Mohan Sancheti

- Established facility for the manufacture of gears, crankshafts and cylinders for motorcycles. Directly responsible for equipment selection, process development, process validation and operator training. - Improved jigs, fixtures and machine tools in the assembly and machine shops to reduce scrap and increase capacity. - Led a cross functional team to implement SPC in the machine shop.

- Transitioned the company from a pre-commercial to an early commercial stage and developed the people, systems and policies to support it. - Played a key role in the manufacturing transfer and launch of four new products one of which was developed with an OEM supplier. - Managed a cloud based IT environment and led the development of a strategic plan to scale IT systems based on business needs.

- Overall leadership of Production, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, IT and Quality for a startup developing a portable respiratory assist device, nasal mask and related accessories. - Developed manufacturing strategy that leveraged internal and external resources to ensure a scalable operation while managing costs and ensuring product quality. - Drove improvements to the design control process to help uncover and address product performance issues early in the design cycle.

- Overall leadership for Production, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities and Customer Service teams. Scope of responsibility included Radio Frequency generator, disposable catheters and various accessories. - Hired nearly all of the operations staff that efficiently expanded disposable unit production to support >30% sustained shipment growth. - Drove record improvements in product quality, on time delivery and supply chain reliability while reducing manufacturing cost by over 50%. - Active member of the senior management team that sold VNUS to Covidien for $510M in June 2009. Participated in development of financial projections related to manufacturing savings and in extensive due diligence. - Active contributor to setting corporate and functional goals for strategic and annual operating plans, and in establishing a positive corporate culture of accountability and achievement. - Drove cross-functional alignment by facilitating the development of shared goals and rewards resulting in successful completion of new product development (NPD) and cost reduction projects. - Committed manufacturing resources to support new product development as part of cross-functional core teams. Supported seamless launch of two sophisticated disposable products. - Developed manufacturing strategy including offshore manufacturing to support continued strong growth and to reduce costs in anticipation of pricing pressure.

Various engineering and operations responsibilities related to three PMA endovascular products; Responsibilities included: Managing production to support three clinical trials and international sales; Development of manufacturing module for PMA submission; Preparation of facility for FDA site inspection; Hiring of key personnel for QA, Manufacturing Engineering, Production and Materials; Scale up of operations to build inventory for US launch and sustained shipment growth.

- Led a team that was responsible for design of automated equipment to support introduction of new products, reduce manufacturing cost and improve quality. - Developed in-house machine design capability and partnerships with machine design vendors to support the division’s assembly, test and packaging equipment needs. - Managed rapid capacity growth while identifying and eliminating sources of yield loss and rework at three manufacturing sites (Menlo Park, Mexico and Taiwan). - Successfully managed 4X capacity expansion at sub contractor in Mexico. Responsibilities included budgeting, project management, equipment selection and process validation. - Implemented the use of Statistical Process Control and eliminated the need for final QC for selected attributes by demonstrating process capability. - Developed a model to understand available capacity and future equipment requirements for a complex product line with over 100 part numbers each of which had a large number of attributes that influence process flow and throughput.