Summary
Highly motivated engineering with a background in biomedical engineering with several years of experience in product development, clinical research studies, and test method development, looking for a position in healthcare area.
Pursing a master degree in Business and science, concentrating in engineering management from Rutgers University.
Professional Profile
Systematic approach to product development in analyzing technical data and understanding consumer perceptions.
Creation of technical consumer models that allow for developing effective product designs and predictive models.
Excellent analytical and technical skills and expertise in troubleshooting and problem solving.
Experienced in cGMP documentation and maintaining accurate and complete records of all work.
Designed and performed Test Method Validation and Equipment consistency verification.
Experience in the design and execution of in vivo and in vitro studies
Education
Master of Business and science concentration engineering management Expected Graduation May 2018
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Minor: Psychology May 2010 GPA: 3.40
Rutgers the State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Experience
Johnson & Johnson / Scientist-I
Skillman, New Jersey January 2011 – June 2014 (Contract)
Collaborated with cross functional team to design and execute clinical research studies to better understand product efficacy, consumer perception and acceptance of products, and provides support for new and existing claims for medical devices
Coordinated with external experts to optimize test equipment for specific clinical study to increase data accuracy to 95%
Analyzed consumer clinical data using statistical methods
Designed simulation model using imaging techniques to provide simulating techniques to represent real life usage
Led multiple projects through multi stages, by developing and designing test method
Optimized existing test method apparatus, operating procedures to improve accuracy and reproducibility results to be representative of real life human use of product and improve accuracy and repeatability by 95% of the time
Created and documented design of experiment for test method under GDP
Collaborated with Global Regulatory, Quality, Medical Affairs Teams and other cross-functional departments to prepare documents for products release, and supported the launches for 11 medical devices products on time of the strategic plan
Worked with the technical lead in preparing the required FDA Compliance documents for Class I and Class II medical devices products. Compliance with relevant Codes and SOPs of all promotional claims.
Designed, developed and tested new prototypes for medical devices based on consumer/clinical in-vitro test data
Expertise in creating Batch Record Book, product and raw material specifications for engineering devices
Revlon Research Center / Safety & Regulatory Chemical Analysis Assistant
Edison, New Jersey Sept 2010 – January 2011 (Contract)
Catalogued and updated formulas into the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program Database
Prepared drug stability samples to be sent for external safety testing
Research Assistant - Arterial Plaque Dome Model Exhibits Wall Vibrations (Advisor: Ph.D Gray Drzewiecki)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Sept 2009 - May 2010
Created non-invasive diagnostic techniques to detect the presence of arterial abnormalities, resulting in cost-minimization
Wrote and computed MATLAB programs to study the stages of atherosclerosis
Modeled and compared the relationship between pressure and area of healthy versus diseased arteries
Skills
Laboratory: Instron, Computerized Tomography (CT) Scans, Prototype Preparation, Specimen Preparation, Viscosity Analysis, Humidity Chamber Testing, and knowledgeable in SOP/GMP/SMP/GCP
Computer: Microsoft Office, Osirix, PMod, Adobe Photoshop, MiniTab, Tobii, MATLAB and Mac/Windows Operating Systems
Languages: Fluent in English and Arabic and Knowledgeable in Spanish and French
Publications:Anderias Sara, Marissa Berkowitz, Nicole Ciula, Stephanie Yang, and Gray Drzewiecki, Ph.D. "Arterial Plaque Dome Model Exhibits Wall Vibrations." Northeast Bioengineering Conference (2010) .IEEE.26-28 Mar. 2010. Web.