Tom Wilschke
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Tyler Panian
Tom is hands down one of the best Engineers I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Technically, Tom quickly becomes a subject matter on everything he touches. He is methodical and deliberate in his approach to problem solving. Personally, he strikes the perfect balance between being laid-back but ambitious, driven but pleasant, and is always willing to roll up his sleeves and do any job that is necessary for the good of the project. Tom was highly effective in managing his team with a natural leadership style of building relationships of trust, open and honest communication, and tight-knit collaboration. I wish I could clone Tom and I wish I could work side-by-side with him forever.
Michelle Rudolph
Tom is an incredible engineer, team player, communicator, and person. He is organized, collaborative, delightful to work with, intelligent, thorough, a great leader, and most importantly, deeply focused on designing and creating the right thing for the right reason, with customer and business needs in mind. I am confident that Tom will be a valuable asset to any project, team or company he joins.
Tyler Panian
Tom is hands down one of the best Engineers I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Technically, Tom quickly becomes a subject matter on everything he touches. He is methodical and deliberate in his approach to problem solving. Personally, he strikes the perfect balance between being laid-back but ambitious, driven but pleasant, and is always willing to roll up his sleeves and do any job that is necessary for the good of the project. Tom was highly effective in managing his team with a natural leadership style of building relationships of trust, open and honest communication, and tight-knit collaboration. I wish I could clone Tom and I wish I could work side-by-side with him forever.
Michelle Rudolph
Tom is an incredible engineer, team player, communicator, and person. He is organized, collaborative, delightful to work with, intelligent, thorough, a great leader, and most importantly, deeply focused on designing and creating the right thing for the right reason, with customer and business needs in mind. I am confident that Tom will be a valuable asset to any project, team or company he joins.
Tyler Panian
Tom is hands down one of the best Engineers I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Technically, Tom quickly becomes a subject matter on everything he touches. He is methodical and deliberate in his approach to problem solving. Personally, he strikes the perfect balance between being laid-back but ambitious, driven but pleasant, and is always willing to roll up his sleeves and do any job that is necessary for the good of the project. Tom was highly effective in managing his team with a natural leadership style of building relationships of trust, open and honest communication, and tight-knit collaboration. I wish I could clone Tom and I wish I could work side-by-side with him forever.
Michelle Rudolph
Tom is an incredible engineer, team player, communicator, and person. He is organized, collaborative, delightful to work with, intelligent, thorough, a great leader, and most importantly, deeply focused on designing and creating the right thing for the right reason, with customer and business needs in mind. I am confident that Tom will be a valuable asset to any project, team or company he joins.
Tyler Panian
Tom is hands down one of the best Engineers I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Technically, Tom quickly becomes a subject matter on everything he touches. He is methodical and deliberate in his approach to problem solving. Personally, he strikes the perfect balance between being laid-back but ambitious, driven but pleasant, and is always willing to roll up his sleeves and do any job that is necessary for the good of the project. Tom was highly effective in managing his team with a natural leadership style of building relationships of trust, open and honest communication, and tight-knit collaboration. I wish I could clone Tom and I wish I could work side-by-side with him forever.
Michelle Rudolph
Tom is an incredible engineer, team player, communicator, and person. He is organized, collaborative, delightful to work with, intelligent, thorough, a great leader, and most importantly, deeply focused on designing and creating the right thing for the right reason, with customer and business needs in mind. I am confident that Tom will be a valuable asset to any project, team or company he joins.
Experience
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Endotronix
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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R&D Director
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Jul 2022 - Present
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R&D Manager
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Sep 2017 - Aug 2022
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United States
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Architecture and Planning
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Sr. Principal R&D Engineer
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Jan 2016 - Aug 2017
• Lead product development efforts and explored technical feasibility of new technologies to help fill R&D development pipeline. • Completed manufacturing process development to laser etch 2D Data Matrix (ECC200) barcodes on 12,000 catalog codes comprising 50 materials for Unique Device Identification. • Lead product development efforts and explored technical feasibility of new technologies to help fill R&D development pipeline. • Completed manufacturing process development to laser etch 2D Data Matrix (ECC200) barcodes on 12,000 catalog codes comprising 50 materials for Unique Device Identification.
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CareFusion
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal R&D Engineer
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Jun 2011 - Jan 2016
• Increased annual revenue 8% by working with corporate business partners to introduce reusable sterilization containers for use with a proprietary sterilization system and orthopedic instrument sets. • Commercialized 500 new color-anodized lids for use with the Genesis Sterilization Container product line by completing all technical and design control work in 4 months. • Provided guidance and coaching for one direct report as she led the development and launch of 20 new… Show more • Increased annual revenue 8% by working with corporate business partners to introduce reusable sterilization containers for use with a proprietary sterilization system and orthopedic instrument sets. • Commercialized 500 new color-anodized lids for use with the Genesis Sterilization Container product line by completing all technical and design control work in 4 months. • Provided guidance and coaching for one direct report as she led the development and launch of 20 new laparoscopic instrument jaw patterns. • Planned and executed multiple rounds of design verification testing on an electromechanical patient-warming device with embedded software following IEC 60601 and 80601 performance standards.
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Sr. R&D Engineer
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Jul 2008 - May 2011
• Resolved design control deficiencies for a $16M legacy product line by successfully completing design verification and validation (V&V) testing, developing a new design history file (DHF), detailed user’s manual, and obtaining FDA 510(k) approval. • Expanded the Genesis Container portfolio 30% by designing, testing and launching 16 sterilization containers uniquely sized to allow expansion into European and Asian markets.
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Cardinal Health
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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R&D Engineer
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Jul 2005 - Jul 2008
• Completed ethnographic research, development and testing of new surgical face-mask, gown and scrub apparel resulting in the successful launch of the Endura scrubs and multiple design awards. • Reduced packaging costs by $135k/year by implementing new materials for thermoformed sterile packaging pouches. • Designed, prototyped and tested multiple mucus-clearance device concepts against industry leading benchmarks resulting in 5 patents. • Completed ethnographic research, development and testing of new surgical face-mask, gown and scrub apparel resulting in the successful launch of the Endura scrubs and multiple design awards. • Reduced packaging costs by $135k/year by implementing new materials for thermoformed sterile packaging pouches. • Designed, prototyped and tested multiple mucus-clearance device concepts against industry leading benchmarks resulting in 5 patents.
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Education
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2001 - 2005
Purdue University
BS, Materials Science Engineering
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