Experience

Kindred Powered by Ocado

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Software, Product Engineering

  • Oct 2021 - Present

• Software Development Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Oct 2021

  Kindred AI is designing and developing products to make e-Commerce fulfillment growth sustainablethrough automation and robotics.● Responsible for project planning and clarifying requirements with product management● Proven ability to provide team focus and ensure consistent project delivery● Adjusted team development process to ensure all stakeholders are aware of goals and deliverables● Directed the team's efforts through the use of data analytics to meet or exceed product KPIs● Prioritized hiring to meet the needs of product roadmap Show less



Synaptive Medical

• Canada
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Development Manager, Surgical Systems

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2020

  Neurosurgical procedures have been very primitive over the past several decades although with the advancement of recent imaging technologies, better decision making is possible despite intuitive expectations. With the addition of tractography, imaging of nerves in the brain, it is possible to understand the functional expectations without the cost of fMRI. Synaptive Medical provided planning and surgical guidance software with tractography, or functional impact expectations in mind. ● Managed software team of 15 through PDLC for surgical business unit supporting three products ● Project managed a cross-functional team to support new product and sustaining efforts ● Strategically structured development team to meet the needs of the company ● Supported teams career growth to meet both personal development and business initiatives ● Executed external commercial and research collaborations with leadership team ● Collected and prioritized requirements to ensure products satisfied market needs ● Maintained multidisciplinary team relationships to ensure product delivery successes ● Lead support to the field, either direct to customer or indirectly through the service department ● Supported FDA 510(k) submissions, 4 successful Class 2 clearances ● Represented engineering through ISO and MDSAP audits ● Produced novel and patented concepts for neurosurgical procedures Show less



Conavi Medical

• Canada
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Architect

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

  Colibri Technologies developed a novel imaging method pushing both the mechanical and software limits to produce a product that lowered-cost and improved standard of care. ● Responsible for core software architecture ● Defined product requirements in consult with the companies clinical stakeholders, cardiologists and OR nursing staff ● Directed technology selection for the entire software platform ● Developed/Patented rendering and volumetric reconstruction for unconventional ultrasound modality ● Generated patented concepts, providing summary, claims and drawing documentation Show less



Sentinelle Medical Inc.

• Software Developer

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2012

  Breast cancer testing through mammography has poor specificity and standard practice for screening can be too late. Sentinelle produced MR coils for better MR imaging along with software for better detection in an attempt to reduce MR time and increase detection. ● Organized development plans, team sprint planning, providing architectural direction for the team ● Integrated research algorithms into commercial products, providing the necessary robustness for the clinical market ● Maintained relationship with principal investigators to support clinical trials ● Developed algorithm for first imaging based breast cancer bio-marker used in I-SPY2 mutli-center clinical trial under FDA IDE in collaboration with UCSF ● Defined product requirements from onsite experience with PI to supported prototype development for prostate imaging and radiation therapy through a clinical trial ● Developed image processing algorithms to automate biopsy registration, improve specificity of breast dynamic contrast analysis, breast segmentation, and breast density calculation ● Responsible for documentation, functional requirements, risk analysis, and design documentation ● Provided engineering support to clinical applications, service and sales staff ● Understanding of FDA requirements and DICOM standard needs Show less



MDA

• Canada
• Space Research and Technology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intermediate Software Developer

  • Apr 2005 - Aug 2007

  Intermediate Software Developer : (April 2005 - August 2007)Design and build an MRI compatible neurosurgical robot called neuroArm, a $14 million dollar project. This project provided robotic manipulators to aid a surgeon, reducing hand tremors and increasing the accuracy of surgical operations.● Developed control user interface, including OpenGL 3D virtual display● Derived analytical solution to rate-based inverse kinematics for use in robotic controls● Developed haptic feedback using highly sensitive force sensors to provide surgical tool forces to the surgeon at the remote control station● Wrote detailed documentation describing new intellectual property for patent applications● Provided budget and timeline estimations for proposals, upwards of $15 million dollar projects● Performed system integration, testing and on-site support● Achieved the highest and second-highest yearly performance rating Show less

• Junior Software Developer

  • Jan 2003 - Aug 2005

  Junior Software Developer : (January 2003 - August 2005)Key software team member on the DARPA Orbital Express Program, an autonomous unmanned satellite capture robot, a $20 million dollar project. This is a demonstration mission to test different autonomous satellite servicing operations, such as battery replacements and refueling.● Solely responsible for the vision software development, which provided position and orientation information from image data to the arm controls for satellite capturing● Developed software for flexible video recording from multiple cameras● Assisted with electrical EMC testing● Wrote and executed software testing plan and procedures● Completed software integration & test as the only remaining software team member on the project● Conducted controls software debugging and testing through MatrixX● Performed system integration, testing and on-orbit support● Achieved the highest yearly performance rating both years● Nominated for MDA Team Innovation Award for our simulator design, which reused the vast majority of our flight code, saving several months of work Show less