About MEPSCo

Designing effective, scalable manufacturing processes for medical devices is complex and expensive. MEPSCo augments your engineering teams with design-to-scale medical device manufacturing expertise that prioritizes the machines’ maintainable design, system durability, and operator usability.

MEPSCo's design-to-scale expertise for complex medical device manufacturing helps you:

  • Manage vendor selection and relationships
  • Conduct DFM reviews to reduce cost and risk
  • Develop bulletproof User Requirements Specifications (URS)
  • Deploy systems with best possible Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Extend and expand the capabilities of your internal teams
  • Manage qualification and commissioning
  • Empower your maintenance team to troubleshoot and maintain equipment
  • Design best-in-class automation for your medical device products

MEPSCo helps both manufacturing companies and automation vendors navigate the complexities of regulatory requirements with a proven process and document set to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with minimal or no change orders. Always without losing focus on creating streamlined solutions that optimize key manufacturing processes.

MEPSCo was founded by Reza Bashar, a 24-year veteran of complex medical device manufacturing automation and specialist in GAMP compliance documentation.

RESUME

Experience and Education

Through working in the industry and growing pains, I’ve developed my GAMP process and documents to partner with manufacturing companies and automation vendors in developing and delivering the desired outcome, on-time and on-budget with minimal or no change orders.

Owner and Principal Engineer

MEPSCo

June 2024 - Present

MEPSCo, Manufacturing Equipment Procurement Services Company, specializes in development of specifications and pertinent GAMP documentations to serve the manufacturing equipment procurement processes necessary in the Diagnostics and Pharmaceutical industries.

Principal Global Technical Solutions Engineer

Hologic Inc.

October 2021 - May 2024 (2y 6m)

As a Principal Global Technical Solutions Engineer, I worked with other Hologic Manufacturing facilities and partners, both internal and external, to determine best solutions for manufacturing challenges and to leverage my automation vendor relationships to best serve the company’s manufacturing needs.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Hologic Inc. (Acquired Gen-Probe)

March 2012 - October 2021 (9y 7m)

Wrote specifications in order to purchase and validate manufacturing equipment for Hologic Inc. Created all documentation to release equipment to the Manufacturing group in the cGMP environment.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Gen-Probe Incorporated

March 2001 - March 2012 (11y)

Wrote specifications in order to purchase and validate manufacturing equipment for Hologic Inc. Created all documentation to release equipment to the Manufacturing group in the cGMP environment.

Special Effects Designer

Walt Disney Imagineering

January 1997 - January 2001 (4y 1m)

Designed, fabricated, and installed special effects for all Walt Disney Parks.

Artist and Owner

Creative Water Sights

January 1992 - Present (32y 7m)

Design, build, install and maintain water sculptures for clients.

Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineer

University of Arizona

August 1981 - May 1985

Let’s be partners in manufacturing line development.

Experience

Over 23 years of experience working with 15+ automation companies and developing 96+ manual and automated manufacturing equipment and lines, ranging from small to large scale.

Proven track record

Delivered the desired outcome on-time and on-budget with minimal or no change orders.

Located in Southern California.
Available anywhere in the world.
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