Eric Ponce

Experience

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  Cordis

  Jun 2001 - Dec 2007

  Cardiovascular Product Development Engineer

  •Products portfolio: drug eluting stents, bare metal stents, stent delivery systems•Lean Six Sigma Projects: Drug Eluting Stent Attachment to transition to worldwide mass production•Lead for San German, Puerto Rico drug eluting stent development team for Cypher Elite •Lead for Cashel, Ireland drug eluting stent development team for Cypher Elite•Responsible for training Operators, Supervisors, and Engineers to manufacture drug eluting stents•Responsible for coordination, logistics and project deliverables to remote sites (Puerto Rico, Ireland, Mexico)•Expert in Stent Attachment processing and optimization for drug eluting stents•Developed cost saving prototypes to lower development costs (e.g. Surrogate Catheter, Simulation Testing)•Developed Testing Methods to support product development (e.g. Stent Retention, Coating Weights, Visual Standardization, Simulated Use - Deployment, Retraction)•Technical liaison between Johnson and Johnson and Conor Medsystems for Stent Attachment processing•Lead Pharmaceutical Cleaning Validations for Sirolimous and other active drugs•Perform Animal Studies for medical device development•Supervised two entry level engineers, 1 Engineering Technicians, Pilot Line group leader and Show less

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  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2012

  Sr. Manager

  •Established Project Management Office (PMO) for Office of Research •Analysis and understanding of clinical research revenue cycle for the clinical enterprise•Served as liaison between Investigators (500+) and Office of Research administrative staff•Development of computer based e-learning modules to scale operational training requirements•Provide internal budgets and strategic plans for infrastructure and departmental growth•Managed clinical research applications including Velos e-Research, Epic Research, InfoEd, LogiXml, UHealth research Website •Electronic Data collection for Clinical Trials and Grant submission (Geriatrics, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Cancer, Neurosurgery, Cardiology, etc.) •Lead process improvement initiatives for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Trials•Participated in FDA audits for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center•Technical lead for Geriatrics NIH Clinical Trials Team for Vitamin D Deficiency (UM and VA Hospital), Project lead for Neurosurgery pilot study (MicroDialysis & brain volume imaging for TBI studies)•Technical lead for Mexico National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and CTMS Deployment•Development of training programs and materials for CTMS and EMR system utilization•Administrator for over 500+ users for our CTMS systems (Training, Access, and Customization), 2500 clinical trials, and over 33,000 research patients in our clinical trials management systems.•Administrator for over 76 users for EMR system, 900+ clinical trials, and 6000 clinical research patients managed in the EMR system Show less

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  University of Southern California

  May 2012 - Aug 2014

  •Execute strategic plans for centralized biorepositories, research space planning (labs, clinics, and office)•Manage strategic projects and initiatives (recruitment, capital projects, etc.)•Manage funding opportunities (internal and externally funded)•Develop a decision support/business intelligence infrastructure for School of Medicine Research Administration•Develop a project management team for School of Medicine Research Administration•Collaborate with principal investigators, research administration, and external vendors to execute projects Show less •Manage USC Research Billing Compliance Program•Comply and implement federal, state, and university policies (purchasing, disbursement, compliance, guidelines, etc.)•Provide internal budgets and strategic plans for infrastructure and departmental growth•Manage a budget of up to $2 mm/FY•Responsible for managing industry sponsored contracts for clinical research (364 active accounts)•Project lead in USC enterprise Clinical Trials Management Systems (CTMS) project•Completion of Lean Six Sigma Projects for the entire clinical research revenue cycle (Account Management, Health Claims processing, & Medicare Coverage Analysis (MCA) and Research Order Form (ROF) process) yielding reduced cycle times and increased cash flow•Improved operational process increasing accounts cash flow by 45% within a year (key projects: expenditure controls, accounts receivable > 90 days, and health claim denial process)•Standardized budgeting templates to streamline the budget development process decreasing cycle times by 50%•Developed an MCA/ROF template to be used on all industry sponsored clinical research •Development of internal training programs to train and scale operations (Increased capacity in both accounts management and health claims teams (364 industry sponsored studies, 1000 health claims/month)•Responsible for Research Information Technology, Account Management and Research Billing business units•Administrator for over 300+ users for our CTMS systems (IRIS/TRUE), 600 clinical trials, and over 14,000 research patients in our clinical trials management systems.•Initiated work with EMR (Cerner) to start integration of their research product (Power Trials) Show less

  • Associate Director of Strategic Implementation

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

  • Director of Clinical Business Operations

    May 2012 - Jun 2013
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  Velos

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2017

  Sr. Director of Project Management and Consulting

  The role oversees the team that provides services to support client engagements with software deployment and consulting services. This role requires an effective partnership between Velos and their clients. The range of duties is broad and requires an understanding of the overall mission and goals of Velos.Programmatic Direction• Assist the Velos leadership team in determining the short- and long-term vision for the • Provide regular reports including performance metrics on staffing and resources to advise on desirable actions and procedures to leadership• Support the sales & marketing team with the overall sales life-cycleProject Management• Function as a primary expert in software deployment and integration for client sites• Manage software deployments at client sites to ensure product is fully utilized as per customer requirements• Develop key project drivers and metrics to ensure customer requirements are captured, monitored, and reported throughout the project lifecycle to all stakeholdersConsulting Services• Support Velos development teams by providing design input for new products and • Provide overall solution development and issue resolution• Participate with onsite team to develop client deliverables (e.g. current state, recommendations, future state designs, and implementation plans) Show less

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  University of Southern California

  Feb 2017 - now

  Executive Director, Research Administration and Decision Support