Experience

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  United states air force

  Jun 1984 - Mar 1988

  Crew chief (tactical aircraft maintenance)

  * Rank of Sergeant. Experience with F4, F15, F16, & F111 aircraft.* Supervised three-person maintenance crew to inspect, troubleshoot, and repair jet fighter aircraft.* Honorably discharged in 1988. Prior secret security clearance.

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  University of wisconsin-madison

  Jan 1993 - Jun 1995

  Research assistant

  Diesel engine research on in-cylinder mixing.• Designed laboratory setup and experimental engine, including laser beam optics, engine cylinder, quartz cylinder, piston, pushrods, valve springs, intake port and manifold, and particle seeding system.

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  Caterpillar inc.

  Mar 1995 - Mar 1998

  Design engineer

  * Full design responsibility for D10 and D11 bulldozer and ripper products.* Saved $52K annually by redesigning ripper hydraulic lines and reducing component count by 50%.* Substantially increased bulldozing performance by redesigning D11 push-arms and blade. This design is still being manufactured 20 years later.

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  Wagner

  Mar 1998 - Mar 2006

  Staff engineer

  · Designed and developed commercial and industrial high-pressure paint spraying equipment.· Designed sand and die castings, injection and roto-molded parts, sheet metal parts, machined parts, and welded assemblies. Apply GD&T, tolerance analysis, FMEA, DFM, DFA, and DOE’s.· Redesigned hydraulic power pack; increased performance, reliability, and saved $250K annually and is still manufactured today.

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  Stryker

  Apr 2006 - Mar 2019

  Lead cross-functional teams to develop new spinal implant and instrument systems, investigate new processes, and engage and develop talented employees. Launched six major spine products that created over $500M in revenue. Each product is still being sold and generating over $80M annually. These systems had no major product complaints and no design changes since launch. Manage a team of five direct reports to innovate and develop new spinal implants and instruments.Lead new product development teams. Recently developed and launched a medialized pedicle screws system of instruments and implants, and cement injectable pedicle screw system for minimally invasive surgery. Responsible for leading cross functional teams in the development of spinal fixation systems. Most recently developed a leading minimally invasive (MIS) posterior spinal fixation system. Developed anterior cervical plating system consisting of full implant and instrument set. Lead development of anterior and lateral thoracolumbar plating system. Additional experience developing posterior cervical pedicle screw and laminoplasty plating systems.

  • Senior Engineering Manager

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Engineering Manager

    Jul 2014 - Feb 2018

  • Project Leader

    Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Sr. Project Engineer

    Apr 2006 - Aug 2012
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  Zimmer biomet

  Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

  The department head for product development, post-market surveillance, and advanced manufacturing development. Leading a team of 16 engineers, designers, and scientists across two engineering groups to develop new products (NPI), maintain existing products (sustaining and post-market activities), and develop advance technologies in the areas of porous metals, infection control, and additive manufacturing. Managed an NPI team of six direct reports to develop new porous metal orthopedic implants, components and instrument systems. Managed development of active knee and hip programs.

  • Acting Associate Director

    Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Engineering Manager

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
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  Zeda (formerly printerprezz / vertex manufacturing)

  Aug 2021 - Jul 2023

  Principle engineer

  Designed ALIF, TLIF, and PLIF implant and instrument setsDesigned Knee augmentation instrumentation.Created orthopedic surgical implants and instruments for additive manufacturing processes.Designed products for DLMS, EBM, and BinderJet processes using Solidworks and nTop.