Virginia Tech graduate with a passion for driving continuous improvement projects. Looking to optimize business operations in a challenging environment to expand upon skills in research, data analysis, and project management. Professional goals include raising awareness around gender equality through data analytics and visualization platforms.
Manufacturing Engineer 2, MDR, Teleflex
October 2021- Present
Evaluating current manufacturing practices across 5 product lines and conducting a process validation gap analysis
Adding additional controls in the PFMEA for processes with high RPNs to reduce nonconformances and rework
Assisting sustaining activities by configuring BOM on Oracle Agile and making labels on BarTender of class III products
Developing controls for the packaging of the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) class I device as per EUMDR requirements
Leading a six-sigma initiative to improve IAB catheter yield by 50 % by correcting leading causes of scrap based on a Pareto analysis
Validating new equipment (IQ/OQ/PQ/TMV) to assist with lean manufacturing projects and improve throughput by 25 %
Training 2 new process development engineers to the existing process validation SOP and data sampling SOP
Contract Manufacturing Engineer, Zimmer Biomet
December 2020 - October 2021
Remediated routings and BOM on Infor XA using a Change Management System as part of a site wide cleaning validation
Grouped routers based on common high risk work center flow reducing total cleaning validations required by 30%
Updated work instructions and inspection criteria following 21 CFR 820 and ISO 13485 in a medical device manufacturing company
Worked cross functionally with the Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Operations teams to streamline the strategy for updating routers
Served as the MS Excel SME to assist a team of over 30 engineers to increase the number of routing updates per week by 20 %
Team Leader - Organizational Performance Measurement, CPULD
January 2020 - May 2020
Collaborated with a team of 4 members and the Director of CPULD to develop KPIs to measure critical business processes
Mapped KPIs with the SIPOC to identify metrics to cover all perspectives of organizational performance in the research lab
Developed a survey and conducted multivariate analysis on the responses on R-Studio and SPSS to gauge employee satisfaction
Project Management & Automotive Quality Data Analyst Intern, Micron Technology
September 2019 - December 2019
Drove continuous improvement projects in the cleanroom fab compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and ISO 9001
Visualized project metrics and Gantt chart timelines on Tableau Dashboards for all the team projects to track project progression
Drilled down into fab debris reports using ad hoc data analysis on Tableau Dashboards to develop cause and effect diagrams
Slashed fab debris from 3 pounds to 1 pound/week by conducting internal quality audits to identify weekly trends in debris
Facilitated cross-functional communication between area supervisors by publishing project scorecards on SharePoint
Production Intern, Power Packaging
June 2019 - August 2019
Optimized manufacturing and supply chain processes complaint with FDA and SQF level 3 in a food manufacturing environment
Implemented corrective actions based on SPC charts and Cp / CpK studies on Minitab slashing costs by $121,000 per year
Spearheaded a lean manufacturing and time study project to reduce the inventory and cycle time achieving savings of $160,000/year
Developed technical documents and visual aid checklists based on weight specification to reduce overfilling food powder
Production Planning & Control Intern, Fine Jewellery Manufacturing Limited
June 2017 - September 2017
Incorporated cellular manufacturing and relocated workers to increase worker productivity by more than 4%
Analyzed and improved Critical to Quality (CTQ) metrics using the DMAIC cycle decreasing gold loss by 5%