Geoff Weissbach

Experience

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  CryoCath Technologies

  Jun 2001 - Aug 2008

  • Sales Operations Specialist

    Jan 2006 - Aug 2008

  • Field Service Specialist

    Apr 2004 - Dec 2005

  • Quality Affairs & Compliance Specialist

    Jun 2001 - Apr 2004
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  Medtronic

  Jul 2010 - Feb 2022

  Leading the Equipment Development, Maintenance, Calibration and Additive Manufacturing Teams at the Montreal site.• Developed and implemented a control system which improved service time by 20-80% based on request category, while increasing employee engagement and freeing significant time for innovation / improvements.• Implemented the use for departmental problem solving via training >80% of the department in statistical problem solving, including 2 belt certifications.• Created a program for other sites to be able to request support and research analysis for their issues and worked with finance to transition the department from a cost center to a profit center by cross-charging for global requests.• Worked with the Project Management Office to clarify how project prioritization is communicated to service departments to facilitate site-wide alignment, making it easier to service teams to perform autonomously.• Partnered with the Process Engineering Director to use cost-savings to fund in house training on advanced PLC programming and automation improving the long-term site capabilities. This resulted in delivery of a one touch automated solution implemented into manufacturing.• Improvement of annual self-report Engagement Survey Scores: Engagement from 48% to 84% and innovation from 53% to 87% Show less Worked with site leadership to develop and execute strategy to meet 40% YoY demand growth.• Project Manager for multi-million-dollar impact research projects identified as site-critical issues.• Program Manager (Including re-deployment) for Lean Six Sigma Problem Solving program at Medtronic’s Montreal site increasing the annual certification rate for belts by >300%.• Project Manager and or Advisor for COS implementations and MOS Acceleration Workshops.• Coached and supported supply chain and planning teams on projects to eliminate and prevent product quality issues.• Drove mandatory reviews supporting and coaching any project teams which fell significantly behind schedule. • Managed a team to deliver materials and supply transition to new plant. Designing systems for warehouse replenishment, inventory management (direct and indirect) as well as infrastructure and CEA layout Show less Responsible for working with suppliers to solve component variability issues on their manufacturing lines to reduce manufacturing yield or scrap issues and deliver cost down initiatives. • Led research projects into product performance in clinical settings.• Investigated manufacturing issues when a supplier process was identified as a source of a clinical product risk.• Taught suppliers Lean Six Sigma statistical problem solving methodology. • Led the site’s supplier risk management assessment and risk reduction programs. Show less

  • Technical Services Manager

    Sept 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Sr. Operational Excellence Professional

    Aug 2013 - Sept 2019

  • Supplier Development Professional

    May 2011 - Aug 2013

  • Supply Chain Specialist

    Jul 2010 - Aug 2011
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  Straumann Group

  Mar 2022 - Jan 2024

  Business Excellence Leader

  Responsible for product continuous improvement strategy and market research for clinical and pre-clinical products for Straumann Group’s Montreal, Lyon, and Berlin digital business units.• Optimization of Data and Business Intelligence for business for key decision-making.• Led a project to determine long term project pipeline and integrate the process into the development and product teams resulting in the first new product in 9+ years.• Led a process to align operation, development and product initiatives to develop a true hardware roadmap to align all stakeholders to reduce development lead time and increase release frequency to meet customer needs.• Developed a program as the economy shifted (2022-23) to transition some development work into a cost down program in order to complete our program within new constraints. • Co-Led our organizational quality strategy with our Director of Quality. Show less

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  Vonova

  Jan 2024 - now

  Principal Preclinical Research Scientist

  Building startup research & development operations to drive pre-clinical and clinical trials, charting the future of brain interface platforms. Our beachhead indication will be minimally-invasive epilepsy mapping.