Yu-Wen Chang, MBA, MSc.
Director of Portfolio and Program Management at 3DBio Therapeutics- Claim this Profile
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Anandh Balakrishnan , Ph.D
Yu-Wen is a very pro-active engineer and has tremendous knowledge of how things work at the new innovation/systems integration level. He is very friendly and accommodating but he does not cut corners in his work and has set a bench mark for high quality science and engineering analysis. So far he has been a great mentor for the new comers in the group.
Anandh Balakrishnan , Ph.D
Yu-Wen is a very pro-active engineer and has tremendous knowledge of how things work at the new innovation/systems integration level. He is very friendly and accommodating but he does not cut corners in his work and has set a bench mark for high quality science and engineering analysis. So far he has been a great mentor for the new comers in the group.
Anandh Balakrishnan , Ph.D
Yu-Wen is a very pro-active engineer and has tremendous knowledge of how things work at the new innovation/systems integration level. He is very friendly and accommodating but he does not cut corners in his work and has set a bench mark for high quality science and engineering analysis. So far he has been a great mentor for the new comers in the group.
Anandh Balakrishnan , Ph.D
Yu-Wen is a very pro-active engineer and has tremendous knowledge of how things work at the new innovation/systems integration level. He is very friendly and accommodating but he does not cut corners in his work and has set a bench mark for high quality science and engineering analysis. So far he has been a great mentor for the new comers in the group.
Credentials
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Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Greenbelt Certification
Philips -
Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification
WA, USA
Experience
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3DBio Therapeutics
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Portfolio and Program Management
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Sep 2021 - Present
• Collaborate with Executives and functional managers for building 1, 3 and 5-year strategic roadmap, assess product development and sustaining programs and drive execution of priorities. • Lead annual budget planning and support spend tracking and monitoring; develop workforce resource allocation model and functional hiring plan for program operations. • Lead change management via identify gaps, build project structures and implement governance for project management process, enabling cross-functional alignment for a successful project delivery. • Lead and direct the project management team for product development and sustaining programs. • Account for project scope, schedule, milestones and resource plan (budget and core team) development and drive and monitor enterprise project portfolio performance. • Recruit, coach and mentor talents; fosters a diverse and inclusive project team environment that enables individual/team contributions in pursuit of organizational objectives.
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BD
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United States
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Architecture and Planning
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Program Leader, Continuous Improvement
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Sep 2019 - Sep 2021
• Partnered with Cost-to-Win (CTW) leadership team, business and regional teams in assessing needs, developing worldwide strategies and business cases. • Supported in developing CTW portfolio strategies to support business strategy and formulated plans to meet business objectives. Provided analysis, evaluation of alternatives and made recommendations to achieve business results. Led the building of the CTW funnel of opportunities over 3-year period to ensure program goals were met.• Provided leadership and coordination with functions to allocate resources. Developed project strategy with functions aligning with regulations and market needs. Built business case including technical feasibility, financial viability and market acceptability for identified opportunities.• Collaborated with functions and manufacturing plants to develop implementation plans for projects. Served as a champion to develop implementation strategy and to overcome barriers. Challenged status quo in search of opportunities that helped business to create value and cost effective solutions.• Developed and communicated the program dashboard in leadership team meetings. Developed budget and resource plan to implement initiatives and monitored spending to ensure compliance to the saving and spending targets. • Assisted in the development of cost targets for enterprise and plants to be incorporated into business budgets. • Initiated and drove sub-CTW packaging program, including competency building, spend analysis, identification of opportunities and strategic packaging roadmap including sustainable materials; collaborated with BDX Packaging COE, manufacturing sites, procurement and other critical stakeholders/suppliers to develop innovation and solutions to achieve program goals.• Developed talents with critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Motivated, influenced and mentored talents to support career growth. Recruited talents and provided constructive feedback on performance review.
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Program Manager/Core Team Leader – R&D
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Oct 2016 - Aug 2019
• Executed related to achieving neuraxial program performance objectives for medical device product development projects, including overall leadership for project launch activities • Responsible for program expense budgeting process including quarterly and annual expense forecasting as well as program capital expenditure development and review• Led the development and commercialization of high volume, disposable medical devices• Created and actively managed timeline, scope, budget and resource allocation and projection• Developed objectives for each functional area, synthesized functional plans, and identified critical interdependencies• Conducted and encouraged frequent formal and informal communication within the team and within platform category to ensure full engagement, collaboration and efficient operation• Effectively built, organized, partnered and motivated a highly skilled, cross functional team• Led the cross functional development of the product architecture and drove successful execution by setting/defining program strategy roadmap and removed challenges and issues• Created and drove market implementation strategy, including go-to-market strategy, managed and maximized platform and portfolio financial performance including revenue and NPV• Actively supported commercial launch and post-launch surveillance strategy and planning• Ensured compliance to BD quality policies, procedures, practices and design control process• Ensured compliance with all local, state, federal, and BD safety regulations, policies, and procedures, including FDA (510K) and EU (CE registration)
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Kimberly-Clark
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Global Innovation Program/Project Lead/Senior Engineer, Product
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Jul 2014 - Oct 2016
• Led nonwoven wiper product development by delivering innovative solutions that meet unmet customer needs/points of pain for the target industrial segments (auto, aero and healthcare) • Led project activities associated with concept development, technical development, feasibility studies, user experience testing, product research and testing and commercialization activities • Collaborated and aligned with key partners/stakeholders across functional teams including marketing, capability, corporate research and engineering, global nonwoven, technology development, user study and product supply teams and external partners/vendors for product development • Communicated and documented project activities and results to executive management, business leaders and key stakeholders • Collected and analyzed voice of customer from field research and translating the needs into technical product requirements and specifications • Led ideation sessions and prototyping activities for early phase product development (user experience study as well as product research and testing) • Developed and supported global innovation product pipeline and implementation plans through marketing analysis and program/project portfolio management • Built and developed business case and value proposition, articulating strategies and clarifying priority areas and big-bet opportunities (i.e. blue ocean strategy) • Established and led innovation programs through open innovation, intellectual property strategy
