Tressa M.

Project Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in project management and medical systems engineering.
Led cross-functional teams to enhance product design.
Innovative leader focused on high-quality product delivery.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Systems Engineer with strong project management expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementAgile Project ManagementSystems Engineering

Other Skills

Project PlanningProject CoordinationCSPOPlanning & SchedulingBudget ManagementStakeholder ManagementVerification and Validation (V&V)Microsoft Projectiso 17664Program ManagementUsability TestingInternal CommunicationsStakeholder EngagementMicrosoft Team Foundation ServerALM Quality Center

About

At GE HealthCare, my previous tenure as Lead Systems Designer and currently as Project Leader is distinguished by expertise in Project management, Medical Systems engineering and proficiency in integrating complex medical device functions. My mission is to innovate for a healthier world that is advanced through my leadership in technical guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that ensures high-quality product delivery and addresses critical field quality issues. My role involves planning, scheduling timelines and coordinating cross functions, synthesizing inputs from engineering to regulatory domains, enhancing our product's robustness for today's market. With our focus on system design and analysis, FMEA, and meticulous requirements management, my team and I contribute to the development of advanced medical technologies, supporting GE HealthCare's commitment to excellence and interdisciplinary integration.

Experience

16 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs

Current Experience

Ge healthcare

2 roles

Project Leader

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · On-site

Single handedly managing compliance projects that engages inter-regional folks to collaborate in executing external tests and generate qualified test certificates resulting in Country registration and further up the sales of products to China
Lead a 15 member cross functional team to execute a VCP project that improves the design of the Install Base products through qualification of new parts to address obsolescence and also provide potential savings.

Project PlanningProject CoordinationAgile Project ManagementProject ManagementCSPOPlanning & Scheduling+4

Lead Systems Engineer

Jun 2021 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos · On-site

Deliver technical guidance to the IB team, requirements development, ensuring traceability and flow down of requirements, system design and analysis, FMEA, and developing System Verification and Validation test plan, procedures.
Provide support to manufacturing and field issues for ambiguous and multi-disciplinary topics.
Provide domain expertise to serve as the main integrator between the different functions (Engineering, Clinical, Usability, Manufacturing, Marketing, Service, Quality, Regulatory) to deliver the best high-quality product.
Provide input on critical field quality issues to ensure the next generation of products are robust enough for today’s market.
Lead engineering design team in technical design reviews and design test strategy definition, technical risk analysis, and IB defect assessments.
Actively resolve complex technical design failures including root cause analysis, design enhancement proposal, verification test planning, and execution of design improvements.
Work independently and possess a level of functional expertise necessary to influence and execute technical and project delivery execution.
Drive installed base process simplification to enable more efficient and consistent program/project execution.
Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required.
Ensure compliance/closure of Regulatory and Quality requirements before approving Design Outputs/Program Deliverables.
Lead continuous product improvement activities by driving the implementation of process and product quality improvement initiatives.

Systems Engineeringiso 17664Verification and Validation (V&V)Program ManagementUsability TestingInternal Communications+5

Sheorey digital systems pvt. ltd. (sds)

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2018 – Feb 2019 · 4 mos · Bangalore

Evaluate the Aviation software for different clients and perform validations based on Business Requirement specifications and IATA Standards.
Create Manual test scenarios for features of the Fleet Controller
Create Automation Test scenarios using Coded UI Automation tool for the Fleet Controller User interface
Execute the software related tests and raise defects and bring to closure.
Be part of Sprint activities for Scrum Agile practices.
Co-ordinate with various departments within the organization for smooth testing process and interactions.

Hcl technologies

System Engineer- Consultant at GE

May 2014 – Apr 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Understand the clinical workflow for Maternal Fetal Monitor and translate it for Engineering teams by defining the Performance and Functional Requirements specifications with respect to Intended use, standards, labeling, manuals, complaints, use cases, hazard analysis, etc.
Strong understanding of the SW product systems and HW systems (electromechanical) to support GUI software development
Create Usability test protocols, Use Analysis Report to test clinical efficacy of the system
Good understanding of Risk Management Process, FMEA to identify issues and improve system performance, support the Human Factors team in hazards identification and mitigation designs
Participate in identification and resolution of complex system issues, risk assessments and support in developing mitigation plans to ensure safe operation of the product
Maintain high-quality documentation to meet quality management standards and to enable successful exchange of information across the global program team.
Familiar with Medical Device standards- IEC60601 and regulatory standards
Create Test plan, test procedures and participate in discussions and reviews
Participate in execution of system level verification and management of defects

Freelancer

Voice Over Artist

Nov 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

A voice over lead female artist with experience in rendering my voice for Elearnings, Corporate videos, IVRs, YouTube promotions, Narrations, Documentaries, etc.
Voice type: bold, warm, authoritative.
Worked with major clients like Wipro, Decathlon, Herbalife, Shell, TimesGroup and others.

Wipro limited

4 roles

Software Test Engineer at Danaher (Radiometer)

Promoted

May 2013 – May 2014 · 1 yr · Bangalore

Collaborate with the Denmark team and the local team to drive the testing activities to completion
Participate actively in the Sprint planning and retrospective meetings and provide feedback during these meetings
Manage the product requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Perform requirement analysis of the baselined requirements during every sprint release
Manage Automated Test cases from Remote Server and analyze the cause of failures and present probable solutions to the Denmark team.
Review the test procedure documents
Perform regression tests, user acceptance tests and localization tests on the UI
Report defects and manage them using PVCS tracker tool
Lead test efforts and co-ordinate efforts of other test engineers
Monitor and escalate risks to the Project Manager

Software Engineer at Philips Innovation Campus

May 2012 – Feb 2013 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Create serviceability requirements for the CT scanner
Be responsible for testing the CT serviceability feature.
Perform test runs of the Serviceability feature on the CT console.
Participate in the Technical Design review and peer review across the global teams
Report defects, manage defects and track them to closure.

Software Engineer at Intel MCA

Jul 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Analyze requirements and prepare test plans, test scenarios, test cases for integration and system testing, test data for the test cases
Prepare Test Environment for Test Executions
Perform peer reviews, walkthroughs and participate in review meetings
Execute the test cases and report defects and track them
Prepare Test Execution Summary Reports and continuously update testing documentation
Monitor and escalate risks to Test lead / Test Manager
Check for schedule adherence to all milestones and assist the Test Manager in preparing the final test report

Project Engineer at Intel MCA

Sep 2007 – Sep 2009 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Receive and interpret product requirements
Work with onsite and offshore quality assurance teams to coordinate testing
Design the manual test cases and set prioritization of module testing
Execute manual system-level tests, functional tests and stress/load/performance tests
Update testing document for new testers or during change in requirements
Provide the test summary reports and create requirement traceability matrix
Report defects, manage them and track to closure
Communicate any risks to lead / PM