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● Proven track record in driving complex engineering ideas from concept phase to successful commercial release. ● Instrumental in the release of over 20 products and features impacting over 6000 customer sites globally. ● Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and people skills as MR feature lead. Deep experience in systems integration with strong execution control.

Senior Manager Operations - CT @ From May 2015 to Present (6 months) Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaLead Systems Engineer @ ● Led a cross-functional team of subsystem, service & safety engineers, application leaders, in the development of MR750 Dual Drive Feature for Improved Image Quality, from project feasibility study to product installation. ● Demonstrated excellent accountability with regards to specifications, performance, reliability and overall technical risks. Authored design reviews, feature description documents, operator & service manuals, and 510(k) content. ● Planned and executed a clear integration plan for product demo for a luminary customer under a timeline of 3 weeks, winning excellent customer feedback and recognition. Took the lead to resolve unforeseen challenges. ● Displayed inclusiveness by working with Sys. PE, Cleveland coils teams to drive improvements into effectiveness of the GEM FVP & Coils DRS documents. Simplified ECR / ECO impact for Coils team & Vendors on their designs by reducing rework time by 70%. ● Demonstrated versatility with execution skills and provided verification support across numerous VPs which supported the team/business to achieve multiple NPI program milestones. ● Transferred technical know-how to global engineering teams by authoring the RF Integration plan along with Systems PE ● Supported several CSOs and pilot installs in Europe &Latin America, gained valuable insight into customer needs. From January 2013 to May 2015 (2 years 5 months) Lead Systems Designer @ ● Successfully launched commercial MR surface coils following Design Controls guidelines. Released over 5 GE and 3rd party coils sold on 4 premium MR platforms. As the LSD, led core teams consisting of design & service engineers, PM, QA, RA, SQE, sourcing, applications and marketing, for requirements gathering, formal verification & validation, design transfer, user & service manuals, defect management and 510(k) content. ● Displayed the ability to make good personal connections that enabled teams to meet expected timelines. ● Collaborated with MR coils suppliers to formulate Purchase specifications (PSPs) and Staging Tests (TSTs). ● Led the delivery of 3 business critical safety FMIs impacting 6000+ sites & 16 products ranging from E2 to 750w. ● Excelled in working with global teams in Bangalore, Cleveland, MR-PET and cross-functional teams at MR to deliver on a variety of projects and improvements for NPI/IB systems activities. Delivered safety FMI 2 weeks in advance. ● Showed great initiative, external focus and courage in innovating the design and implementation of the p-port combiner to allow customers to meet a critical workflow need for the Tri-modality MR-PET/CT program. From February 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 11 months) Lead Coils Integrator @ ● Provided domain expertise in coil-system integration, supported IB, researcher customers, NPIs and guided global team members. Led the integration analysis, feasibility study of 5 surface coils across 5 MR platforms. ● Epitomized inclusiveness by working collaboratively with every function. Voluntarily coached and mentored the BLR team during vacation visits to India and regularly recognized by vendor counter parts. ● Successfully investigated and resolved customer complaints on 3T94 head coil, SCIC/PURE optimization. ● Led the design & development of the coils ATE machine, reduced manufacturing time from 8h to 45m. From March 2008 to February 2010 (2 years) Graduate Teaching Assistant @ ● Supervised labs for IDIS 300 – Industrial Electricity for 30 students. From August 2006 to December 2007 (1 year 5 months) Lecturer @ ● Taught 'Industrial Electricity’ course to a class of 38 junior year students. ● Delivered lectures, prepared presentations, notes, homeworks, assignments, quizzes and tests. From June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months) Graduate Research Assistant @ ●Apart from PhD research, was involved in troubleshooting problems associated with the maintenance of Omega and Inova MRI systems ●Fabricated different designs of planar coil arrays for better penetration and SNR ●Experienced in coil fabrication (using Protel, LPKF, etc.), matching and tuning coil arrays Investigated methods to decouple planar coils From September 2003 to August 2006 (3 years) Summer Intern @ ● Built and successfully tested baluns and phase shifter networks to be used in a 6 channel carotid coil at 3Tesla.\ ● Executed macros to calculate EM power dissipation in circular coils using XFDTD software. From April 2005 to August 2005 (5 months) Graduate Research Assistant @ ● Developed matlab macros for signal, image processing and computational algorithms as a part of MS research. From August 2001 to August 2003 (2 years 1 month)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical Engineering @ Texas A&M University From 2003 to 2008 Master of Science (MS), Bio Engineering @ University of Illinois at Chicago From 2001 to 2003 Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Energy Engineering @ Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur From 1997 to 2001 Naresh Yallapragada is skilled in: Medical Devices, Medical Imaging, Management, Project Management, Cross-functional Team..., Program Management, Leadership, Research, Biomedical Engineering, Matlab, Healthcare, Product Development, MRI, Design Control, R&D, FDA, Radiology, Testing, Process Improvement, Integration, Signal Processing, Image Processing, Algorithms, Engineering, C++