Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
Ruben Antúnez Martínez

Ruben Antúnez Martínez

Longmont,CO

Summary

Accomplished Engineering leader helping top Med-Tech companies with manufacturing technologies for new product development and introduction and with Strategy/Policy deployment to achieve and sustain safety, quality, service, and cost targets through world-class Industrial Engineering principles and practices.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity advocate. Former chair of the Hispanic/Latino employee resource group at Medtronic-Colorado.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director of Engineering, Global Contract Mfg.

Medtronic-Surgical Robotics
Lafayette, CO
05.2022 - 04.2023
  • Led a multisite, US based team of six high-skilled Engineers.
  • Deployed a capital assets risk/lifecycle management program involving $6M annual investment (200+ molding tools and 57 inspection and test equipment).
  • Deployed a Manufacturing Engineering framework driving teams (Contract Manufacturers) to reduce waste and achieve manufacturing stability, eliminating barriers to products' delivery continuity.
  • Drove manufacturing planning activities for the robotic system early market penetration in China as well as business continuity planning analysis (“crown jewels”) for long term product continuity risk management.

Director, Strategic Product Cost Operations

Medtronic-Surgical Robotics
Boulder, CO
09.2019 - 05.2022
  • Led a multisite, US based team of five high-skilled Engineers.
  • Deployed a product cost reduction program across the end-to-end value stream with global/cross-functional teams establishing a 5-year pipeline of cost reduction drivers to cut $400k+ per robotic system.
  • Achieved ≈ $10M annual savings in FY22, with a projection of ≈ $60M savings in FY23

Director, Advanced Mfg. and Corporate Engineering

Medtronic-RGI
Boulder, CO
07.2018 - 09.2019
  • Led a multisite, global team of 12 high-skilled Engineers (US, Mexico, Ireland, Israel).
  • Drove global teams to ramp up capacity of ventilator filters and oximetry sensors as part of the Medtronic core team in response to the global pandemic.
  • Deployed a capital assets risk/lifecycle management program involving $36M annual investment (molding tools, automation and inspection and test equipment), as well as a global capacity modeling tool and dashboard.
  • Expanded my role of AME into this Corporate Engineering role.

Director, Advanced Mfg. Engineering

Covidien-RMS
Boulder, CO
05.2010 - 07.2018
  • Led a multisite, global team of 13 high-skilled Engineers (US, Mexico, Ireland, Israel).
  • Deployed the “Ops in PDP” framework and the Design for Cell Operating System enabling Operations to be a trusted partner to successfully bring new products from concept to commercialization.
  • Drove the development and setup of manufacturing, assembly and test systems for new product introductions at plants in Mexico, Ireland, Italy and Contract Manufacturers in the US, Israel, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, and Slovakia, in collaboration with cross-functional global teams.
  • Drove the global team on the design transfer into manufacturing of 30+ complex new products running concurrently at various stages of development, contributing to the successful commercialization of 20+ new products within in a seven-year span (generating ≈$110M+ revenue in FY17).
  • Managed the department budget of $2.3M and Capital Spend of $5.6M within the annual operating plan (AOP Avg.).

Project Manager and Rebranding Champion

Covidien-RMS
Boulder, CO
04.2008 - 05.2010
  • Integrated and lead multidisciplinary-multisite global teams (13 sites) to re-brand, update, and deploy to manufacturing thousands of product printed items within regulatory compliance as part of the COVIDIEN spinoff from Tyco Healthcare.
  • Integrated and lead a multidisciplinary team to successfully complete a PCBA product transfer from the US to China involving $4M in purchase price savings.

Division Project Manager

Covidien-RMS
Cd. Juarez, Mexico
01.2007 - 04.2008
  • Led a quality and financial improvements project with an annual purchase price of $5.2 million through the consolidation/transfer of 140+ molds from external suppliers.
  • Formulated and implemented an Engineering strategy for a 3k+ employees' plant, improving Engineering services and resources utilization accelerating completion of continuous improvement, cost savings, and new product introduction projects.
  • Led two programs comprised of 17 and 12 individual projects respectively for regulatory compliance on 2 Mexico-plants (4k+ employees), leading to the FDA lifting a products export detention at one of the plants.
  • Managed a $3M+ capital investment on environmental control equipment and validations including assembly equipment software.

