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Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President R and D

DJO Global provides intelligent medical devices and services. Our brands include Aircast, Chattanooga, CMF, Compex, DJO Surgical, DonJoy, Dr. Comfort, Empi, Exos and Procare.

Engineering executive with a strong track record of bringing exciting, innovative products to market on time and on budget. Love to develop new concepts and bring them to an eager market. Extremely gratifying to deeply understand market needs and develop creative solutions to optimally address those needs. Also highly interested in implementing forward thinking process initiatives including A3 thinking, innovation enhancement, visual work systems, set-based design, scrum-sprint project management and leading indicator metrics. Extensive work in in building high performing teams and continually improving work methods and processes. Specialties: Product development, innovation, engineering, research and development, lean manufacturing, lean product development, process improvement, problem solving, business development, intellectual property, financial analysis, marketing