Product Development Medical Device

William (Chip) Furniss 949-***-**** (Cell)

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Medical device product development executive respected as a versatile and

dynamic leader in the medical device industry with highly successful

worldwide medical product and business development experience. A dedicated

and tenacious achiever who quickly assesses the business impact of diverse

product technologies and serves as a catalyst in achieving division market

strategies and product development objectives.

Excellence by Design

Proven Team Builder and Technical Strategic Planning and Vision

Leader Development

Structured Product Development Rational Evidence-Based Decision Making

Stage Gate Product Development Process Effective Cross Functional Product

Development

Post Market Surveillance Manufacturing Process Development

Sterile Consumable Design and FDA & ISO Global Regulated Product

Manufacturing Approvals

Technology Acquisition and Business Development

Market Place Opportunity Assessment Ophthalmic Surgical System Design

Technical Due Diligence Refractive & Electro-optical System

Design

Identification of Disruptive Medical Clinical Partnering with Clinicians and

Technologies Surgeons

Medical & Clinical Advisory Board Bedside Information Systems

Development

Experience

BAUSCH & LOMB, Inc.

2008 to 2011

(Global ophthalmic manufacture of surgical devices, contact lens and

pharmaceuticals)

Vice President Surgical Equipment Research and Development

Reporting to Surgical Division President and Corporate VP of R&D, directly

responsible for global ophthalmic surgical equipment product research and

development function

. Directed global product development for a capital equipment and sterile

single use ophthalmic surgical product line representing $230M in annual

sales, supported by 60 engineers and technical support professionals,

with a $29M annual budget

. Championed refractive surgery business development and revenue growth

initiatives, to evaluate the acquisition of new technologies, identify

OEM licensees and M&A product opportunities

. Reduced product introduction time by 50% utilizing an efficient cross

functional stage / gate product development process which accelerated

transfer to production and reduced time to market

. Defined and implemented a cost effective GMP and ISO compliant

configuration management system deploying off-the-shelf Microsoft tools,

greatly improving the efficiency of regulatory submissions

. Established responsive post market surveillance systems to capture and

analyze customer feedback used to rapidly implement product corrective

and preventive actions

Respironics / Philips

2002 - 2008

(Recognized worldwide leader in Sleep Apnea and ICU respiratory ventilation

systems)

Senior Director Business Development and Clinical Research

Reporting to Hospital Division President, supervised cross-functional teams

in the evaluation and introduction of new products and technologies,

established Medical Advisory Board and managed elite product research and

clinical investigation team focused on new technology acquisitions

. Directed worldwide technology acquisition activities. Principle product

architect for bedside decisions support and respiratory central station

monitoring products, division's first software application achieving 80%

gross margin. Established strategic product development alliances,

evaluated merger and accusation opportunities and developed business

plans for product line acquisitions

Alcon Laboratories

1993 - 2002

(Global market leader in eye care product offerings in surgical,

pharmaceutical and vision care)

Senior Director, Research and Development

Reporting to the Vice President of Research and Development, directed

ophthalmic surgical device product development function consisting of

product design, sustaining engineering and R&D process quality engineering.

Established global product strategies, interdivisional product development

roadmaps and post market surveillance corrective actions

. Defined technology initiatives and strategic product priorities for

global cataract / retinal and refractive surgical product lines

representing $645M in annual sales

. Directed product development of the Legacy cataract surgical platform

from market introduction to leadership position growing category market

share from 10% to greater than 60% in 6 yrs

. Identified technology acquisitions and directed product development

effort for the Accurus posterior surgical system from concept to 50%

market share in 5 yrs.

. Managed a 40-person, new product R&D team that successfully developed a

imbedded software based surgical system. Accountable for $18.5M annual

product development and $3.1M capital budgets

. Lead a 60-person cross-functional new product introduction team, which

successfully reduced product introduction time, redefined the

interdivisional product introduction activities and improved sustaining

product configuration change control

. Championed 21CFR Part 820 and ISO 9001:2000 compliant stage / gate

product development processes, supervised intellectual property processes

for the worldwide product line.

Additional Professional Expereince

Puritan Bennett Medical Products

(Global leader in ICU ventilators and reparatory accessories)

Business Unit Manager / Program Director

Successive positions of increasing technical and management responsibility

reporting to Group Vice President. Profit and loss responsibility for a

GMP compliant Maquiladora facility in Tijuana Mexico, manufacturing a $20M

product line of disposable and reusable respiratory medical equipment

libra technology

(Consulting to DOD on the development of the first military patient

registration and hospital information system)

Education

Harvard University

Professional Management PMD

University of California, (UCLA) Master Business

Administration MBA

University of Southern California (USC) M.S. Biomedical Engineering MS

BME

University of Southern California (USC) B.S. Electrical

Engineering

B.S. Biomedical

Engineering

PUBLICATIONS PATENTS/PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of Orange County Biomedical Industry Leadership Council (OCTANe)

Board of Directors, Orange County United Way Campaign

Named in US and International patents, authored research papers and

industry wide presentations

Instructor and author of product development programs "Corrective and

Preventive Action" and "Quality Functional Deployment in Product Design"

Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems

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