Expertise

• Medical device product development, manufacturing process development and improvement, particularly using CNC manufacturing technology.
• Designed a complex medical device fluid circuits device support structure and mechanical system that led to building a Beta prototype of an novel state-or-the-art automatic endoscope reprocessor (AER).
• High-volume manufacturing of surgical quality cutting edges.
• Consultant for tissue cutting edge technology and applications.
• Electropolish system design and implementation, particularly for surgical knives and blades.
• High temperature kiln design and spray drying applications.
• Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.
• Certified Manufacturing Engineer, Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
• Defeating competitive patents using TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving.
• ISO 9001-2000 and MDD Annex II Standards; cGMP Manufacturing.

Experience

Principal, Medical Device and Enginneering Consulting Firm

• R&D medical device, engineering, quality and production of medical devices, particularly surgical cutting tools and instruments.
• Apply innovation methodologies that identify new intellectual property claims and add to the strength of existing or pending patents or find weaknesses in competitive patents.
• Devised a state-or-the-art electropolish system generations beyond those currently in use which features new degrees of system freedom to create cutting edge geometry unattainable with older technologies.

Principal R&D Engineer, ALCON MANUFACTURING, LTD.

• Plan and carry out applied research & development activities. Responsible for developing and controlling annual operations budgets for R&D.
• Developed and adapted a TRIZ based methodology to defeat competitive patents. Successfully defeated four competitive patents and generated new patents to displace them.

Engineering Manager, ALCON MANUFACTURING, LTD.

• Development of ophthalmic surgical devices.
• Responsible for a multi-million dollar portfolio of medical device research programs. Worked personally with the world%u2019s top ophthalmic surgeons to develop medical products that average 50% to 70% of the market share.
• Developed organic and inorganic knife coating technologies with design control.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager ALCON LABORATORIES, INC.

• Designed a unique proliferation strategy of computerized engineering tools for a large technical user base.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, ALCON LABORATORIES, INC.

• Development of medical device line extensions and associated manufacturing processes. Designed and implemented system for automated on-line small precision parts gauging.

Manufacturing Engineering, PRECISIONFORM, INC.

• Development of parts and their associated manufacturing processes for the automotive and aircraft industry.

Mechanical Machine Designer, RCA CORPORATION

• Developed %u201Cstate-of art%u201D phosphor-firing furnace and spray drying technique for zinc cadmium sulfide slurry.

Honors & Publications

• Lamellar Dissecting Instrument with Irrigating Capability
• Surgical Knife
• The impact and management of cognitive gap in high performance product development organizations
• Classification of surgical knife performance by the integration of sensory and variable inputs

Education

• M.S., Engineering Science, Penn State University
• M.S., Business Administration, Penn State University
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University