I started as a lab tech — running tensile tests, prepping metallographic samples, learning how materials actually behave. That hands-on foundation carried me through seven years in medical devices, a stint in Houston doing failure analysis for the energy sector, and eventually into engineering leadership at A-dec, where I manage the materials and clinical engineering function for a global dental manufacturing operation.

The common thread across all of it: someone points at a gap — no lab, no quality system, no process, no data — and I figure out how to stand it up, prove it works, and make it stick. That's taken the shape of building an ISO 17025 QMS from scratch, turning around a plating line that was scrapping 90% of parts, standing up a BSL-2 microbiology program, and developing EU MDR compliance strategy for a $140M device portfolio.

I hold a BS in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Utah. ISO 13485 auditor trained, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt coursework. Selected from 7,500 global engineers to present original research at TE Connectivity's annual conference in Prague.