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Vanessa Brenes Quirós

Heredia

Summary

Passionate about technical topics associated with Materials Science and Quality Systems.

Proactive, curious, team player and self-taught person. Strategic engineer with background in new leadership tools and team's self-knowledge to achieve tasks and provide professional growth.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Quality Engineering Supervisor

Boston Scientific
08.2023 - Current

· Responsible for managing a team of 6 engineers who focus on the Mapping, Steerable, and Packaging areas

· Individual Development Plan in accordance with Bloom's Taxonomy and quality objectives

· Quality leader for the Ideal Product Flow project in Heredia: PRAs, MVP, rework flows and Finished Good ownership strategy at Quality level

· Approval of investigations, dispositions and additional corrections of nonconformities

· PIR Escalation analysis: execution and coaching

· Practice vs Procedure Leader in Heredia site

· Define strategies associated with preventive culture, Quality Catches and reduction of Practice vs Procedure events

· Coaching at a quality level to ensure compliance in non-conformities.

Maths and Chemistry Tutor

Freelance
01.2013 - Current

· Basic and advanced courses

· Experience working with children with attention deficit disorder, teenagers and adults.

Quality Release Manager 1

Smith+Nephew
02.2023 - 07.2023

· Leader of a staff of 7 people responsible for: Analyzing sterilization results, releasing commercial product for the Distribution Centers, maintaining the material affected by any non-conformity and reviewing NCs trends

· Costa Rica leader for Quality Release standardization for Gamma, ETO and E beam sterilization

· Personnel development, use of new evaluation methodologies and application of Bloom's taxonomy for evaluations

· CAPA owner associated with Distribution Centers, documentation and scrap unit's review

· Lead and Internal auditor, specialized in CAPA process and Quality Management Review

· Analysis of inspection results with the Distribution Centers of: USA, Netherlands and Singapore.

Senior Project Engineer

Smith+Nephew
06.2022 - 02.2023

· Lead project engineer for the transfer of machining processes from Mansfield to Costa Rica

· Responsible for ensuring compliance with validations of engineers and advanced technicians in matters of regulatory compliance, timelines, data analysis and justification

· Gate Review representative in phase 1, 2 and 3 for Costa Rica towards transfer directors

· Quality SME within the validations team

· Lead and Internal Auditor.

Senior Quality Engineer - Quality Systems

Smith+Nephew
12.2020 - 05.2022

· CAPA total site system leader: Review and approval of all CAPAs on the Costa Rica site, ensuring that the requirements of each phase are met

· Audit captain in the Back room (4 times, including announcement audit), leading up to 4 teams during 3 days of external auditing

· Review of material dispositions: sort, rework and Use as Is

· Quality System Projects associated with Training, Quality Management Review and Doc Control

· Consolidation, review and presentation of information for the Quality Review of Costa Rica + Austin

· Review and preparation of regulatory requests for Asia.

Quality Engineer l

Boston Scientific
02.2020 - 12.2020

· Coaching for interns in the Polar accessories area

· Owner of product and system nonconformities

· Leader of 5s total site in production

· Process changes

· Material disposition.

Training Engineer l

Boston Scientific
05.2018 - 01.2020

· Training strategy to maintain the production line with the appropriate amount of Work Content Graph and its respective coverage

· Coordination of training and rotations with Production and EHS

· Technical knowledge about OIs products

· Changes at the process level, carrying out their respective technical and procedural analysis

· Owner of non-conformities associated with the production line

· Active member of Problem Solvings in the area

· Indirect supervision of technicians I.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Tecnológico de Costa Rica
08.2023

Undergraduate Degree, Teaching -

Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica
05.2018

Diploma, English - CONARE -

Tecnológico De Costa Rica
02.2018

Undergraduate Degree, Materials Science and Engineering -

Tecnológico de Costa Rica
01.2018

Skills

  • Root Cause
  • Critical Thinking
  • Quality Systems

Certification

· Lead Auditor

· Auditor ISO 45001:2018

· Internal Auditor ISO 13485:2016

· Software Design: From Requirements to Release

· Biomedical Engineering, UCR

· Leadership Strategies for Women

· Technical Writing

Languages

Spanish
LESCO
English

Honors Awards

· Summa Cum Laude – Master’s Degree

· Honor Scholarship - Undergraduate Degree

· National Champ of Taekwondo 57-62 kg

· JUNCOS Champ of Taekwondo 57-62 kg

Personal Information

Title: MBA, Materials Engineer, QMS | Sr Quality Engineer / Supervisor

Timeline

Senior Quality Engineering Supervisor

Boston Scientific
08.2023 - Current

Quality Release Manager 1

Smith+Nephew
02.2023 - 07.2023

Senior Project Engineer

Smith+Nephew
06.2022 - 02.2023

Senior Quality Engineer - Quality Systems

Smith+Nephew
12.2020 - 05.2022

Quality Engineer l

Boston Scientific
02.2020 - 12.2020

Training Engineer l

Boston Scientific
05.2018 - 01.2020

Maths and Chemistry Tutor

Freelance
01.2013 - Current

Master of Business Administration -

Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Undergraduate Degree, Teaching -

Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica

Diploma, English - CONARE -

Tecnológico De Costa Rica

Undergraduate Degree, Materials Science and Engineering -

Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Vanessa Brenes Quirós