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Namiki Precision SA
- Head of Business development, R&D & Manager
2012 - maintenant
* Medical devices expansion in the company portfolio through intradepartmental synergies,
business unit development, talents acquisition/development and personal network exploitation
* Development of liquid metal business. R&D and co-financing with major industrial Swiss group ;
* Existing customer administration (17% cost reduction) and EU business Expansion (+40%).
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Namiki
- Head of Business Development & R&D manager
2012 - maintenant
reports between engineers and technicians), I have run projects from the planning phase to
production in medical devices, diagnostics, renewable energy and high-tech materials. My
educational background includes Milano's Polytechnic (Italy), UCLA (California) and a PhD from
Imperial College, London. While completing these studies I worked with start-up companies and
multinational organization. Up to now, I have been leading teams of up to 20 engineers/technicians
and have had a maximum budget responsibility of 15M$/project.
The combination of interdisciplinary technical knowledge, creativity, hands-on attitude, international
experience (USA, Europe, Japan), management skills, leadership and my talent with people are
the perfect combination for a role in which I can supervise the tactics and the strategic plans for the
development of new products and new leaders.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS
* Team leadership: successful creation and expansion of R&D and business development
teams. 2 promotions within the teams in the last 12 months.
* R&D management: development between the Japanese, USA and Swiss sites of a
revolutionary Nano-titre, ultra-inert plate for cancer cell studies and assay.
* Program Management: launch of 2 endovascular new products; successful management of
2 global R&D projects (budget 10M$, headcount 12 engineers, 2 team promotions)
* Cross-functional effective integration of USA, Swiss and German teams (R&D, marketing,
Quality, Production, Regulatory) for the launch of new nitinol stent.
* Excellent communication skills in matrix-like and vertical organization: technical meetings
with engineers, customer/suppliers, and reporting to VPs and president of global
organization.
* Business development: medical devices, MEMS, precision mechanics, photonics, luxury
and hard materials. Increased business by 40% in 12 months.
* Successful definition and alignment of projects and departmental budget, time line,
resources and capital expenditures (Abbott R&D, Namiki Business Development).
* New synergies between micro motor group (Namiki Motors) and Namiki Medical (Thailand)
* Knowledge in quality and regulatory procedure (ISO 9001, 13485, FDA)
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Namiki
- Business dev Head & Research Manager
2012 - maintenant
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Abbott Laboratories
- R&D Program Manager
Rungis
2011 - 2012
* Stent business unit: management of budget, resources (directly allocated and crossfunctional), timeline and equipment. Cooperation with PTA unit for future R&D roadmap
* Launch of a new self-expandable stent, management of 2 pipeline programs, strategic
objective and milestones definition / tracking (Long Range Planning ownership)
* Communication to VPs and President during Portfolio, Franchise and Business review
* Coordination of project leaders and cross-functional work force (on-site and global)
* R&D manager deputy, appraisals and goal setting for employees in the business unit.
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KAZ Europe SA - Groupe HELEN OF TROY
- Quality Manager
VERSAILLES
2010 - 2011
* Improvement of the product quality and cost of quality through selective incentives ( 400k$/yr)
* CAPA management (together with the Regulatory Manager), class IIA
* Contribution in the setup of Post Marketing Surveillance system
* Communication to senior management (GM and directors)
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Siemens
- Project Manager
Saint-Denis
2008 - 2009
* Head of development for an injection pump exploited in MRI devices (DNP technique)
* Coordination of a team of 4 engineers. Development of tools for fluid-mechanics modelling
* Responsible for budget and timeline, suppliers and external consultants
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INCIA-UMR5287 / INRIA / EPFL
- Scientist
2006 - 2008
* Responsible for design and manufacture of a plasma X-ray tomography system
* Team management (9 direct reports) for CAT software and hardware development
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UKAEA-Oxford Nuclear Instruments
- Researcher & Engineer
2002 - 2005
* Design and production of a new X-ray detector system (medical, dental, radioactive waste)
* Successful leadership of cross-functional team of 12 engineers (matrix-like organization)
* R&D project portfolio coordination (8-12 projects in the pipeline)
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MAE
- R&D Engineer
2000 - 2001
* Design of diagnostics for liquid metal coating of nuclear reactor
