Engineer Project

* ***** ** ********** *********** experience in both research and product

development. Developed 38 new commercial products as part of a knee

replacement instrumentation system based on surgeon feedback. Filed 7

patent applications in 2011 for new surgical instruments.

EDUCATION

Indiana-Purdue University of Fort Wayne, College of Business,

2012

Fort Wayne, Indiana Master of Business Administration, MBA

University of Toledo, College of Engineering, 2006

Toledo, Ohio Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering

SKILLS

. Collaboration

o Development of team environment encouraging contribution from all

team members

o Creating open channels of discussion amongst team members

. Communication and presentation skills

o Presentation, negotiation and agreement with key surgeon

contributors

o Review/training of surgical technique and instrument functionality

with early user surgeons

. Project Management

o Timeline generation with detailed action items using Gantt

project charts

o Assignment and management of action items to appropriate team

members to meet deadlines

. Computer Software

o Microsoft Office, Teamcenter, Unigraphics, C/C++, PSpice, AutoCAD,

MATLAB, MathCAD, Abaqus, LabVIEW, Testworks, Testware

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., Warsaw, Indiana

Project Engineer/Knee Development February 2010 - Present

. Responsible for the development and launch of a new knee

instrumentation platform as part of an international team.

o Engaged with Key Opinion Leaders as part of the surgeon

development team in order to agree on customer requirements,

design inputs and outputs, as well as design validation.

o Led cadaver labs with surgeon consultants to gain validation of

new instrument design.

o Supported limited release of new knee system by attending

surgery with surgical evaluators as a technical lead and record

clinical feedback.

o Team leader of four engineers and 22 products to provide

updates, timelines, and WBS to Project Core Team.

o Designed and developed 38 products for tibial preparation single

use and reusable instrumentation for a new total knee system.

Product Development Engineer/Knee Development October 2007 - February

2010

. Lead engineer of new S-ROM femoral cutting block and support for HP

primary instrumentation

o Key contributor to Knee Revision sales growth of 19.8% year of

release by adding a seamless transition of the Universal

broaching system to the S-ROM instrument set.

o Led instrument from design to release as project lead.

Research Engineer January 2006 - October 2007

. Conducted 52 static and fatigue testing of implants and instruments

for knee development group.

o Developed protocols, programs, and fixtures for testing.

o Analyzed data and wrote reports for tests performed.

PATENT APPLICATIONS

1) 61/503245: SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN SURGICALLY PREPARING A

TIBIA FOR IMPLANTATION OF A PROSTHESIS COMPONENT

2) 61/503300: TRIALING SYSTEM FOR A KNEE PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF USE

3) 61/503311: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRIALING A KNEE PROSTHESIS

4) 61/503303: METHOD OF USING A TRIALING SYSTEM FOR A KNEE PROSTHESIS

5) 61/503331: METHOD OF SURGICALLY PREPARING A TIBIA FOR IMPLANTATION OF

A PROSTHESIS COMPONENT

6) 61/503324: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLIES FOR USE IN SURGICALLY

PREPARING A TIBIA FOR IMPLANTATION OF A PROSTHETIC COMPONENT

7) 29/396478: TIBIAL KEEL PUNCH (US Patent No: D666713, Issued Date: Sept

4th, 2012)

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