Chris Morrow

About Chris Morrow

Highly detail oriented Mechanical Engineer. Excel in managing complex instrumentation and systems engineering projects and taking them to market in the bio-tech industry.Very personable and always looking for ways to improve not only myself but the organization or company I\'m a part of.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Carterra

   Apr 2014 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Implement product development processCreate and follow through with documentation processes that aid in efficient collaborative work within a multidisciplinary engineering environment. Oversee and manage all engineering activities and personnel Coordinate complex systems engineering activities in a multidisciplinary engineering environment. Including, Mechanical, Software, Electrical, and Materials EngineersEnsure that all activities are efficient and maximize parallel work that can be successfully integrated.Work so closely with the engineers that there is often a chance for me to jump in and help out as needed. I\'m very used to getting my hands dirty. Work with marketing team and users to help translate customer and marketing requirements into well defined design and engineering requirements to help drive the product development. Well experienced in identifying areas of risk within a project and forming a strategy to mitigate the risk. Give technical guidance and be a leader to various engineering disciplines including Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Design, Software UI / UX, firmware and applications engineers.Conduct design reviews to ensure risk is reduced and requirements are being met. Flexible as needed with different projects as every project requires slightly different things. Schedule projects that have a high degree of complexity. Current approach is a 4 phased approach from Project definition, to concept generation through design and build / test. All the way up through transfer to manufacturing. Activities to schedule out often include:Design activitiesDocumentation activitiesregulatory and prep for testingbuild activitiesintegration between the different disciplines. ie mechanical integration with firmwareBudget and track expenses relating to projects.Help encourage and foster a positive work atmosphere where employees can be effective, successful and find satisfaction in their work.

Education

• University of Utah

  BS Mechanical Engineering

  2003 — 2009

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Pro Engineer
• Leadership
• Tissue Culture
• R&D
• Physiology
• University Teaching
• Testing
• Cell Biology
• Matlab
• Strategic Planning
• Molecular Biology
• Biomedical Engineering
• Product Development
• Pcr
• Data Analysis
• Mechanical Engineering
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Science
• Biochemistry
• Microsoft Office
• Cell Culture
• Heat Transfer
• Finite Element Analysis
• Lifesciences
• Engineering
• Western Blotting
• Microscopy
• Cfd
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Cad
• Higher Education
• Cell