KAYLIN DEMMEL
Chicago
Summary
Forward-thinking Clinical Engineering leader with 9 years of experience driving technology, operations, and compliance initiatives across multi-hospital health systems. Combines a data-driven approach with creative problem-solving to optimize equipment lifecycles, strengthen cybersecurity programs, and streamline capital planning. Proven track record of leading major equipment installations and hospital projects, while guiding diverse technical teams. Skilled at collaborating with clinicians, IT, and executive leadership to deliver cost savings, operational efficiency, and improved patient safety.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
System Clinical Engineering Director
Renovo Solutions
03.2024 - Current
- Lead Clinical Engineering operations across a Level 1, multi-hospital health system
- Developed and implemented a dynamic, five-year capital equipment replacement plan to optimize equipment life cycles and balance out annual capital expenditures
- Conducted in-depth analyses of equipment service coverage levels, presenting hospital leadership with actionable options that drove significant cost savings
- Expanded medical device cyber security program in partnership with hospital IT
- Supported hospital expansion projects and technology rollouts, ensuring seamless integration of medical devices into clinical workflows
Senior Clinical Engineering Manager
TRIMEDX
09.2021 - 03.2024
- Led a team of diverse technicians covering imaging, biomed, cyber security, sterilization, lab, and trained biomedical managers across multiple sites in New England
- Responsible for coordinating biomed engagement on hospital projects including sterile processing department and patient floor renovations, operating room expansion, and EPIC conversion
- Developed, managed, and met annual expectations for operating budget of the Clinical Engineering Department
- Generated additional $100,000 in revenue for five hospitals across Connecticut by identifying underutilized and outdated equipment, removing them from service, and managing their sale
- Aligned efforts between hospital IT security and individual departments to track and remediate cyber security vulnerabilities on medical devices
- Structured inventory assignments to increase operational efficiency, executed processes to ensure continued growth and compliance of KPI's, and developed dashboards to track progress
Clinical Engineering Manager
TRIMEDX
01.2020 - 09.2021
- Led 18+ technicians across three sites in reducing work order backlog, increasing inventory revalidation compliance, and reducing year-over-year mission critical repair turnaround time by 76% and non-mission critical by 41%
- Designed, implemented, and managed a regional sterilizer repair program covering the state of Connecticut to reduce demand spend, decrease repair response time, and increase the contracted scope of work at four main hospitals
- Effectively managed team through COVID-19 pandemic while leading hospital initiatives in building additional ICU's, ensuring availability of key medical equipment, and focusing on both employee and patient health and safety
- Analyzed current inventory and implemented cost saving initiatives to reduce customer spend by ~$400,000/year on underutilized equipment
- Successfully managed hospital inspections from DPH, Joint Commission, CAP, and NRC
Manager (in Training)
TRIMEDX
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Assisted on-site manager with day-to-day operations and customer projects
- Effectively collaborated with customers and vendors to ensure timely execution of repairs, and routine preventative maintenance
Project Specialist
TRIMEDX
07.2017 - 10.2019
- Identified inventory critical parts, built a process to ensure they were consistently in stock, and provided daily analysis to assist in optimizing part repair labor effort resulting in a 62% decrease in sourced sales and an increase of over $600,000 in year-over-year revenue
- Led a team of 25+ technicians in shutting down daily operations of ReMedPar which included palletizing, itemizing, and coordinating the removal of $8 million worth of inventory as well as closing out vendor contracts and open sales
- Generated a monthly P&L statement, analyzed the results, and presented findings to leadership
Clinical Engineering Intern
Aramark
06.2016 - 07.2017
- Analyzed and managed data to be used in a regulatory device audit, a Joint Commissions meeting, and a quarterly partnership review
- Identified inefficiencies in the current system for completing repairs on medical devices, proposed and began a long-term project to streamline the process
Education
Industrial Engineering -
Purdue University
12.2017
No Degree - Certificate Program in Applied Generative AI
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD10-2025
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - CSSC, 2024
Certified Healthcare Technology Manager (CHTM) - AAMI, 2023
Timeline
System Clinical Engineering Director
Renovo Solutions
03.2024 - Current
Senior Clinical Engineering Manager
TRIMEDX
09.2021 - 03.2024
Clinical Engineering Manager
TRIMEDX
01.2020 - 09.2021
Manager (in Training)
TRIMEDX
10.2019 - 01.2020
Project Specialist
TRIMEDX
07.2017 - 10.2019
Clinical Engineering Intern
Aramark
06.2016 - 07.2017
Industrial Engineering -
Purdue University
No Degree - Certificate Program in Applied Generative AI
Johns Hopkins University