Engineer Medical Device

Jeffrey D Girton

*** ******** **** • Harrodsburg, KY 40330 • 859-***-**** • ****@**********.***

Process Development Engineer / Contamination Control Specialist

Results focused and accomplished engineer with electrical and mechanical skills in developing and optimizing

processes and facilities. Possess skills in stage gate innovation, DMAIC, and LEAN principles. Bachelor of Science in

Electrical Engineering and extensive work/life experiences by mentoring with key subject matter experts in

Contamination Control. A demonstrated and proven technical ability in improving product quality and yields and

reducing processing steps to increase product throughput.

Core Competencies and Technical Strengths:

• Stage Gate Innovation • Project Estimating • Customer Focused

• Project Management • Research and Development • Innovative

• Manufacturing • Process Optimization • Budgeting

• DMAIC • LEAN • Test and Analysis

• Pilot Production • Specification Writing • Process Protocols

• Semiconductors • Thermodynamics • Mechanical

• Contamination Control • FOD • Wafer Processing

• Glass Furnaces • Melting and Forming • Batch Processes

• Catalytic Converters • Environmental • DI/RO Water Processes

Career Milestones

• Supported corporate engineering projects as a Subject Matter Expert in Contamination Control for LCD Glass,

Environmental, Life Science, and Specialty Materials divisions in Cleanroom and process integration.

• Reduced maintenance operating expense by $450,000 through the elimination of outside service contracts.

• Awarded US Patent for the design and worldwide deployment of an environmental control system for the manufacture

of LCD glass.

• Designed and commissioned a multiple class Cleanroom facility in China for the manufacture of DLP light engines.

• Interfaced with Research and Development on emerging technology and the transfer of technology to pilot and full scale

manufacturing environments.

• Managed projects international in scope in the countries of Japan, Taiwan, China, and South Korea

Professional Experience

Baptist Healthcare System, Lexington, Kentucky

Engineer – Director of Clinical Technology (2006-Present)

• Manage in-house Clinical Technology Department of four technicians and four engineers in the support of clinical

medical devices and network systems. Establish and manage annual budget of $1.2 million dollars.

• Provide medical device failure analysis and submit timely reports and findings to health system Risk Management for

record in the event of litigation.

• Conduct financial analysis of service contracts and determine ROI for elimination of contracts to provide clinical

customer satisfaction while ensuring maximum device uptime.

• Reduced annual expenses by $450,000 by eliminating external contracts.

• Collaborate and seek input from clinical staff including physicians on selecting new medical device technology.

Keeping core focus on modality delivery and patient safety.

• Ownership of medical device management and maintenance plans for Joint Commission compliance.

Professional Experience (Continued)

PRO Engineering, Corning, New York

Consultant Senior Development Engineer (2006-2010)

• Consult with Corning business units on transitioning new products from R&D to pilot scale production.

• Develop, write, and issue specifications for facility and processes requiring contamination reduced emphasis.

• Review drawings and submittals for pilot manufacturing facilities.

• Perform thermodynamic analysis of glass manufacturing systems.

• Designed process safety improvements resulting from airborne particle fallout.

Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York

Senior Process Development and Contamination Control Engineer (1999-2006)

• Corporate Engineering Subject Matter Expert for Cleanroom design and operations.

• Integrate furnace and forming processes with facility to improve thermal properties of glass.

• Operate and tune process control systems for glass flow and humidity control

• Managed Cleanroom design for multiple business units within Corning.

• Performed thermodynamic and airflow analysis of processes requiring airflow uniformity and thermodynamic annealing

stable environments.

• Integrate process design and function into new and existing Cleanroom facilities.

• Develop, publish, and enforce Cleanroom operating and clean build protocols.

• Manage contractors and vendors during construction, fit-out, and startup phases of Cleanroom facility and process

equipment.

• Validate process support systems including high purity gas, vacuum, compressed air, and exhaust systems.

• Design precision HVAC systems with emphasis on energy recovery.

• Mentor junior level engineers in the design and concepts of clean manufacturing including airflow uniformity, product

handling, recognizing defects and risk analysis of systems and subsystems.

• Calculate engineering cost analysis of components and provide input to project managers.

Education and Training

Suffield University, Twin Falls, Idaho

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 2005

• GPA: 3.6/4.0

Alfred University, Alfred, New York

Electrical Engineering

• GPA: 3.5/4.0

• Attended Electrical Engineering program from 2000-2004 as a part time student.

• Did not graduate due to job location transfer, earned 104 credits.

Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania (1982-1984)

Associate of Applied Science in Electronic Technology

• GPA: 3.25/4.0

Awards

• Awarded Corning Display Technology Division Innovation award for Corning Eagle XG Glass development.

• Awarded US Patent 7,628,038 for development of a system and method for controlling environments around LCD glass

manufacturing production equipment – assigned to Corning Incorporated.

Licensure

• FCC General Radiotelephone License w/ radar endorsement

• FCC Amateur Radio Extra Class (NB3H)

• Certified Biomedical Electronics Technician

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