Director, Product Development
Resume:
KENNETH “KEN” MCNEIL II
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JOB TARGET
Product Management and Coordination | Information Gathering | Time Management and Prioritization
Conflict Resolution | Interpersonal Relations | Leadership and Team Building | Effective Communication
Qualifications Profile
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and seasoned professional, with 25 years of extensive experience in R&D, project management, engineering management, and operations. Skilled in competitive intelligence and strategic planning to support management and executive-level decision-making. Expert in formulating and implementing standard practices and procedures to effect dramatic improvements in efficiency, productivity, and business processes toward successful attainment of organizational goals. Recognized as a genuine team player, committed to managing operations and projects flawlessly while contributing to business development activities. Equipped with exceptional people skills, along with proven ability to communicate well with all levels of professionals. Highly effective in multitasking within competitive, high-impact, and fast-paced environments while juggling multiple priorities simultaneously. Proficient in C and C++, Visual Basic, and Assembly language programming for embedded applications.
Career Highlights
- Played an integral role in handling the ResQ II, which boosted industry to smaller, more physiological shaped devices and custom capacitors
- Oversaw a team in developing the electronics hardware for the Affinity line of implantable pacemakers, which were the first devices of the company to be fully controlled by a microprocessor, repositioning St. Jude Medical toward growth until it acquired defibrillation technology through the Ventritex acquisition
- Expertly directed a team tasked to manufacture the Photon defibrillator, which was the first dual chamber implantable defibrillator marketed by St. Jude Medical; thus positioning the company in the number 2 rank across the industry behind Medtonic and ahead of Guidant
- Worked effectively in leading the Product, Test, and Process Engineering groups who supported the manufacturing operation of hybrid electronic components used in implantable pacemakers and defibrillators; provided successful resolution to several technical challenges, which led to the transition from a contract supplier to the internal Scottsdale, Arizona facility
Professional Experience
ST. JUDE MEDICAL
Atrial Fibrillation Division, St. Paul, MN
Vice President, Engineering | Vice President, Advanced Process Development - JUN 2008–JUN 2011
- Established a team and provided direction in the successful response to FDA warning letter issued in the catheter manufacturing plant
- Showed expertise in writing a white paper containing a detailed road map for system integration of cardiac mapping, stimulation, and ablation technologies to treat atrial fibrillation
- Functioned effectively in designing a scale mock-up of an electrophysiology laboratory for research and development use, which was approximately $1M in investment and was well received by the EP community and other division within the company; resulting in the duplication of similar laboratories throughout the company
- Performed efficient organization and staffing of the new department (Advanced Process Development) to enhance the transfer of products from R&D into Manufacturing
Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD), Tulsa, OK
Staff Scientist - JAN 2006–DEC 2006
- Completed the expert design and implementation of an automated software tool that generated assembly code from a state machine diagram
St. Jude Medical (Atrial Fibrillation Division – Epicor), San Jose, CA
Site Director - MAY 2003–DEC 2005
- Provided keen oversight to a team responsible in the successful commercialization of a device using high-intensity focused ultrasound for cardiac ablation along with the integration of site into St. Jude Medical operations
Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD), Pickens, SC
Site Director - JAN 2002–MAY 2003
- Spearheaded a team in an effort to attain significant performance improvements of custom high voltage aluminum electrolytic capacitors used in implantable defibrillators, in response to the introduction of a competing tantalum capacitor developed by an outside company
- Managed the successful achievement of technology and operations performance improvements that resulted in a 100,000-square-foot site expansion in Liberty, South Carolina
Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD), Sylmar, CA
Technology Director - JAN 2000–DEC 2001
- Supervised the Project Team that successfully developed Unity, which was a hardware platform that is currently in use to manufacture a broad line of pacemakers and defibrillators under a single, integrated circuit chip set
Other Positions Held:
Director of Operations | Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD), Sylmar, CA
Director of Engineering | Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD), Scottsdale, AZ
Director of Hardware Engineering | Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD), Sylmar, CA
Earlier Career
SULZER–INTERMEDICS, ANGLETON, TX
Manager, Hardware Development
SIEMENS–PACESETTER, SYLMAR, CA
Senior IC Design Engineer
Automated IC Test Engineer
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, NORMAN, OK
Patents
7,031,773, Implantable Cardiac Stimulator System Providing Autocapture and Lead Impedance Assessment and Method - Apr 2006
6,625,488, B2 Implantable Cardiac Stimulation Device having a Programmable Reconfigurable Sequencer - Sep 2003
6,442,428, Implantable Cardiac Stimulation Device having a Programmable Reconfigurable Sequencer - Aug 2002
6,430,440, Magnetoresistive-based Position Sensor for use in an Implantable Electrical Device - Aug 2002
6,411,849, Implantable Electrical Device Incorporating a Magnetoresistive-based Motion Sensor - Jun 2002
6,101,417, Implantable Electrical Device Incorporating a Magnetoresistive Magnetic Field Sensor - Aug 2000
5,571,141, Device and Method for Cardiac Arrythmia Therapy with Failure Detection and Backup - Nov 1996
5,370,669, Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator with Layered Package - Dec 1994
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