Experience

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  United states air force

  Dec 2005 - Jul 2014

  Led teams providing weather risk management information to aircrews, ground forces, and senior leaders across the Northeastern United States. Directed positional qualification and skill-level upgrade training for apprentice forecasters and junior officers. Integrated U.S. Air Force weather teams into U.S. Army aviation and infantry units serving in garrison and deployed locations. Incorporated weather requirements into Army operations and exercises to maximize operational risk management and resource protection. Served as weather liaison officer with base aviation squadrons. Interfaced with base commanders to coordinate weather requirements for planning and execution of operations across Alaska and the Northern Pacific. Led weather forecast production center providing 24/7, time-critical resource protection to military assets throughout U.S. Alaskan Command's area of responsibility.

  • Flight Commander

    Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Officer in Charge/Staff Weather Officer

    Jul 2009 - Jul 2012

  • Wing Weather Officer

    Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Lead Meteorologist

    Dec 2005 - Jun 2008
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  Medtronic

  Aug 2014 - now

  Leads Quality Engineering and Design Assurance teams for Medtronic’s Peripheral Vascular Health business. Responsible for establishing and maintaining all aspects of quality for PVH’s sustaining product portfolio, including oversight of design controls, risk management, product reliability, post market surveillance, corrections/removals, health hazard evaluations, and compliance to industry standards and regulatory requirements. Led Post Market Quality and Reliability Engineering functions for Medtronic’s Cardiac Surgery business. Responsible for managing health hazard evaluation, risk Management, complaint investigation, and returned product analysis for all commercialized products. Executed field corrective actions and product hold orders. Ensured procedures and practices are compliant applicable global regulations/standards. Led the Complaint Handling and MDR/Vigilance Reporting team for Medtronic's Aortic business. Responsible for managing product complaint assessment, investigation, returned product analysis, customer communications, & global regulatory reporting functions within Medtronic's post-market quality system.

  • Senior Director of Quality, Released Product Engineering

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Director of Quality, Released Product Engineering

    Feb 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Senior Engineering Manager, Post Market Quality

    Apr 2017 - Feb 2021

  • Manager, MDR/Vigilance & Complaint Handling

    Aug 2014 - Mar 2017