Rachel Wong Walker

Rachel Wong Walker has extensive work experience in the medical device industry. Rachel joined Inari Medical in 2020 and currently holds the position of Sr. R&D Engineering Manager since July 2022. Prior to this, they served as a Research and Development Engineering Manager at Inari Medical from June 2021 to July 2022. Rachel also worked as a Senior Project Engineer at Inari Medical from December 2020 to June 2021.

Before joining Inari Medical, Rachel worked as a Medical Device Engineering Consultant at a private firm from October 2019 to September 2020. Rachel also served as an R&D Project Manager at Walk Vascular from February 2018 to September 2019.

Rachel has experience as a Co-Owner of Left Coast Sports LLC, where they were responsible for running an adult social bocce league, providing party rentals for inflatable bocce equipment, and planning other adult social leagues and tournaments. Rachel was involved with this venture from April 2017 to December 2018.

Prior to their entrepreneurial venture, Rachel worked at ReVision Optics from September 2014 to December 2017, where they held the role of Senior Development Engineer in R&D. Their responsibilities included leading various projects, managing cross-functional teams, and developing innovative solutions for medical devices.

Rachel's earlier work experience includes positions at Covidien as a Development Engineer in R&D - Stents from August 2012 to August 2014, at St. Jude Medical as an Advanced Process Development Engineer II from October 2010 to May 2012, at the University of Washington as a Research Assistant in Microfluidics and Soft Matter Lab from December 2008 to September 2010, at Allergan Inc as an Engineer - Manufacturing Support Intern in 2008, and at Biosensors International as a BME Project Team Lead from October 2007 to April 2008.

Overall, Rachel Wong Walker has a diverse background in medical device engineering and project management, with a focus on research and development.

Rachel Wong Walker's education history is as follows:

In 2003, they started their undergraduate studies at UC Irvine and pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Biomedical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering. Rachel completed their undergraduate studies in 2008.

From 2008 to 2010, Rachel attended the University of Washington, where they obtained a Master's degree in Material Science and Engineering.

In 2014, Rachel attended UC Irvine again and received a Certificate in Management for Technical Professionals in the field of Biomedical/Medical Engineering.

In addition to their formal education, Rachel has also obtained several certifications. Rachel completed various courses on Coursera, including Marketing in a Digital World in April 2017, Designing the Organization: From Strategy to Organizational Structure in September 2016, Applications of Everyday Leadership in August 2016, Budgeting and Scheduling Projects in August 2016, Managing Project Risks and Changes in August 2016, Foundations of Everyday Leadership in July 2016, and Initiating and Planning Projects in June 2016.