Experience

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  Culver's restaurants

  Mar 2008 - May 2010

  Crew member - front of house
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  Ace hardware

  May 2010 - Jul 2012

  Sales associate
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  St. cloud state university

  Aug 2012 - May 2017

  • Founded and led St. Cloud State Athletics Polar Plunge Team that fundraised over $1000 in 2016 and over $6000 in 2017 before merging with the Granite City Rocks Special Olympics Team for a combined total over $13000• Effectively used communication skills to coordinate fundraising and volunteer activities for SCSU athletics• Narrated award winning Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Mental Health Awareness Video• SAAC Awarded Outstanding St. Cloud Community Building and Outstanding Student Organization in 2017 Show less • Displayed public speaking skills as student athlete representative speaker at the athletics annual report and as an emcee for the senior sendoff awards March – April 2017• Demonstrated commitment and dedication as one of nine seniors in my last season and one of five remaining players from original recruiting class• Three time NSIC Academic All-Conference recipient 2014 – 2016• NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award recipient January 2017• Utilized leadership skills as a member of the Husky Leadership Council responsible for continuous team improvement Show less

  • Polar Plunge Chair - Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)

    Aug 2015 - May 2017

  • Assistant To The Director - Athletes for Success in the Classroom (ASC)

    Jan 2014 - May 2017

  • Tutor - Athletes for Success in the Classroom (ASC)

    Jan 2013 - May 2017

  • Student Athlete

    Aug 2012 - Nov 2016
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  Schaefer ventilation equipment

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Assembler

  • Built and packaged a variety of industrial fans • Interpreted Bills of Materials (BOMs) in order to correctly assemble and package fans

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  Cummins inc.

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Current product engineering intern

  • Worked with air filtration and crankcase ventilation products participating in problem solving projects • Carried out daily engineering change management• Led investigative work on customer return parts/products and diagnosed root cause of failures in current products using research lab facilities • Activities coordinator for team building outing• Received internal customer recognition award for responsiveness to urgent engineering issue

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  Cummins inc.

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Product development engineering intern

  • Performed product design work, edited technical drawings, and held drawing reviews weekly for air filtration products • Supported VPI/VPC program work• Innovated numerous 3D printed prototypes for various testing and pre-production applications• Completed 9-episode series of Minitab/Six Sigma training (DOE, ANOVA, MSA, etc.)• Prize coordinator for team building outing which involved raising donations from local businesses

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  National science foundation

  Oct 2015 - May 2017

  Stem scholar

  • Dependability and leadership rewarded with Best Scholar Award and Best Team Award• Led Professional Development Team Fall 2015 – Spring 2016 managing team responsibilities of communicating career development events, providing motivational videos, and personally organizing guest speakers Fall 2016-Spring 2017 at monthly seminars• Completed a 1-credit STEM Research Seminar Course and presented at Student Research Colloquium• Volunteered 10+ hours per semester toward increasing STEM awareness and improving the campus/community Show less

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  Uw health

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Shadowing

  • Job Shadowed orthopedic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Baer, MD, Ph.D. at the UW Health Sports Medicine Clinic whose special interests include sports medicine procedures involving the knee and shoulder

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  7-sigma

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  R&d intern

  • Innovated and designed systems/components for simulation manikins used for intubation training in the New Product Development Department • Engineered and 3D printed molds for silicone parts• Demonstrated product design skills using Solidworks daily • Operated and maintained numerous 3D printers on a day to day basis to produce design prototypes• Lead engineer for design of the passive epigastric indicator on the modular intubation simulation manikin

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  University of minnesota

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Mdc (medical device center) intern

  • Collaborated with a team of interns through an accelerated biodesign process where the patent landscape, market research, and need statements were developed for a customer’s desired product prototype• Enhanced rapid prototyping skills using 3D printers, Solidworks, and the mechanical prototyping lab to work towards a design prototype for our customer• Led and participated in weekly meetings to meet our customer's needs in progress towards an endotracheal tube with improved manipulability and placement verification Show less

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  Iqs corp (intelligent quality solutions)

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2018

  Consulting systems engineer

  • Implement systems engineering practices to deliver a robust cardiac mapping system throughout the product development lifecycle that meets the needs of the stakeholders• Manage and drive software, hardware and interface related issues to resolution through cross-functional coordination efforts• Support team through assistance in OnBoarding new coworkers, assisting and conducting heart dissections, providing feedback for process improvement, observing clinical studies to expand domain knowledge, and leading system functionality demonstrations and discussions Show less

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  Tutor doctor

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Private tutor

  -Middle school and high school students in multiple subjects and coached them on building their executive skills

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  Abbott

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  Systems engineer

  • Led weekly technical meetings to ensure cross-functional alignment and resolve technical concerns across multiple projects with development teams spread across multiple business sites including software development teams in Haifa, Israel.• R&D Core team member accountable for five extended team members of a disposable surface electrode kit development that supports over 70% of the revenue generated within Abbott’s electrophysiology division.• Assisted group heart dissections delivered to many different functions within Abbott’s Electrophysiology division• Drove software and hardware development through stakeholder requirement translation to system requirements, Brownfield systems engineering requirement remediation, algorithm architecture development, operational concept (OpsCon) creation, and technical report generation.• Organized Systems Engineering Requirement Formulation and Application of Systems Engineering Training led by Dave Walden, ESEP, lead editor of the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, for the systems engineering and systems verification and validation teams.• Awarded internal recognition from the PMO group for “Enduring” • Familiar with Agile Software development, BS EN 60601-1, ANSI/AAMI EC 12, DOORS, Windchill Change Management. Show less

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  Bonefoam

  Jun 2019 - now

  -Led migration, implementation and integration of Fishbowl Inventory Management software that upgraded the company from Quickbooks to a more scalable processes and systems-Led production transfer of highest volume product line to a strategic supplier for manufacturing and drop-shipping that reduced COGs and eliminated internal assembly and domestic logistic resources-Managed external quality and regulatory consultants in ISO 13485 compliance, UK CA compliance, and CE Mark compliance projects-Managed external IT/Cybersecurity providers-Leg internal IT needs as Office 365 admin, employee PC onboarding, and routine software troubleshooting Show less -Led all product design and development projects of patient positioning solutions in spine, hip arthroplasty, trauma, prone surgery and therapy, and other intraoperative and post operative settings-Led implementation of first electronic Quality Management System-Responsible for all FDA Device Listings and Facility Registration in FURLS-Led implementation of direct marking, UDI and AccessGUDID labeling compliance-Led remediation of all part and product technical files-Collaborated cross-functionally with design surgeons, sales & marketing, operations and contract manufacturers Show less

  • Director of Product Development & Analytics

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Operations & Product Development

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2024

  • Product Marketing Engineer

    Jun 2019 - Jan 2023