Experience

XII Medical

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • Dec 2021 - Present



Ranir

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Feb 2022

• Senior Designer and Engineer

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2019

  Used ethnographic research and insight generation to develop private-branded electric oral care product with a multi-national, multi-cultural team that increased the value to the consumer, increased the selling price to turn a loss-leader into a profit-making product, and raised customer review scores by more than 20%.Started and built Experience Design Center of Excellence (industrial design) to iteratively develop solutions that better meet the needs of the customer, advance the aesthetic and emotional appeal of our products, and increase speed to market.Use ethnographic observation, interviews, and focus groups to discover insights, translate them into consumer needs and technical requirements. Manage internal and external designers to ensure products met the needs of the business and end-users.Lead engineer and designer on more than 10 cross-functional, international oral health devices, with production in United States, Germany, and Asia.Manage portfolio of design projects internally and with external design partners.Managed and worked alongside a small team of product development engineers, using empathic leadership principles to cultivate personal and professional growth.Initiated a sustainable design process to improve new product development relative to the triple bottom line.Developed a new, sustainable pipeline to replace single-use, disposable plastic products.Created and led a Design Thinking curriculum to find innovative, human-centered solutions to problems across the business. Show less



Steelcase

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Engineer

  • Oct 2010 - Jan 2014

  Lead engineer within a cross-functional and multi-cultural team for development and launch of Empath medical recliner, Steelcase’s first in-house developed recliner product that resulted in over $4 million in sales its first year. Used rapid, iterative development process to design, test and launch the 300+ component recliner in under 18 months. Created 3D design and engineering documentation for hundreds of components, including plastic injection molding, thermoformed plastics, die castings, routed wood, sheet metal components and weldments, foam, upholstery, adhesives and fasteners. Created and developed a new platform architecture for medical recliners, sharing a base chassis and platform to save over $100 per product (more than $300,000 annually) for current recliners through economy of scale and ease of manufacturing, and allow for more and faster product introductions on future products. Patented single-pedal, dual-sided, central braking mechanism on recliners. Introduced and implemented a craftsmanship review discipline to tally issues and refine prototypes, pre-production and production products. Show less



Stryker

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

• Design Engineer

  • Oct 2007 - Oct 2010

  Engineered advanced, complex, class II medical devices (hospital beds) in a highly-regulated product development environment. Led component and system prototyping and development, and oversaw testing phases to ensure end-products met technical and user performance criteria. Lead engineer on hospital furniture team, overseeing technical development of product lines including the launch of MGDG hospital suite. Worked closely with industrial design and advanced concept group to prototype and develop new, innovative medical devices based on consumer insights. Developed advanced surface models based on sketches and cooperation with industrial design for next-generation patient stretcher. Show less



Innotec

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineer

  • 2006 - 2007

  Division lead for research and development team. Maintained project portfolio. Helped and guided the work of R&D team members and serving the needs of the company's future by being the voice of development on the leadership council. Managed divisional R&D P&L. Led multiple manufacturing cells to deliver new and existing products on-time and at the highest quality. Duties included manufacturing engineering (develop and refine processes), quality engineering (regular quality checks, statistical analysis, PFMEA, continuous improvement, root cause analysis), supply chain (maintaining inventories, scheduling components, fulfilling orders), finance (managing P&L), scheduling, and customer support (account manager for automotive customer). Led division R&D team to develop new products (brainstorms, ideations, DFMEA), processes, and machine designs (create concepts and machines for automated manufacturing) to meet the needs of our automotive customers. Team leader for development and improvement of company-wide monthly continuous improvement tools and reviews. Coached, mentored and evaluated both full-time and intern engineers. Show less



Wieland Group

• Germany
• Fabricated Metal Products
• 700 & Above Employee

• Praktikant

  • May 2002 - Aug 2002

  Designed and constructed database and program for automated work ordering and packaging of customer orders. Designed and constructed database and program for automated work ordering and packaging of customer orders.