Srinath Lingutla

Engineering leadership for on-market product and manufacturing

• Lead multiple engineering teams & managers in US & overseas in areas of product engineering, injection mold tooling engineering & assembly engineering. • Responsible for on-market product engineering in areas of IV therapy, Oncology & Critical care • Active Member – Project review board, CAPA review board, Risk/HHE Review board • Lead and sponsor CI efforts • Actively led Engineering in multiple areas as part of Integration efforts resulting from acquisition of Hospira Infusion Systems

• Supervise team of 8 personnel including engineers, CAD personnel and technicians and provide overall leadership for the product engineering department • Lead and support CAPA activities for product and process improvements • Spearhead initiatives for continuous process and product improvements in a high volume molding and automation setting • Champion and provide support for key projects in the business unit • Lead product and manufacturing process improvement efforts

• Successful management of multiple projects related to new product development, process, equipment improvement, cost reduction, quality and business maintenance • Provided technical support for manufacturing in issues related to product and process • Provided leadership for execution of device development programs and manage an engineering group consisting of 3 engineers and a technician • Collaborated with multiple functional departments on projects and operations • Lead root cause investigation effort; conducted design, execution and analysis of experiments using statistical tools • Successfully transferred assembly processes across company locations with cost savings up to $2 million • Active management of projects supporting Vertical Integration efforts • Product engineering/ technical responsibility for new product development and improving existing medical devices for manufacturing and market success • Translated customer, marketing, regulatory, medical & user requirements into functional product requirements • Certified Six-sigma Green belt

• Instrument development; prototype clinical trial monitor • Technology evaluation for physiological variables measurement and correlation with core variables in the clinical model • Project manager and Engineer – New product development • Successfully managed and engineered project from R&D to product launch(project recognized for good design controls on NSAI audit) • Active participation in 510K submission; Direct FDA interaction • Design controls, V&V testing and Microbiological testing management on project

Played an active role in formation of “Rescue Medical Systems. Inc” by the University of Utah Research Foundation (UURF) based on lab research • Intellectual property to market analysis, evaluation and developing business models, marketing to engineering requirements, identifying potential partners and writing a business plan • Actively implemented business plan, wrote grant proposals and coordinated efforts to start business

• Developed physiological modeling approaches to aid development of cardiac emergency algorithm. • Provided key contributions ( in a multi-disciplinary effort to develop intelligent health care system to aid cardiac emergency responders • Conducted research and developed software for the prototype of portable emergency medical healthcare system (NASA) to aid astronauts in the International Space Station • Developed training software working with Anesthesiologists to introduce novel training approaches in anesthesiology resident curriculum • Conducted training sessions to train anesthesiology residents for adverse event responses using part-task and variable priority training