Drew Cairns

- Managed a team of engineers responsible for new product development, sustaining, and production efforts to support the doubling of company revenue from 2019 to 2022. - Defined company engineering processes and design guides. - Determined customer requirements using data from sales and marketing, then translated to technical requirements. - Created and implement quality processes, including final disposition of all out-of-specification parts received. - Lead project to increase manufacturing capacity including definition of solutions and tradeoffs, vendor identification; negotiation; and downselection, and financial justification of equipment purchase resulting in capacity increase of 30%

- Architected multiple CNC machine tools for routing, milling and plasma cutting applications which were responsible for tripling company revenue from 2014 to 2019. – (as seen on Tested tinyurl.com/Tested-CNCRP) - Designed rigid, low backlash ballscrew and modular rack and pinion based linear motion axes. - Generated drawings to clearly communicate design features and tolerances to domestic and international vendors - Created technical documentation followed successfully by thousands of end users - Analyzed system deflection using hand calcs and empirical testing, informing changes which decreased deflection by 30% - Increased manufacturing output over 150% by improving part design and creating machining fixtures

- Created optimized procedure of microtip DNA capture which rivals efficiency of Qiagen Kit, at 1/10th the cost - Used PCR to quantitatively analyze the results of DNA purification experiments with micro and nanotip devices - Optimized experimental process with several samples including whole blood, blood plasma and saliva - Iteratively designed and implemented changes to experimental procedure after analyzing results

- Used CNC Mills and Lathes, as well as rapid prototyping processes, to fabricate the parts of laboratory devices - Assembled, programed, and checked for correct operation of said devices

- Used Solidworks to design ultra-portable rapid diagnostic tool based on microtip DNA purification technology - Fabricated said diagnostic tool with CNC lathes and mills - Evaluated diagnostic tool using PCR, and optimized experimental process to meet project goals for contract proposals - Designed and tested additional equipment produced using rapid prototyping processes - Worked with senior engineers to help perfect lab-based DNA purification device now slated for 2014 release to market