patrick fritchie

* Software Development Manager * Managed 8 SW Engineers using C * VAX / ICE environment for 80186 / iRMX target * Established procedures for documentation, releases, testing, problem reporting, etc. * Established procedures for software scheduling and estimation * Interfaced with customers, Field Service, & Manufacturing to identify & resolve problems * Managed department finances

* Principal Systems Engineer – New Concept Development * Developed Technical Risk Reduction and System Architecture plans for feasibility * Wrote System Architecture Specifications, System Requirements, Subsystem Requirements and Interface Specifications * Developed product line strategy for 8 unique, but scalable instrument architectures, from low to high volume markets, reusing common subsystems * Developed RFID technology for use with disposables, consumables and FRUs * Managed multi-discipline team to develop feasibility breadboards * Principal author of 8 patents: for RFID, supply chain or new concept architectures * Built 11 assay development prototypes * Authored timing analysis and developed performance budgets

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* Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Research * Developed Technical Risk Management Training Material for System Engineers * Developed Stagegate Process and Deliverables for System Development * Developed multiple SOWs to manage outside vendors * Wrote System Architecture Specifications, System Requirements, Subsystem Requirements and Interface Specifications * Managed multi-discipline teams to develop engineering prototypes for new system concepts * Principal author of 19 patents (see below) * Authored timing analysis and developed performance budgets

* Divisional Systems Engineer – Core R&D * Established System Engineering curriculum for training and mentoring 25 system engineering candidates from 7 programs and 3 different Abbott sites: * Outlined System Engineering process and deliverables for each stage gate, and later adjusted to Six Sigma tollgates and INCOSE * Trained System Engineers to be fluent in computer based tools for QFD, TRIZ, DOE, Pugh-Matrix, * Co-developed training material with experts from SMU, Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett Packard, and US Navy for Integrated Risk Management, Life Cycle Cost Management, System Design, DFSS, sensitivity analysis, system error models, simulations, design synthesis human factors, FMEA, and FTA * Developed Global Assessment process for CAPA and piloted investigations across 3 Abbott sites, presenting results to regulatory agencies * Supported integrated concept development and timing analysis for new systems

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Delta