Experience

Occam Labs

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

• Co-F0under, Principal Instruments Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Santa Cruz, CA



Capstan Medical

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

• Principal Instruments Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Santa Cruz, California, United States



Groundswell Engineering

• United Kingdom
• Graphic Design

• Design Consulting Services

  • May 2013 - Present

  Santa Cruz, CA



Cephea Valve Technologies

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Delivery System Design Engineer

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2019

  Santa Cruz, CA First engineer on the Cephea Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement project. Established early technical direction for valve development, and proprietary methods for tissue processing. Recruited Cephea's core-team of development and manufacturing engineers, technicians. Created the architecture, distal mechanisms, user interfaces and form factor for the TransAtrial Surgical Delivery System; managed engineers responsible for further improvements and contract manufacturing… Show more First engineer on the Cephea Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement project. Established early technical direction for valve development, and proprietary methods for tissue processing. Recruited Cephea's core-team of development and manufacturing engineers, technicians. Created the architecture, distal mechanisms, user interfaces and form factor for the TransAtrial Surgical Delivery System; managed engineers responsible for further improvements and contract manufacturing transfer. Created novel, laser-cut, laser-welded steerable catheters and user interfaces for a TransSeptal delivery system. 12 assigned patents. Acquired by Abbott in January 2019 Show less



Sadra Medical, a Boston Scientific company

• Senior Field Clinical Engineer

  • May 2012 - Apr 2013

  Los Gatos, CA Synthesized and translated an engineering understanding of the Lotus device into a clinical training program, implemented in the REPRISE II trial for commercialization in Europe. Trained physicians, drove enrollment and supported cases through the end of the study; fulfilling a major back-end regulatory-performance milestone towards Sadra Medica's $450M acquisition. Served as primary point of contact for complex cases and live device troubleshooting. Worked closely with Primary… Show more Synthesized and translated an engineering understanding of the Lotus device into a clinical training program, implemented in the REPRISE II trial for commercialization in Europe. Trained physicians, drove enrollment and supported cases through the end of the study; fulfilling a major back-end regulatory-performance milestone towards Sadra Medica's $450M acquisition. Served as primary point of contact for complex cases and live device troubleshooting. Worked closely with Primary Investigators to develop clinical sizing indications for the device. Developed and led training/mentorship programs for newly hired Lotus Field Clinical Engineers and Sales Reps. Observed and supported a total of ~150 TAVI cases. Granted CE Mark October 2013.

• Senior Valve R&D Engineer

  • Nov 2010 - May 2012

  Los Gatos, CA Development of a novel transcatheter aortic heart valve replacement system, leading up to clinical trials for commercialization in Europe. Led 23, 27mm valve size development. Built valve durability lab from the ground-up and drove in vitro durability to 600MM cycle (15 years) Also worked extensively on manufacturing and quality control issues. 10 assigned patents. Acquired by Boston Scientific in November 2010.



Sadra Medical

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

• R&D Engineer

  • Aug 2007 - Nov 2010

  Los Gatos, CA



Stryker

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

• Hip Product Development

  • 2006 - 2007

  Mahwah, NJ Designed surgical instrumentation for orthopaedic total hip replacement platforms.