Engineering Manager

Covidien – MMJ S.A. de C.V
Cd. Juarez, Mexico
01.2005 - 12.2006
  • Managed the Engineering group (6 engineers and 2 technicians) and the equipment and facility maintenance groups (2 engineers and 45 technicians and janitors) within a $1.2M operating budget and $2M+ capital investment annually.
  • Supported R&D's product and technology development initiatives developing and validating innovative co-extrusion and insert molding manufacturing processes and launching new products, transferred manufacturing processes from other Covidien sites, completed numerous cost reductions and product improvements, and sustained a dependable cost-effective equipment and facilities operation.

Project Manager

Covidien – MMJ S.A. de C.V
Cd. Juarez, Mexico
10.2002 - 12.2004
  • Led a manufacturing facility transfer project involving ≈$0.6M on capital investment, relocating and validating 32 manufacturing lines with 234 direct laborers.
  • Managed the transferred operations consistently meeting safety, quality, service and cost as per the AOP through supply chain and manufacturing best-in-class practices.

Engineering Manager

Venusa de Mexico S.A. de C.V
Cd. Juarez, Mexico
07.1996 - 10.2002
  • Managed the Engineering group (6 Engineers and 18 technicians and janitors). Operating Budget: $568k; Capital Investments: $412k.
  • Planned, directed, and coordinated Engineering programs and systems to quote product costs/pricing and to develop and validate manufacturing processes for new product introductions providing contract manufacturing services to top Med-Tech companies such as Boston Scientific, Baxter, and J&J.

Engineering Superintendent

Venusa de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Cd. Juarez, Mexico
12.1988 - 07.1996
  • Advanced my career through roles of increased responsibility including: Production Supervisor, Industrial Engineer, Training, Equipment and Facility Maintenance, and Environmental Engineering, contributing to the company growth from 40 direct laborers to 800.

Education

Master’s - Business Administration/Global Management

University of Phoenix
01.2001

Bachelor’s - Industrial And Electrical Engineering

Technological Institute of Durango, Durango, MX
05.1988

Skills

  • Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills
  • Bilingual-English/Spanish
  • Talent Management, Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Engineering Management, Operations Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Safety Standards
  • Quality Management, Supplier Quality
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Supply Chain Management, Strategic Sourcing
  • Cost Management, Cost Savings
  • Process Improvement, Process Validation, Process Capability, Change Management
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Business Continuity Management, Risk Management
  • Capacity Planning, Capital Equipment
  • Industrial Automation, Injection Molding
  • Test Equipment, Equipment Maintenance
  • Value Analysis, Value Engineering
  • Product Development, Program Management, Project Management

Languages

  • Bilingual Spanish/English (fluent)

Accomplishments

  • Patents D753,817 and D753,818 as collaborator of a tracheostomy Tube design.
  • Former Chair of the Hispanic, Latino Network (HLN) Colorado Hub.
  • 2019 Medtronic-HLN Leadership Award for the integration and global deployment of a development for all playbook (My Learning Passport).
  • Diploma on Design, Reliability, Manufacturability (DRM)

Certification

  • Certified Project Manager Professional (PMI)

Timeline

Director of Engineering, Global Contract Mfg. - Medtronic-Surgical Robotics
05.2022 - 04.2023
Director, Strategic Product Cost Operations - Medtronic-Surgical Robotics
09.2019 - 05.2022
Director, Advanced Mfg. and Corporate Engineering - Medtronic-RGI
07.2018 - 09.2019
Director, Advanced Mfg. Engineering - Covidien-RMS
05.2010 - 07.2018
Project Manager and Rebranding Champion - Covidien-RMS
04.2008 - 05.2010
Division Project Manager - Covidien-RMS
01.2007 - 04.2008
Engineering Manager - Covidien – MMJ S.A. de C.V
01.2005 - 12.2006
Project Manager - Covidien – MMJ S.A. de C.V
10.2002 - 12.2004
Engineering Manager - Venusa de Mexico S.A. de C.V
07.1996 - 10.2002
Engineering Superintendent - Venusa de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
12.1988 - 07.1996
University of Phoenix - Master’s, Business Administration/Global Management
Technological Institute of Durango - Bachelor’s, Industrial And Electrical Engineering

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