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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Plastics, Product Liability, Patent Litigation Expert ConsultantExpertise in product design and development, plastics engineering and project management in the automotive, medical, toy and consumer products industries.
In addition, this consultant specializes in areas related to product liability and patent issues, product, tooling, manufacturing systems design and development, evaluating and cost estimating, plastics, product design and engineering, technical, design and molding problems for a syringe product line, product and tooling designs for functionality and ease of assembly.
This consultant's work experience includes design of point of purchase displays and associated tooling, design of products and tooling for toy, consumer and industrial markets, design of new products and the design review of product submissions, FDA, EPA and UL clearance testing for new products, product development for an infectious medical waste disposal product, product design of disposable medical products, design of products, tooling and assembly systems, evaluation and upgrading of new product designs for cost efficient manufacture, design, acquisition and prototyping of new tooling
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Automotive, Biomedical, Manufacturing, Medical, Plastics, Toy
EDUCATION
M.S., Plastics Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
B.S., Industrial Management, C.W. Post College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.
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Providing expertise in plastics engineering, product design and product development, product, tooling, manufacturing systems, medical product design and plastics, product liability and patent litigation expert testimony, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
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Product Development Consultant
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Served as consultant with emphasis on Product Design / Product Development issues for corporate clients and Product Liability and patent issues for the legal community.
Project Engineer, Chicago Miniature Lamp, div. of SLI Inc.
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Managed product, tooling, manufacturing systems design and development for the automotive products group of this major industry supplier. Was responsible for evaluating and cost estimating all new projects. Worked with Automotive Designers, Engineers and Program Managers to assure timely and successful product launch. Created, reviewed and modified product designs for cost saving and manufacturing efficiency. Rationalized the material purchasing systems and procedures to generate a $350,000 annual cost reduction.
Plastics, Product Design and Engineering Consultant, Intercon Consulting
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Provided plastics, product design and engineering consulting to domestic and international corporations. Solved long-standing technical, design and molding problems for a Syringe product line. Reviewed and redesigned parts and tooling, upgraded material selections, implemented new testing and release criteria. Worked with an international binocular manufacturing company. Revised their product and tooling designs for functionality and ease of assembly. Designed Point of Purchase displays and associated tooling. Designed products and tooling for Toy, Consumer and Industrial Markets.
Senior Project Engineer, Sutton Technologies Company, Ltd.
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Was responsible for the design of new products and the design review of product submissions for this International Product Development and Marketing firm. Coordinated all FDA, EPA and UL clearance testing for new products. Served as the senior American engineer on the product development team that created an infectious medical waste disposal product for Fuji Medical Products Company. Evaluated new product concepts for corporate management. Created and maintained project budgets.
Senior Design Engineer, Pall Biomedical Products Corporation
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Senior product designer for this manufacturer of disposable Medical products. Headed the design team that created a complete line of products for a new corporate division. Designed products, tooling and assembly systems. Was responsible for the design and development of new products from inception through manufacturing turnover. Worked with the Sales and Marketing Departments to define new products. Designed and approved new molds and assembly systems.
Senior Project Engineer, American Pharmaseal Corporation
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Was responsible for the product design, tooling and manufacturing process development of new disposable medical products for this division of Baxter HealthCare Corp. Designed and acquired production and assembly tooling for new products. Supervised Pilot-Plant production and coordinated transfer to Manufacturing. Worked with the Marketing, RA/QA and Manufacturing Departments to assure timely, cost effective, release of new product.
Manufacturing Engineer, United States Surgical Corporation
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Functioned as an internal Product Design and Plastics Consultant for this manufacturer of surgical stapling products. Evaluated and upgraded new product designs for cost efficient manufacture. Designed, acquired and prototyped new tooling. Involved in the design and development of the company's first disposable surgical stapler.
Project Engineer, Verly Plastics Corporation
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Reviewed customer product designs for moldability, supervised production, contacted customers, generated quotations, designed injection molds and assembly tooling for this custom injection molding company.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Senior Member, The Society of Plastics Engineers
Past President, The Society of Plastics Engineers, New York Section
PUBLICATIONS
This consultant holds patents related to boat propeller protective structures and thermodilution injectate assembly.
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