Quality Control Engineer

ALEJANDRO VILLASEÑOR

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Toronto, ON M6H 3Y3

647-***-**** ● aczj1j@r.postjobfree.com ● www.linkedin.com/in/alejandrovh

QUALITY/BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 years of work experience in Quality Assurance of medical devices and 5+ years of experience in biomedical research, methods & development of experimental protocols

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and Master of Science in Biomechanics

• Worked with R&D quality system standards and manufacturing processes of medical devices, ISO 9000, GMP’s and knowledgeable in Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001 & ISO 13485

• Strong computer application skills in software and ability to manage CRM

• Proficient in medical devices operation and maintenance, hemodialysis machines

• Experience in data acquisition & simulation systems, Matlab, Simulink, Labview

• Experience in reviewing and improving business process quality

• Ability for troubleshooting and root cause analysis

• Strengths in application systems integration and training

• Self-motivated, self-managing and goal oriented

• Ability to work in highly-technical and fast-paced environments

• Multi-lingual with strong communication skills in Spanish, English and French

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant in Biomechanics 2015-2016

PROPEL Laboratory, Holland Bloorview Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto

• Assisted students and main researcher in gait analysis & biomechanics projects including data collection (Vicon & Wearable Sensors Systems), data processing, literature searches

• Assisted Dr. Jan Andrysek & Brandon Burke, Chief technology officer and Director Partnership of Legworks Company (www.legworks.org), respectively; in Regulatory Affairs leading to expand market to Mexico & Latin America for the prosthetic knee joint AT-Knee

Research Assistant in Biomedical Engineering 2005-2012

Neuromuscular Control Laboratory, McGill University, Montreal

• Carried out research towards understanding of grip reflex mechanisms in human hand facing external and unexpected dynamic force/position perturbations

• Utilized biomedical/biomechanical research techniques: kinetic, kinematic and electromyography signal recording analysis, system identification methods and computer modeling

• Completed design, construction and testing of grip force experimental apparatus consisting of a pulley system connecting : a six degree-of-freedom force transducer, a servo-controlled rotatory motor, two load cells and a potentiometer

• Elaborated and successfully approved experimental protocols and ethics documentation

• Implemented software by using MATLAB to control experiments with grip force apparatus

Biomechanics Research/Teaching Assistant 2002-2004

Biomechanics Laboratory, McGill University, Montreal

• Quantified body segment and joint movements by film and video as well as measured external forces acting upon the body by means of accelerometers

ALEJANDRO VILLASEÑOR

647-***-**** ● aczj1j@r.postjobfree.com ● www.linkedin.com/in/alejandrovh

• Implemented and conducted experiments to evaluate performance of ice hockey athletes by simultaneously recording stick movement and internal bending from high-speed video and puck acceleration from a triaxial accelerometer embedded in the puck

• Delivered selected course lectures in Biomechanics of Human Movement, and assisted in exam evaluation

• Conducted weekly presentations and interactive tutorials for a minimum of 25 students

Device Maintenance Biomedical Engineer 2000-2002

Médica Sur Hospital, INNSZ, México City

• Worked on preventive and corrective maintenance of medical equipment to ensure optimal performance, mainly for hemodialysis machine model “Fresenius A2008E”

• Prepared and designed methodologies for medical equipment preventive and corrective maintenance

• Reduced up to 80% number of failures reported per month in Hemodialysis machines

• Verified and managed inventories of spare parts for medical equipment

Quality Control Engineer 1999-2000

Pacific Device-AvailMed, TJ, Mexico/San Diego, CA

• Worked on quality control (QC) methodologies of ISO 9000 in manufacturing process of medical devices

• Supervised manufacturing process and quality control team of supervisors and inspectors

• Conducted research to solve and reduce considerably customer complaints

• Instructed personnel in quality control methodologies with GMP’s and ISO 9000

• Solved failures of quality control system with other departments, such as management, production and engineering

EDUCATION

Certificate in Lean Six Sigma 2016

University of Toronto

Continuing studies in Quality Systems Engineering 2014

Concordia University, Montreal

Continuing studies in Biomedical Engineering 2012

McGill University, Montreal

Master of Science in Biomechanics 2004

McGill University, Montreal

Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical Instrumentation 1996

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, México City

AWARDS- CONACYT Scholarship

The Mexican National Council for Science and Technology

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