Extrudehone, lasermarking, hole burning EDM, passivation, precision assembly, flat lapping and electropolishing operations.2. Support, improve and provide technical interface for outside operations including oven brazing, laser/EB welding, wire EDM, anodizing and silver plating.3. Trained ISO internal auditor.