David Claffie

David Claffie has extensive experience in quality assurance and engineering, particularly in the medical device industry. Starting as an Engineering Technician at Wang Labs from 1983 to 1987, Claffie later held a contract position as a Technician Specialist at Nortel Networks from 1998 to 2000. A role as a Quality Assurance Technician at Smith & Nephew Endoscopy followed from June 2003 to April 2006, focusing on root-cause evaluation of customer complaints for RF-based electro-surgical probes and spine catheters. Subsequently, Claffie worked as a Quality Assurance Specialist at Insulet Corporation from April 2006 to September 2009, and has been serving as a Quality Specialist-Investigator at Philips Healthcare since October 2009. Currently, Claffie is a Quality Engineer - Failure Analyst at Integra Life Sciences - Codman Specialty Surgical, where responsibilities include conducting failure analysis for various neurosurgical devices. Claffie's educational qualifications include an Associate of Science in Electronics Technology from New Hampshire Voc-Tech College and an END2END LEAN Foundation Certification in Continuous Improvement from Philips University in 2015.