Manager Medical Device

A bilingual biomedical-physics researcher. Over four years of experience in the industry and in academia as functional manager. With experience in the areas of Biomedical research, Optics, Physics and Medical Device Development.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND SKILLS:

Planned and budgeted projects, knowledge of product development.

Coordinated, scheduled, organized meetings with collaborators and investors.

Create prototype and developed medical device.

Trained personnel and supervised students.

Proficient in Microsoft and statistical programs.

Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.

Occupational Health and safety.

Document development activities and test results.

Initiative and problem solving skills, analytical skills.

Capable of working independently and as part of a team.

Goal oriented, fast adaptability.

Used to fast-paced environments and multitasking.

Analyze data and document conclusions.

Product research and development R&D

Published research and presented in conferences.

EXPERIENCE

RESEARCHER

Theralase Inc –MaRS-UHN [2014 - 2015]

Acted as Functional Manager Assistant: to coordinate projects and communications in a multidisciplinary team: electronics, optics, mechanical and software.

Data entry, production and processing of documentation and templates using Office packages, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, adobe acrobat and Photoshop, Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook and research search engines.

Liaised with principal investigator and engineers to design an optical bladder cancer treatment probe.

Office management duties, produce and track budgets, schedules and time-activity plans. Taking initiative and solve administrative problems related to budgeting, acquisition and maintenance of inventory, time-activity plans for general office, lab equipment, experiments and longer term projects.

Assist with the design and development of Medical Device: Optical Bladder Cancer treatment probe, development of the optical, mechanical components, ensuring manufacturability.

Provided optical expertise to assist in the development of probe components to ensure manufacturability.

Laboratory Technician

Theralase-Princess Margaret Cancer Center [2011 - 2014]

Trained researches and students on laser safety and biosafety as well as to use equipment including spectrophotometers, laser setups, biosafety cabinet, soldering irons, drilling machine, dry cut saw.

Maintenance of the laser-safety and bio-safety protocols, communication with the biosafety department and facilities manager to resolve situations and ensure compliance.

Investigated Photodynamic Therapy with Ru based compounds from basic research to initial clinical trial submission. R&D, of Photodynamic therapy

Management of microbiology Laboratory, including acquisition of new components, fixing and ensuring that machines were maintained.

Managed LED and Laser resources, equipment and schedules for microbiology and TC laboratories.

Oversee Biosafety, support regulatory filing: FDA (in charge of submission of permits and compliance overview, AUP delegate for two years created and submitted animal protocols in UHN).

Programming knowledge, simulations and mathematical models to verify experimental results using Matlab and use of statistical software (GraphPathPrism, Origin, Excel, Mathematica, R).

EDUCATION

M.Sc. Optics 2011

National Institute of Astrophysics Optics and Electronics (INAOE), Mexico

Thesis: “Development of a colorimetric metabolic assay and initial testing of photodynamic therapy photosensitizers for sterilization in the food industry”

International exchange - Research student 2009-2010

University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Canada.

Study and sterilization of Microbiology samples, Elisa techniques and spectroscopy.

Bsc Physics 2007

University of Las Americas Puebla (UDLAP), Mexico.

Thesis: “Building a non invasive optical system based in Speckle for the measurement of blood flow in-vitro and in vivo”

CONTINUING EDUCATION

SOP’s, Standard Operating Procedures Workshop: University Health Network (UHN)

Worker Health and Safety Awareness in 4 Steps Certificate 2015

Universal First Aid course: American Safety Training Institute (certification exp date 02/08/2018)

WHMIS- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System AIX-SAFETY (Certified 02/08/2016)

PMP courses towards Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM): LearnSmart-PMI

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