ROBERT W. KALIS

Mesa, AZ *****

480-***-****

adw4d2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Results-oriented leader and supervisor with significant experience in medical device manufacturing engineering, process development and research & development

Success driven achiever who consistently exceed targets by motivating and engaging teams to align with organization’s goals.

Strong team leadership experience to provide engineering support to manufacturing operations, introduce new products to manufacturing

Instrumental in leading technical \ projects and team direction and root cause analysis of manufacturing issues leading to Corrective Maintenance (CM).

Ability to communicate effectively to different levels across the organization

Provided custom and off the shelf builds and budgets for various electronic designs and programming applications used in production equipment and test fixtures across multiple departments (manufacturing, R&D, process development). Equipment involved hydraulics, pneumatics, motion control, various meters and electronic interfaces with PC’s and some PLC controllers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contract Programmer for Software Developer Intel, Chandler AZ 7/2021 to 1/2/2023

Developer using C# .Net form and services using MSSQL stored procedures.

Project Engineering Manager, Silak Corporation, Mesa Az. 10/2018 to 7/2021

New non-alcoholic beverage product development and sourcing.

Designed formulations and market testing including questioners, disclosure, legal documents.

Identified co-packers and all material sourcing.

Identified and sourced all testing and label verifications.

Maintained weekly status reports on progress.

Filed for Trademarks and Patents and licensing as needed.

Set up and use of social media (Face book, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and web sites)

Software Programmer, Justicetrax, Mesa Az. 5/2018 to 10/2018

Visual Studios VB.net, ASP using Teams Server Foundation. OTS software product.

Participate in daily sprint meetings.

Senior Electrical Engineer, Oil and Gas Process Solutions (FlowMD), Phoenix Az 9/2014 to 12/2017

Product Process Flow Improvement/Value Stream Mapping

Process and Equipment Validation

Evaluated and specified all electronic/software needs from software, custom software, electronic design and component specification and sourcing for equipment and PCB custom builds.

Designed and Cost estimates for Electrical/Software design, Visual

Design/development schematics and designed new PCB’s using Eagle PCB design software.

Solidworks Electrical 2D used for system wiring/manufacturing diagrams/Wiring

Contract Programmer, Arizona Department of Revenue, Phoenix Az 8/2013 to 9/2014

Software maintenance and development using VB.net /ASP.Net and MS SQL, C#.Net WCF and MVC to their existing and new systems.

Design Engineer Manager, Paragon Vision Sciences, Mesa AZ 6/2010 to 6/2013

Develop system programs for the development of contact lenses used in Corneal Reshaping Therapy (CRT).

Instrumental in integrating existing lens design software programs (written in Excel) with sales ordering systems (written in legacy MS Access) and production.

All system tied together in VS.NET 2010 using C#.net, ASP.NET 4.0 and SQL 2008 Developed web site for data collection of product clinical study performed in Spain for FDA 510K submission.

Programming Consultant, Arizona Department of Education (ADOE), Phoenix Az 2008 to 2010

IT programming and maintenance of the Arizona Student Accountability Information System (SAIS) using VB6 and C#.NET and MS SQL languages.

Senior Electronic Engineer Supervisor, BARD Peripheral Vascular (BPV), Tempe AZ 1992 to 2008

Supervised a team of 5 electromechanical and production maintenance staff direct reports driving Cost Reduction Projects.

New Product Introduction Projects, CAPAs and Manufacturing Improvements

Authored protocol and reports to seamlessly install work order processing software used to document all facilities and production routine and unscheduled preventive maintenance.

Lead and Mentor Engineering Teams on Process & Quality Improvements Projects, Design Changes, Cost Reduction Projects, Manufacturing Operations Transfer Projects and New Product Development Projects

Leading Cross Functional Team to supply customers with product on time

Product Transfer from Development to Manufacturing

Reduced maintenance inventories by standardizing replacements parts and implementing software to accurately track inventory and maintenance.

Led investigation for root causes for twisting, kinking and deformation of cavities in extruded PVC medical grade tubing.

Created software for production hardware running under Windows in VB6 and VB.NET to communicate with Access Table (Later upgraded to SQL table). Converted manufacturing systems back-end database to MSSQL 2000 from MS Access 97/2000. Rewrote machine programs using VB6 to utilize new SQL server and updated I/O hardware.

Quality Audit Tracking Software Wrote this application (MS Access front end using VB6 custom modules) to track and generate MS Access reports for all quality issues used for continuous improvement action and production disposition issues

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 2001

Bachelor of Science, Electronic Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Associate Degree, Electronic Engineering, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

CERTIFICATIONS / AWARDS / RELATED SKILLS

Microsoft Certified System Developer, MCAD/MCSD 2005.

5 US Patents: -United States Patent for reinforced vascular graft and method for making same.

-Novelty Pacifier w/Electronic display (Self Filed)

-Improved algorithm on automated biopsy extraction device

BARD (IMPRA) Excel Employee of the Quarter award.

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