Experienced business and technical leader with exceptional vision to strategically transform organizations, drive disruptive innovation, and build creative, high functioning teams. More than 25 years of result-oriented, high-integrity R&D leadership with deep domain expertise in the creation of high reliability implantable medical products. Demonstrated unique ability to not only define transformational strategies, but to activate large organizations to deliver on those strategies, including cultural change, advancing engineering competencies and inspiring the pursuit of disruptive innovation. Champion of diversity in engineering to drive creativity, disruption and innovation toward advancing business growth. Active STEM leader, change agent and winner of prestigious national STEM awards. Active advisory board member to the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering.