Peter Isaac

Experience

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  West Virginia University

  Aug 2008 - May 2010

  Graduate Research Assistant/Academic Instructor
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  Michelin

  May 2010 - Sept 2016

  Sr. Project Manager

  - Led technical teams in establishing new production equipment, processes and facilities.- Developed team strategy, budget, communication plan, human resources requirement, and succession planning.- Supervised fabrication, installation, ramp-up, and acceptance documentations (drawings, specifications, operating guidelines...etc.)

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  Philips

  Sept 2016 - now

  - Continue the same leadership and technical responsibilities that are under the R&D lifecycle manager role- In addition, act as the Quality Norm leader for the Ultrasound business, responsible for driving initiatives to improve three internal and external quality metrics: complaint rate reduction, rating and reviews, and manufacturing yields for existing and new products.- Partner with leaders and their teams across the global organization from product management, customer service, R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality... to drive quality programs and support a culture of quality focus- Communicate to ExCo and senior leadership on the Quality Norm KPI performance for Ultrasound Show less - Lead a team of 12-14 great engineers from different disciplines and functions, chemical engineers, material science, reliability, mechanical, electrical, and biomedical engineers-Coach, mentor, set team goals, and conduct annual assessments for direct reports-Responsible for the reliability/quality metrics of 100 released transducer models, and Design for Reliability process implementation for new transducers.-Responsible for biocompatibility and material safety of new and released transducers-Responsible for meeting customers' and markets' changing needs to sterilize and disinfect transducers in clinical settings-Responsible for the R&D material and reliability testing lab to develop and characterize cutting-edge technologies.- Partner with Regulatory team to support quality and design control audits from regulatory bodies.. FDA, NMPA, EU-MDR-Lead a warranty reduction program for released transducers to improve customer experience, market serviceability tools, and product quality-Responsible for lifecycle projects to reduce manufacturing costs, improve the quality of released products, and qualify new designs to mitigate supply chain material shortages-Project management for one or two large lifecycle projects/programs at a time -My team acts as the source of lifecycle and reliability technical expertise for customers around the world and their field service engineers Show less - Contributed as a member of the new product development project team to represent reliability and risk assessment- Executed Design for Reliability process for new medical device development- Facilitated risk assessment and design FMEA discussions- Authored reliability test plans for new product development- Programmed new field reliability health dashboard using SQL, data analytics skills, and Tableau- Led transducer reliability center of excellence group- Performed reliability statistical modeling- Managed reliability improvement projects Show less

  • Senior Manager, R&D Lifecycle Engineering

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Manager, R&D Lifecycle Engineering

    Jun 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Project Manager / Sr. Design Engineer

    Sept 2016 - Jun 2020