• Initial mechanical engineering hire. Managed HW PD and technician team. Supported company growth from 30 to 1,800.

    Drove key design decisions and manufacturing for >15 products into MP; including sensors, cameras, Vehicle Gateways, Asset Gateways, and Industrial Gateways. Most products were designed from 0 to 1 and remain the architectural foundation for next gens.

    Experience onboarding and leading multiple CM / JDM engineering teams, injection molding, metal fabrication, electromechanical module, and packaging vendors. Established rigorous quality and reliability checks. Established cost negotiation strategies.

    Experience leading engineering teams to design for RF antennas, cameras, mics, speakers, temp hum sensors, IR, power, solar, various battery chemistries, thermal mitigation and dissipation, and ruggedized, outdoor, high-vibration environments. Experience with connectors, pins, plating, and cable harnesses. Established product certification strategies for Hazloc, ATEX and UL.

    Shipped millions of products and cables on schedule, across dozens of SKUs and revisions, while navigating supply chain issues.

  • Responsible for all hardware design and production.

    We make essential trauma and orthopedic surgery available to the poor and vulnerable.

    We recently provided critical materials to several hospitals in Ukraine.

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  • Contributed to the design of the Flex 2, one of Fitibit’s most successful fitness trackers.

  • Established product architecture with Marketing and ID direction. Successfully recommended cost down solutions to key stakeholders. Designed several engineering studies to mitigate build risk. Coordinated with cross functional engineering teams and overseas CM to launch the Nest Secure.

  • We built the smart speaker, Cone. Supported rapid prototyping, part and assembly design, tolerance analysis, part drawings, SOPs, DFM and coordination with CM.

My complete work history can be found on LinkedIn