Experience

Trio Healthcare Ltd

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

• Research And Development Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  In the R&D Manager role at Trio I have transitioned from a lone R&D resource in a very small company (around 20 employees) to building and managing a team of R&D personnel (4 at maximum) in a medium sized company (around 100 employees) to deliver a first-to-market silicone ostomy barrier and pouch device. I am solely responsible for the management and delivery of a new product to market, built from the ground up, including design control and supporting evidence, but also additional responsibilities in areas not traditionally sitting in R&D, such as building and maintaining technical files, registrations, and developing quality specifications and standards. More recently the role has required the development, management and delivery of a programme of smaller projects including line extensions, process improvements, cost reductions and raw material changes. I actively develop and maintain a pipeline of R&D projects, develop business cases for these and champion these with leadership. I have also led an effort to introduce more structure, strategy and process to the way R&D work as we have grown from a small to medium sized enterprise. This has involved actively communicating with high level individuals such as company directors, board members and owners. I have developed a slimmed down version of a stage gate process, with the appropriate and applicable parts for this size of business. Due to the changing nature of the company in my time there, I have actively developed my softer skills in areas such as talent management, professional development, project management and high-level communication. Show less



Scapa Healthcare

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• R&D Scientific Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Jul 2020

  Achievements in the role include: • Team Leadership: Overall team leader for group of approximately 10 scientists, prioritising resource via around 5 direct reports and 5 in-directs to support all departmental projects and other business needs. Included professional development and succession planning. • Project Leadership: Technical leadership of a programme of development projects (approximately 10 currently) from early concept innovation through to commercial delivery covering a variety of wound dressings. Delivered projects of commercial value requiring cross-department collaboration to agreed timelines and budget. Trained PRINCE2 Practitioner. • Innovation: Generation of new dressing and technology ideas for IP filing both individually and as part of a team. Led to the progression of multiple pieces of IP. • Customer Focused: Point of contact and management of key customers vital to company revenue. • Commercially Minded: Development of R&D structure and organisation and building business strategy. Experience in business case and costing activities. • Technical Expert: Subject matter expert for material solutions, ethylene oxide sterilisation, device packaging systems and statistics and test method development/validation. Also served on biocompatibility team covering ISO10993 requirements. Member of standard working group for ISO 13726 series (test methods for wound dressings). • Product Support: Sole responsibility for evidence generation and technical expertise on two existing products, covering an antimicrobial and a moist wound healing dressing. Included training and education in science behind products and evidence. • Design: Design control responsibilities for own projects and independent reviewer on others. Show less



Acelity

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Scientific Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2018



Systagenix

• R&D Scientist

  • May 2013 - Jun 2017

• Associate Scientist

  • Jun 2011 - May 2013

  Organising and executing large pieces of work involving multiple individuals for a large multi-disciplinary project, supporting marketing and regulatory with product technical knowledge, representing the organisation at conferences and trade fairs.



DePuy Orthopaedics

• New Product Development Technologist

  • Jun 2010 - Nov 2011

  Role requires technical ability and expertise to finalise and improve the design of a bone cement product. Role requires technical ability and expertise to finalise and improve the design of a bone cement product.