Brett Abplanalp

• Established a reputation of leadership that can consistently deliver maximum results the first time (high “say do” ratio –outstanding ratings on my last two yearly reviews) • Established a reputation of trust and success with my open communication style, technical skills, ability to influence and personal demeanor • 5 years of medical device industry experience as an Engineering Manager and QA/RA Engineer • Established best practices for project management cross-functionally (90%+ on time projects) • Led a team of twelve individuals through a special FDA remediation project that started with an unclear scope, objectives and deliverables (3 month project completed with successes in 2) • Led a 10 month, $170K refresh project which lead to $712K of incremental revenue (3 days early with no introduced quality issues) • Developed a process that links our Global Product Team’s priorities to the daily activates of our direct reports (setting up allocation files and standard work times for direct reports) • Developed new process to review prior field issues as a part of the overall Product Development Process (was able to include the corrective actions for 5 known quality issues on first project that used this process) • Developed new process to track key quality metrics (per phase) as part of the overall Product Development Process (led to an on time project first time used on a 1.5 yr project) • Received President’s Innovation Award for outstanding contributions on the Advanta 2 Bed. • 4 years of experience in the automotive industry (tier 1 supplier) as a Quality/Continues Improvement Engineer • When I was with GECOM I helped drive their IPM (quality ranking) with Honda from 2004 at 51.65 to 44.63 and 35.50 in 2005 / 2006 (since I began with the Honda group). My plant responsibilities (MAP, ELP and HCM 1) have dropped from 53.47 in 2004 to 50.82 and 40.18 in 2005 / 2006.