Clifford Simmons
Manager, PMO Trauma & Extremities Operations
- Role
- Manager, Program Management Office, Trauma and Extremities Operations at Stryker
- Location
- Memphis, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Clifford Simmons
Motivated engineer with advanced project management experience and strong background in product development, design and manufacturing process improvements.23 years of product development experience in foam and plastics injection molding design; aluminum and vinyl profile design; and spinal medical device design.• Managed engineering research and design teams on thoracolumbar, cervical and intra-discal development projects and instrumentation while maintaining an $11-million annual budget.• Guided obsolescent strategy for product life cycles with responsibility for overall approval of FDA submission and testing requirements for clearance and market release.• Earned final approval on all development projects in the Unites States and OUS.• Led teams to identify goals for new products, outline testing procedures and draft specifications formanufacturers while interacting directly with key opinion leaders to gain voice of customer.• Coordinated directly with market researchers and material suppliers to evaluate market needs,existing competition and potential project costs.• Supervised both onsite and offsite staff while maintaining a diverse resource pool and providing enhanced focus on performance improvement plan employees to meet department goals.• Served as primary contact for FDA and EU MDR audits of design history files for 10-years and developed standard operating procedures for corporate and FDA audits.
Experience
Manager, Program Management Office, Trauma and Extremities Operations
Mar 2024 — Present · Arlington, TN, US
Education
Northwest Mississippi Community College
AAS, Drafting & Design with an emphasis on mechanical design
1997 — 1999
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
BS, Industrial Technology
2004 — 2006
Skills
- Injection Molding
- Quality System
- V&V
- Capital Equipment Purchasing
- Molding
- Project Management
- Machine Tools
- Product Design
- Production Launch
- Product Launch
- Capital Equipment Justification
- Surgical Instruments
- Iso 13485
- Plastic Extrusion
- Design Control
- Business Process Improvement
- Fda
- Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Extrusion
- Medical Devices
- Spine
- Validation
- R&D
- U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
- Product Development
- Design for Manufacturing
- Verification and Validation (V&V)
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