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Naples, Florida 34109

Sergio DaSilva

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Summary of Qualifications

. Comprehensive experience in the design and development of surgical

devices and implants for open and arthroscopic shoulder, knee, and

small joint reconstruction.

. Experienced with physician interaction for the generation of

concepts for new surgical devices, techniques and solutions.

. Experience working with cross-functional teams including

Operations, Marketing, Clinical Research, New Business Development,

Regulatory Affairs, and Quality Assurance.

. Experienced with machining, assembly, and injection molding

processes.

. Expert level utilizing and administrating CAD design systems (Pro-

Engineer and Solidworks), and PDM applications (Pro-Intralink and

PDMWorks Enterprise.

. Knowledge of Microsoft Office software tools.

Employment Experience:

2007 to Present Arthrex, Inc

Engineering Services Department

1370 Creekside Blvd; Naples, FL 34108 CAD System

Specialist

. Design and detailing of arthroscopic shoulder, knee and small joint

soft tissue repair devices and instruments for the sports medicine

field with an emphasis in plastic injection molding and metal

machining.

. CAD System Administrator responsible for license management,

maintenance, installation, upgrades, and standardization of Pro-

Engineer, Intralink, Solidworks, PDMWorks and AutoCAD.

. Training and mentoring of new employees in the use of CAD and PDM

software.

. Review, generate and process Engineering Change Requests.

2000 to 2007 DePuy Mitek, A Johnson & Johnson company

New Product

Development

Department

325 Paramount Drive; Raynham, MA 02767 Senior Designer / CAD

System

Administrator

. Design and detailing of arthroscopic shoulder and knee soft tissue

repair devices and instruments for the sports medicine field with

an emphasis in plastic injection molding and metal machining.

. CAD System Administrator responsible for license management,

maintenance, installation, upgrades, and standardization of Pro-

Engineer, Intralink and AutoCAD.

. Training and mentoring of new employees in the use of CAD and PDM

software.

. Review, generate and process Engineering Change Requests.

Senior Designer;

Supervisor,

Design/Drafting

Department

. New product design and base business workload distribution for 1

temporary and 2 direct designers.

. Career development and evaluation of direct reports.

1998 to 2000

Contract Design Drafter

. Modeled and detailed implants and instrumentation for shoulder and

knee soft tissue repair.

Sergio DaSilva

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1996 to 1998 Duracell Inc. New Products

and Technology Division,

37 A Street; Needham, MA 02194 Design Drafting

Department

Design Drafter

. Design of retrofit rechargeable cellular telephone battery packs

including plastic injection molded housings and contact blocks.

. Designed cell string assemblies including flex circuit boards and

safety devices.

. Checked the documentation from drafting to verify fit of components

and design intent.

. Utilized Pro-Engineer and Hewlett Packard Solid Designer 3-D

software to develop all layouts and models.

. Assisted in coworker training of Part, Assembly and Detailer

modules of ProEngineer (Rev. 18).

1995 to 1996 Lightolier Inc. New

Product Development

631 Airport Road; Fall River, MA 02720 Layout

Drafter

. Generating layouts of 14 light fixtures for a proposed line of

professional specification fixtures.

. Creating all associated sub-assembly and detail drawings.

. Organizing bill of materials.

. Coordinating manufacturing of prototype parts.

. All layout and Detailing done on Hewlett Packard ME10 and Solid

Designer 3-D software.

1993 to 1995 Thermo Electron, Web

Auburn, MA Layout Drafter

. Responsible for the layout of paper mill cylinder Doctors in the

paper manufacturing industry.

1990 to 1993 American Dryer

Fall River, MA Drafter

. Entry-level drafter of industrial and commercial clothes dryer

systems.

Education

1989 to 1990 Hall Institute of Technology

120 High Street; Pawtucket, RI 02860

. Graduated from the electro/mechanical drafting program. Completed

studies in:

Precision dimensioning, auxiliary and sectional views, gears and

cams, fasteners, piping, casting, fluid power, welding,

pictorial and production drawings, wire harness, schematic

diagrams, printed circuit board layout and technical arithmetic.

U.S. Patents:

6,866,673 Suture manipulating and/or cutting implement

References

Available upon request.

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