Experience

Milwaukee Electronics

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer - Process Improvement

  • May 2021 - Present

  Process improvements have focused to date on Surface Mount assembly lines, application of Conformal Coatings, and Qualification of new equipment. Troubleshooting individual issues to find the root cause and then making changes to the processes/equipment to prevent reoccurrence. Individual initiative to drive the changes to completion is a must for success in this position. Process improvements have focused to date on Surface Mount assembly lines, application of Conformal Coatings, and Qualification of new equipment. Troubleshooting individual issues to find the root cause and then making changes to the processes/equipment to prevent reoccurrence. Individual initiative to drive the changes to completion is a must for success in this position.



Abbott

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Engineer

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2020

  • Promoted from Senior Engineer with ANS to Principal Engineer with St. Jude Medical to Staff Engineer with Abbott. • Supported manufacturing of Polymer Extrusion and Lead Body assembly for PDX location. • Liaison between PDX wire manufacturing site and Plano Lead Development group. • Subject matter expert (SME) in fine wire conductors, polymer extrusion, and polymer reflow for Plano based development of Spinal Cord, Dorsal Root Ganglion, and Deep Brain Stimulation leads. • Field tested prototypes in Cadaver Labs with Key Opinion Leader (KOL) physicians to attain the Voice of Customer. • Developed Lead components (contacts and electrodes) and sub-assemblies (term ends and lead bodies). • Developed Lead manufacturing processes including polymer extrusion, polymer reflow, and conductor welding to contacts and electrodes. • Determined optimal process parameters including control (UCL & LCL) and specification (USL & LSL) limits for wire jacket polymer extrusion, wire cabling, wire coiling, resistance welding conductors to contacts and electrodes, and polymer reflow of lead bodies. • Created protocols, conducted, and generated reports for Verification and Validation (V&V) (Hardware and Software); Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Installation, Operation, and Process Qualifications (IQ, OQ, and PQ); and Engineering Change Requests, Notices, and Orders (ECR, ECN, & ECO). • Created Work Instructions (WI). • Mentored young engineers, technicians, and operators in the development of implantable medical devices ensuring they appreciated the importance of the details in the work they did. • Re-designed machine controls to reduce complexity for the Operators and Technicians. Changed to recipe-driven control algorithms, added touch screen HMIs, and combined machine functions into fewer controllers. Show less



Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. Plano Texas

• Consulting Engineer

  • Dec 2004 - Mar 2007

  • Developed the machine controls for 2 new proprietary manufacturing machines while assisting in their construction and commissioning: Polymer Extruder capable of coating wires of less than .001” diameter with a jacket of less than .0005” thick. Server for coiling coated fine wires including an SMT PCB using 4 microprocessors to control 8 motors, read 8 strain gages, and communicate using an I2C bus via slip rings to a PC performing HMI, data logging, and process parameter displaying. Show less



Hearth Classics

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Operations Manager

  • 2003 - 2004

  • Developed new hearths and surrounds. • Managed Manufacturing. • Developed new hearths and surrounds. • Managed Manufacturing.



Real Estate Visions, LLC

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • 2002 - 2003

  Real Estate development Real Estate development



Micro Systems Engineering, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Aug 1993 - Oct 2001

  • Managed development of custom low-voltage low-current mixed-signal VLSI circuits and flexible SMT PCBs for 2 implantable cardiac pacemakers. • Conducted the component and sub-system verification. • Ensured project compliance with ISO, TUeV, and FDA. • Transferred product into manufacturing. • Engineering team was internationally located in US, Germany, Italy, and Israel (matrix management structure). • Managed development of custom low-voltage low-current mixed-signal VLSI circuits and flexible SMT PCBs for 2 implantable cardiac pacemakers. • Conducted the component and sub-system verification. • Ensured project compliance with ISO, TUeV, and FDA. • Transferred product into manufacturing. • Engineering team was internationally located in US, Germany, Italy, and Israel (matrix management structure).



Bolt, Beranek, Neuman, Inc.

• Engineering Services Manager

  • 1987 - 1993

  • Managed Computer Operations, Packaging Design, Document Control, Drafting, and Component Engineering groups. • Senior Design Engineer for the circuit cards (PCBs) and packaging (cooling air flow and power distribution) for multi-million-dollar DARPA (computer image generators) and NATO (communications) projects. • Oversaw the transition of products from engineering into east coast manufacturing organization. • Authored Engineering Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines. • Managed Computer Operations, Packaging Design, Document Control, Drafting, and Component Engineering groups. • Senior Design Engineer for the circuit cards (PCBs) and packaging (cooling air flow and power distribution) for multi-million-dollar DARPA (computer image generators) and NATO (communications) projects. • Oversaw the transition of products from engineering into east coast manufacturing organization. • Authored Engineering Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines.



Telecalc, Inc.

• Hardware Engineering Manager

  • 1985 - 1987

  • Led hardware development of a PC-based telecommunication product line. • Streamlined product manufacturing. • Led hardware development of a PC-based telecommunication product line. • Streamlined product manufacturing.



Dan Rowley and Associates

• Electrical Engineer

  • 1979 - 1980

  • Designed sawmill process control systems. • Designed sawmill process control systems.



Weyerhaeuser

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Hardware Engineer

  • 1977 - 1979

  • Designed sawmill and pulpmill process control systems. • Designed sawmill and pulpmill process control systems.