Experience

Innovance Inc.

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  New R&D Group to support Innovance company's include product, and process development and improvement. New R&D Group to support Innovance company's include product, and process development and improvement.



Phillips-Medisize

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

• Senior Test Engineer

  • May 2013 - Feb 2022

  Determine, Plan, Develop, and execute Testing required for customers. This includes Engineering, Validation, and Manufacturing requirements. Determine, Plan, Develop, and execute Testing required for customers. This includes Engineering, Validation, and Manufacturing requirements.



Stellar Technologies Ltd

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Development Engineer

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

  Stellar technologies provides custom components for the medical device industry. Stellar technologies provides custom components for the medical device industry.



St. Jude Medical

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

• R&D Continuation Engineer

  • Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

  Product Improvement, and development. Product Improvement, and development.



3M

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jun 2010 - Feb 2011

  Managed pilot production of Drug Powder Inhaler device for phase I Clinical: Responsible for fixture design, inspection procedures, GMP documentation, and authoring Master Batch records for phase one clinical Production set-up and training of personnel required for GMP builds Managed pilot production of Drug Powder Inhaler device for phase I Clinical: Responsible for fixture design, inspection procedures, GMP documentation, and authoring Master Batch records for phase one clinical Production set-up and training of personnel required for GMP builds



Osprey Medical

• R&D Engineer

  • Mar 2008 - Jul 2009

  Designed fixtures and test systems for Osprey contrast removal system Documented and analyzed data from testing Test Development for FDA Submission. Designed fixtures and test systems for Osprey contrast removal system Documented and analyzed data from testing Test Development for FDA Submission.



Boston Scientific

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

• Senior Engineering Technician

  • 2003 - 2008

  Drug Eluted Stent – Coating Process Lab Setup for Drug Coating process: Identified and purchased required equipment Established equipment installation and calibration requirements Developed and implemented “Installation Check List” Coating and Development of Peripheral Stents: Supported coating process development in facilitation of solution formulation Coordinated component development including service contract, design criteria, and millstones necessary for… Show more Drug Eluted Stent – Coating Process Lab Setup for Drug Coating process: Identified and purchased required equipment Established equipment installation and calibration requirements Developed and implemented “Installation Check List” Coating and Development of Peripheral Stents: Supported coating process development in facilitation of solution formulation Coordinated component development including service contract, design criteria, and millstones necessary for outsourcing FDA Process Validation of legacy products: Reviewed validation protocol Identified and assembled sample sets needed for validation protocol Trained operators for execution of validation protocol Executed validation test and collected data Cross-Contamination Prevention: Initiated protocol to prevent cross-contamination in multi-drug environment Technology Transfer: Created departmental database of drug coating processes and formulations to facilitate integration of new drug coating technology Coating Lab Cross Contamination Study: Developed test to identify contamination of drugs/polymers in existing lab Developed test methods to collect and analyzed data for evidence of contamination Recommended moving equipment to prevent contamination resulting in redesign of spray analysis test bed Piezo Drop on Demand Coating process: Analyzed piezo ink jet technology for stent coating applications including range finding DOE Analyzed Coating Process to Evaluate New Spray Methods: Developed methods for analyzing nozzle design and coating characteristics, using high-speed imaging, Particle image velocimetry (PIV), and Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI).

• Senior Engineering Technician

  • 2001 - 2003

  Collaborated in the design of production plating equipment resulting in yield increase from 30% to 90+% resulting in VIP award. Developed plating process for NITI memory alloy Established and validated NiTi to stainless steel bonding soldering process.

• Senior Engineering Technician

  • 1999 - 2001

  Distal Protection development of Heparin Coating for Filter Developed and implemented equipment qualifications for coating filter process Designed equipment required for coating process Established test protocols and validate coating process Determined design requirements and heparin coating process

• Senior Engineering Technician

  • 1994 - 1999

  Captura Arterial Filter (Distal Protection) Developed thin film membrane casting and filter assembly processes Established nickel-titanium (NITI) Memory materials processes, Developed delivery sheath Identified and tested filter concepts



Northern Applied Research (Boston Scientific)

• Engineering Technician

  • 1989 - 1992

  Developed and tested IVUS System (intravascular Ultrasound) Including: Transducer construction and testing, and flexible drive/transmission wire and testing. Developed and tested IVUS System (intravascular Ultrasound) Including: Transducer construction and testing, and flexible drive/transmission wire and testing.