Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
Hands-on leader and manager of an internal team of engineers and designers, using empathic leadership principles to cultivate team and team-member growth.
Cohort member of Perrigo Leadership Development Program, working as part of a leadership team to learn and develop skills to accelerate the development of the organization
Successfully launched more than 20 consumer healthcare devices, working from company sites in North America, East Asia, and Europe with responsibility for design input creation, system design, engineering, and development, verification and validation protocols, and manufacturing transfer for mechanical and electrical systems.
Directed external development teams. Responsible for opportunity identification, partner selection, customer communication, project scope definition, project budgets, and timelines.
Initiated and built a Design Center of Excellence, integrating with company-wide functional teams to develop solutions that better focus on the needs of the user and increase emotional appeal of our products, with the first project gaining a 15% sales-price increase after 10 years of decline.
Developed a design-thinking-led development process to transform the business from a fast-follow model to a market leader in self-care products. Taught process and methods through cross-divisional worshops following acquisition.
Initiated a sustainable design program and process to improve new product development to improve the triple bottom line.
Created and led a Design Thinking curriculum to find innovative, human-centered solutions to problems across the business.