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Manager, Hardware and Media Systems Lab

Carestream provides dental and medical imaging systems; healthcare information technology; non-destructive testing x-ray systems; and advanced materials for precision film markets.

CAREER PROFILE Over 30 years of successful growth, development and contributions in product research, development and manufacturing. Highly skilled at leading cross functional teams and merging analytical & experimental methods to efficiently solve difficult technical problems. Increasing responsibility throughout career. TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE •Kodak Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. •Statistics: Regression Analysis, Design of Experiments, Robust Design and System Optimization. •Experimental methods: Thermal, stress and vibration testing. Detailed understanding of transducers, instrumentation and signal analysis. •Material Characterization: Testing and evaluation of materials for stress, strain, thermo-elastic, visco-elastic (DMA & TMA), micro-strain, nano-indentation and WYKO surface analysis. •Structural Design & Analysis: Stress, thermo-elastic and vibrations via first principles, and past experience via Finite Element Analysis. •Optical System Design: Opto-mechanical design of telescope and laser printing systems. Including Error Budgeting, Manufacturing, Micron level system alignment and optical testing methods. •Product experience: Photo-thermographic, dye sublimation, inkjet and Ag halide printing and processing systems; space-borne optical systems; chemical process equipment and rotating machinery. •Current software skills: JMP, Mathcad, and Solidworks. Prior experience with RecurDyn (mechanism analysis), Matlab, Minitab, Mechanica (FEA) and MSC/Nastran (FEA). PROJECT & MANAGEMENT SKILLS •Supervisory: 15+ years. Experienced with performance assessments, employee development and task planning for up to 14 employees. Strong advocate for continuing education and development. •Technical Lead: Experience with cross-discipline teams of engineers & technicians to solve field and manufacturing “line down” problems. •Product Development: Experience with Government (NASA & DOD), Medical (FDA) and commercial product development processes.