# Carl Kling > Engineering and Operations Management Location: San Ramon, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/carlkling ## Work Experience ### Director of Manufacturing Engineering @ Imperative Care Jan 2024 – Present Manufacturing Engineering Director with responsibility for Sustaining Engineering, New Product Introduction, Continuous Improvement, and Equipment Management for Stroke and Vascular businesses. ### Consultant, Medical Device and Consumer Products @ C. Kling Consultancy Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Ramon, CA ### Operations and Engineering Director @ Medtronic Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States ### Sr. Engineering Manager - New Product and Sustaining @ Medtronic Jan 2010 – Jan 2021 | Milpitas, CA ### Principle Manufacturing Engineer @ Medtronic Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 ### Senior Manufacturing Engineer @ LeapFrog Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Emeryville, CA ### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Tyco Healthcare / Covidien (now Medtronic Inc.) Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 | Pleasanton, CA ### Product Design and Development @ Clorox Jan 1995 – Jan 2004 | Pleasanton, CA ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree New Mexico State University ### New Mexico Military Institute ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carl-kling-5b90123 --- Source: https://flows.cv/carlkling JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/carlkling/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13