Zaragoza Briseno Jr.

Zaragoza Briseno Jr. has worked in a variety of roles in the medical and automotive industries since 1996. Zaragoza began their career at IBM as a Manufacturing Engineering/New Process Development in 1996. From 1997-1998, they worked at Ford Motor Company as an Engineering Fellow, where they were responsible for fitting Ford manufactured vehicles in accordance with country safety and import specifications for product penetration into foreign markets, as well as modifying the Crown Victoria exterior for the European market and addressing Ford Mustang exterior design for the Korean market. In 2000, they joined Cordis, a Johnson and Johnson Company, as a Staff Technical Services Engineer and Staff Design Control Engineer, where they performed Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Gamma Radiation annual re-qualifications for drug-eluting stent products and non-drug devices, and authored D-value, Natural Product Resistance Testing (NPRT), and EO Residual waiver justifications for product transfers, product modifications, and supplier changes. In 2008, they joined ArthroCare Corporation as a Staff Process Engineer, where they worked with R&D to develop mechanical and assembly processes for Spine related medical devices and transferred improvement processes to the Costa Rican manufacturing site. In 2012, they joined Apollo Endosurgery as a Senior Principal Engineer, where they successfully established a stable supply chain for OverStitch™ Endoscopic Suturing System for Apollo Endosurgery by transferring the processes to an external manufacturer. In 2016, they became a Senior Principal Consultant at Process & Operations Consultant, where they characterized and validated a Dry Heat Sterilization process for Lap-Band products, and performed Validation Summary documents reviewing the current validated state of DJO Surgical Equipment and processes. Zaragoza also became Principal Process Development Engineer at Micell Technologies, Inc., where they successfully characterized and validated Belco Thermosealers, Zebra label printers, vacuum ovens, and an Instron for in-house manufacturing and at a contract manufacturer. In 2017, they joined TriSalus Life Sciences as Vice President Operations, where they led coating process characterization and re-qualified the company’s flagship products as a result of a critical raw material failure, successfully closed 4 CAPAs in 2018 and managed the closure of 3 additional CAPAs in 2019, and developed a team to commercialize 2 new products and supported the development of a Clinical Device in 2019.

Zaragoza Briseno Jr. obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1995. Zaragoza then went on to earn a Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2000. Zaragoza also holds certifications as a Johnson & Johnson Black Belt Trained (2003) and Johnson & Johnson Green Belt Certified (2001).