Resume, Last Update: Dec 2014

SUMMARY

Professional with 8+ years progressive R&D with expertise in design, development, and market introduction of new medical devices including combination products
1+ years of project management/team lead combined with business acumen and global collaborative experience
Committed team leader working in matrix organization with strengths of leading cross-functional team including Regulatory, Operations, Quality, Medical, and Marketing
Proficient in communication with customer/stakeholders at all levels on complex technical principles
Ph. D. in Engineering and M. S. in Mechanical Engineering
5+ years of research experience in the areas of computational solid mechanics, structural modeling & analysis, design optimization, probabilistic design, statistical analysis and process reliability

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Wright State University, OH, June 2010
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Wright State University, OH, Mar 2007
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, India, Jul 2004

TECHNICAL SKILL SET

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Apr’12 – Present: Senior Engineer, Becton Dickinson & Company, Research and Development, NJ

Product design for manufacturing and high-volume operations for pre-filled drug delivery platform
Expertise in design, build and prototype testing for syringe components
- Develop and implement CAE technology to enable a) faster release of products to market a) reduce significant testing and c) fundamental understanding of mechanics

June’10 – Mar’12: Senior Engineer, Becton Dickinson & Company, Research and Development, NJ

R&D and Project/Team lead for cost performance optimization program in medical device packaging
Subject matter expert in thermoforming process and plug assist design. Designed, and developed an innovative thermoforming plug assist. Filed for IDR
Lead design verification and design history file activities review for FDA audit, transferred design change to manufacturing (medical device packaging)
Project lead for cost performance optimization initiative including two projects with eight global sites with 35+ extended team members delivering ~$2MM/year
Championed to established university collaboration for fundamental understanding and model development of medical packaging
Proven leadership skills: a) established new procedure that reduce the legacy testing by 50% b) Initiated, implemented, and accepted by the team for new knowledge database system
Enabled in the capacity of R&D lead annual savings of $702K savings with multiple manufacturing lines
Significantly impacted functional performance by establishing process effectiveness
Hands-on testing experience including Instron and Tekscan

Sept’ 06 – May’ 10: Ph.D. Candidate, Ohio Center of Excellence for Product Reliability and Optimization, Wright State University, OH

Implemented various elastic-plastic constitutive material models for high strain rate analysis in ABAQUS
Developed efficient finite element models and data management between ABAQUS/Explicit and ABAQUS/Standard to predict structural response of the laser peening process
Implemented simulation-based optimization methodologies for computationally intensive problems such as impact analysis of an aircraft lug, acoustic analysis of a torpedo that require commercial finite element codes
Implemented statistical techniques such as Bayesian framework, non-linear regression, bootstrapping technique and principal component analysis, Design of Experiments on engineering applications
Participated in funding proposals, presented research work at international conferences, and published peer reviewed articles

Sept 04 – Aug 06: Graduate Research Assistant, Ohio Center of Excellence for Product Reliability and Optimization, Wright State University, OH

Created a novel method for multi-objective optimization of engineering structures by combining tools from marketing and engineering
Performed multidisciplinary optimization of a torpedo considering structures, vibration, and noise
Created examples in Chapter 4 for the book Reliability-based Structural Design, Springer, 2007
Performed Acoustic analysis, including fluid-structure interaction

Jan 05 – Jun 06: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Wright State University, OH

Served as substitute instructor for graduate-level courses such as Design and Analysis of Experiments, Finite Element Analysis II, Advanced Mechanics of Solids; and undergraduate-level courses such as Engineering Vibrations, Design Optimization, and Finite Element Analysis I
Prepared teaching materials for P. E. license renewal course in Finite Element Analysis for local manufacturer
Served as lab instructor for Engineering Vibrations and Strength of Materials

Mar’04 – Jun’04: Engineering Trainee, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad, India

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS