Tony Dalessandro

About Tony Dalessandro

To improve human health and quality of life by passionately applying my education and experience towards the development of medical device products. Specialties: Design for Six Sigma Black Belt

Experience

1. Director of R & d

   Zenflow, Inc

   May 2025 — Present · South San Francisco, CA, US

   Leading the mechanical R&D efforts for Zenflow’s innovative minimally invasive therapies for BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia). Responsible for driving product development, scaling design processes, and guiding a multidisciplinary team to bring next-generation urological solutions toward commercialization. Excited to contribute to Zenflow’s mission to transform the standard of care for men’s health by advancing innovative, patient-focused solutions.

Education

• San Francisco State University

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  1993 — 1997

• Arizona State University

  BS, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

  1997

Skills

• Medical Devices
• Engineering Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Corrective and Preventive Action (Capa)
• Quality System
• V&V
• Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Dfmea)
• Injection Molding
• Product Design
• Product Development
• Catheters
• Verification and Validation (V&V)
• Six Sigma
• Product Launch
• Design Control
• R&D
• Microsoft Office
• Fmea
• U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Iso 14971
• Fea
• Design for Manufacturing
• Solidworks
• Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
• Machine Tools
• Statistical Process Control (Spc)
• Testing
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Plastics
• Validation
• Engineering
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Iso 13485