Medical Injection Molding

EDUCATION: M.S., Plastics engineering,

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University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA USA.

B.E., Polymer Science and Engineering

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S. J. College of Engineering, Mysore, India

EXPERIENCE: Technical Manager, Apr'09 to

Present

Millennium Polymers Private Limited, Bangalore India

(Manufacturers of Unsaturated Polyester resins for

automobile, electrical, healthcare sectors)

. Currently working on technology transfer process for

manufacturing unsaturated polyester resins

. Worked on business development and product development

activities

. Worked on product yield improvement and reduction of cycle

times.

. Interacted with customers for resin quality related queries

(based on six sigma guidelines)

. Conducted training programs for production team to enhance

the knowledge on products and process to improve their

efficiency at work.

Manufacturing Engineer,

Jun'05 to Mar'09

Foster Corporation (Putnam CT USA, North Las Vegas, NV USA)

(Manufacturers of specialty engineering polymers and

compounds for critical life saving medical devices and body

implants for healthcare industry)

. Worked on guidelines of US FDA 21 CFR PART 11 regulations

for development and manufacturing of biomedical polymer

compounds for medical devices - Medical tubing, catheters,

stents, body implantables for cardiovascular and

neurovascular device

. Worked on extrusion, compounding of specialty medical grade

engineering thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers,

flouropolymers and radiopaque, anti-microbial, anti-static,

conductive and various other types of fillers for

biomedical devices. Hands-on experience on extrusion and

injection molding technologies.

. Developed product-line, Nanopaque (Next generation

materials) targeted for thin-walled medical tubing and bio-

medical devices for critical life-saving applications.

. Worked on Hot melt extrusion process for drug delivery in

Class 100,000 clean-room based on cGMP guidelines.

. Performed Scale-up from R&D to manufacturing process.

Process qualification and validations using DOE with

Minitab software analysis for new products.

. Used Six sigma techniques and achieved overall Cost savings

on quality by reducing non-conformances by $200K annually.

. Participated in Lean manufacturing and Kaizen events for

systems and process improvement.

. Development of Bill of Materials for new products.

. Traveled extensively and participated in Supplier Quality

audits (as Technical expert) with the Quality team.

. Experience working on various polymer testing and

characterization techniques e.g. tensile and flexural

properties, rheological properties, dynamic mechanical

analysis (DMA), DSC, TGA, SEM, EDX, X-ray diffraction

studies, etc.

. Participated in annual capital budget planning for buying

new equipments justifying ROI to the senior management.

DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS: Development of Next Generation Nano-Radiopaque Filled Polymers

for Medical Devices and Applications

(University of Massachusetts Lowell, Foster Corporation Putnam MA)

Profile Die Design for Extruding Window Panel Profile for

PVC Polymer using SOLIDWORKS 3D Modeling software and

MOLDFLOW simulating modules

(University of Massachusetts Lowell MA)

Study of Effects of Curing Conditions on Mechanical,

Rheological, and Physical Properties of Unsaturated

Polyester Resins

(SJ College of Engineering, National Aerospace Labs India)

Cost Effective and Optimum Utilization of Raw Materials for

Manufacturing Unsaturated Polyester Resins by Recycling

Approach

(SJ College of Engineering, Millennium Polymers Pvt Ltd.

India)

PAPERS

PRESENTED: ANTEC 2008, Milwaukee WI USA

ANTEC 2007, Cincinnati, OH USA

Confluence 2002, Pune, India (Best Paper awarded)

SKILLS:

. Green belt expert in Six Sigma Quality Systems.

. Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen events

. Aware of cGMP and US FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and US FDA 21 CFR

part 820 rules and regulations

. Hands-on experience working on twin-screw and single-screw

extruders, and injection molding machines.

. FMEA techniques

. SOLIDWORKS, MOLDFLOW, FLOW 2000, MINITAB, CHARTRUNNER, etc.

. Good knowledge of ISO 9001 quality standards

References will be produced upon request.

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