Director of Engineering

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3822653

About this Candidate

DAVRON CV: Candidate 3822653

MEDICAL DEVICE R&D & ENGINEERING LEADER | FULL-LIFECYCLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Core Expertise

  • Product development leadership across full lifecycle from concept through commercialization and manufacturing transfer for regulated devices.
  • Technical leadership of multidisciplinary teams including mechanical, electronic, software, quality, and clinical engineering to deliver products.
  • Regulatory and quality-focused engineering with expertise in design controls, verification and validation, and comprehensive risk management.
  • Strategic portfolio management and unmet clinical-need identification driving market-focused innovation and product prioritization.
  • Intellectual property strategy development including patent filings, freedom-to-operate analyses, and integration into development programs.

Project Background

  • Led dialysis device and portfolio engineering programs focused on addressing clinical needs and improving patient outcomes.
  • Directed development of robotic and electromechanical drug-delivery platforms from prototype, through clinical trials, to commercialization in regulated environments.
  • Advanced continuous glucose-monitoring and physiological sensor technologies into expanded clinical and inpatient healthcare applications.
  • Managed embedded software, electronics, and pump-based delivery system commercialization for cardiac and surgical therapy use cases.
  • Executed manufacturing transfer, sustaining engineering, and supplier integration to support scalable production and product reliability.

Key Skills

  • Design controls | DFMEA | PFMEA | Design History Files | Verification & Validation | Risk Management in regulated development
  • Product strategy | Portfolio management | Voice of Customer | Market assessment | Unmet clinical-needs analysis | Value proposition development
  • Mechanical design and prototyping | SolidWorks | CAD/CAM methodology | CNC manufacturing concepts | DFx for scale-up
  • Embedded systems engineering | Electronics integration | Firmware and software coordination | Software-enabled medical devices
  • Clinical collaboration | Regulatory support | Clinical trial enablement | Post-market and sustaining engineering coordination
  • Intellectual property strategy | Patent filings | Freedom-to-operate assessments | Technology evaluation and licensing support

Education

  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering — Clemson University; focus on mechanical systems and device design
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering — Visvesvaraya Technological University; foundation in applied mechanics and manufacturing principles

Awards & Recognition

  • Multiple patents and patent applications supporting medical-device innovations across electromechanical and drug-delivery technologies

Why Interview this Candidate?

They are an engineering and R&D executive with 30+ years building and commercializing electromechanical and software-enabled medical devices. They have led direct teams and matrixed programs of approximately 4–15 direct reports and up to about 40 engineers, delivering products through design controls, V&V, manufacturing transfer, and regulatory approval. Their strengths in IP strategy, clinical collaboration, and portfolio prioritization enable rapid, market-aligned product introductions and immediate technical leadership impact.

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