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Philips Oral Healthcare
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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R&D Dynamic System Research Leader/Interdental Competency Platform Leader/Product System Architect
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Apr 2010 - Jul 2014
• Defined and established competitive technology roadmap, portfolio and strategy supporting business growth objectives and priorities, competency strength, user benefits and product/platform offering portfolio and translating the roadmap into prioritized program/project proposals.• Identified and developed breakthrough and disruptive technologies, platforms and processes (external and internal open innovation) for core/sub-competencies and acted as key competence resource for the organization.• Led front-end innovation and pre-development process including translating and communicating commercial, functional and design specifications into the realization of new functions, processes and innovation products.• Collaborated and integrated with key cross-functional stakeholders through influential leadership and comprehensive communication to core/sub-competency teams and key stakeholders.• Conducted business, technology and competitor analysis as well as creating and protecting IP including assessment, analysis and strategy development for sustaining competitive advantage. • Led, mentored and developed talents in core/sub-competence teams and other functions.• Led interdental/interproximal team for competency development and innovative product ideationand pipelines • Identified new product and competency opportunities, aligned with corporate vision and mission,marketing and product development roadmap, through SWOT and competitor analysis• Owned project leadership to ensure the market-driven/consumer-driven eccentric is reinforcedwithin project team• Led product innovation, ideation and creativity creation through user experience study, productresearch and testing, clinical study and intellectual property strategies to maintain sustainableadvantages and to deliver unmet consumer needs• Supported strategies for claim development and roadmap• Performed presentations to senior management for platform/product ideation and introduction
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Senior Function Development Engineer
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Oct 2008 - Jul 2010
• Proven as a successful competency lead in interdental/interproximal cleaning (with spray/fluids)• Successfully demonstrated the utilization of fluid spraying mechanics, including droplet generation and atomization for facilitating product development (i.e. Philips AirFloss nozzle)• Successfully demonstrated the utilization of thin film coating knowledge, including antimicrobial coating and surface treatment and characterization for product improvement (reducing the call rate and cost saving) • Established the DOE transfer functions for the device systems associated to the product design and optimization as well as to define the product requirements and specifications• Owned all tasks within an Innovation Project related to the development of engineering solutions to deliver user benefits within project constraints• Identified physical principles necessary to deliver targeted user benefits, and verifying technological embodiments of physical principles against requirements through clinical study • Proven skills in establishing the verification of correlation between relevant functional parameter of embodiments and user benefits through user experience study, product research and testing• Provided the identification and development of methods to characterize and optimize functional parameters• Supported the development of methods to verify the clinical efficacy of embodiments (technology demonstrator) to deliver user benefits (experimental, confirmatory or claim substantiation style) • Coordinated and supported multi-departmental activities for internal and external clinical studies• Coordinated and supported production life cycle management (LCM) for process improvement, product development and improvement as well as launch activities• Mentored and supervised junior engineers within group
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Nucryst Pharmaceuticals
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Canada
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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Project Manager/Product Development Engineer/R&D New Product Introduction Engineer
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Jan 2006 - Sep 2008
Nucryst is now Smith&Nephew, Canada. • Successfully demonstrated project management skills in multiple projects for antimicrobial wound dressing development and associated process development, qualification and implementation • Successfully performed the regulated Class III qualifications (OQ and PQ) to support FDA and EU CE registrations and facilitated the product launch and commercialization (Acticoat Site wound dressings) • Researched and developed alternative dressing substrate materials with the novel nanocrystalline silver technology to significantly improve the efficacy of the antimicrobial wound dressings as well as to reduce the trauma during dressing removal • Successfully demonstrated optimizations on the packaging for raw materials and finished products which significantly reduced the waste and cost • Collaborated with potential vendors for establishing and developing innovative wound dressing pipelines • Designed and conducted experiments and performed validations for product fabrication, manufacturing process improvement and process scale-up • Established, traced and implemented projects including experiments, analysis and documentation • Researched and performed competitor analysis including product efficacy and characterizations
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Mechanical Engineer
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Aug 2001 - Aug 2002
Amerigon is now Gentherm. • Successfully demonstrated the capability of reducing the use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), waste generation in the current industrial standard with the utilization of thermoelectric modules • Successfully integrated the innovative thermoelectric modules with thermal engineering principles to improve the product efficiency • Performed tasks from initial ”proof-of-concept” through to a commercial product • Designed, fabricated and tested thermoelectric heating and cooling heat exchanger prototypes and devices • Conducted and analyzed thermoelectric stacks based power generation system prototypes tests and measurements • Analyzed and characterized prototypes’ thermal, electrical and mechanical properties and performances • Performed and evaluated thermal, electrical and mechanical modeling and calculations and verified with experimental results • Collected experimental data through data acquisition system, performed data reduction, analysis and interpretations • Evaluated and analyzed through the engineering principles such as heat exchanger, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics for product development • Implemented engineering approaches to design optimization, failure analysis and experiment design to improve product performance, quality and reliability • Summarized experimental results through documentation and presentation
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Education
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2012 - 2014
Penn State University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) -
2002 - 2008
University of Alberta
Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering -
2000 - 2003
University of Washington
Master of Science, Industrial/Mechanical Engineering -
1997 - 2000
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
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