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Sacramento, California, United States

Sacramento, California, United States

Percept is a technology development company.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Noopl is a consumer audio start-up with an innovative hearing-in-noise solution.Accomplishments:
• Within the first 6 months during the pandemic, identified and developed manufacturing partners, negotiated and executed offshore production agreements, facilitated the completion of a manufacturing-ready product.
• Successfully delivered 1st Generation product to market on-time at a landed cost to retail pricing multiple of over 5x, fulfilling a critical business milestone and securing follow-on funding from a core investor.
• Managed 1st Gen production and market launch while overseeing the engineering development and production launch of a 2nd Gen product based on a different system architecture, improving product performance and lowering.
• During Noopl’s funding effort, managed production levels, forecasts and expenses to preserve capital and contain overall liabilities. Following an investor decision to cease funding, led operations wind-down.

• Revolution Cooking is a start-up launching the next generation of toasting and cooking appliances using patented technology.Accomplishments:
• Successfully delivered to market the flagship product for this new appliance start-up against an accelerated Q4-2019 schedule while overcoming significant engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain operations.
• Negotiated with UL (Asia) to constrain and refine the application of an unpublished UL 1026 standard for touchscreen kitchen appliances to the product, and expedited certification.
• Led the successful production launch effort while onsite at Revolution's overseas suppliers, taking the company from zero to one.

San Mateo, CA

Menlo Park, California, United States

• EtagGen is an electricity generation start-up.Accomplishments:
• Led engineering teams on incorporating industry standard NPI processes that include proper engineering validation phase gate and design reviews for manufacturability, assembly, quality, as well as installation and.
• Highlighted areas of risk in the product launch roadmap and suggested corrective measures for closing gaps in forecast targets, such as introducing and initiating new outside manufacturing partnerships.
• Managed the building architect and general contractor for the new manufacturing facility layout.
• Recruited and facilitated the hiring of a critical Manufacturing Technical Operations team leader for establishing and evolving the manufacturing operations base.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Velv is a consumer product start-up wholly owned by The Linde Group.Accomplishments:
• Led the re-engineering and production improvement effort of the Velv Wine Oxygenator at our Chinese manufacturer, successfully delivering to market a finished product within budget.
• Drove the successful production/delivery launch in Q1-2017, taking the business live.
• Participated in the capital raise outreach effort during Q2-2017, and following public announcements in August of Linde's intent to exit the business, led final direct negotiations with the supply chain.

San Francisco Bay Area

DeVine Products, Inc. (dba Velv) is a consumer product start-up, wholly owned by The Linde Group, that developed the Velv Wine Oxygenator, a device that uses a patented pure oxygen and micro-diffuser delivery system to gently oxygenate wine prior to enjoying.

Redwood Shores

Reporting to the President, developed and led Global Product Development team responsible for launching over 200 programs, including wireless electronic devices. Led engineering, software, program management, QA/QC engineering, and compliance roles.Kensington Computer Products Group Inc. is a consumer products company that designs, manufactures, and.

Redwood Shores

Led Mechanical Engineering and NPI support teams. Drove the NPI process over multiple product classes, optimizing final product configurations that balance requests from ID, Global Product Management, Technical Support, Operations, and the contract manufacturers. Managed DFx reviews to ensure products deliver on-time, at the original cost targets, with the.

Redwood Shores, CA

Provided Manufacturing Operations expertise and support in Southern China. Evaluated the suitability of suppliers for specific product types across several projects. While working directly with the Chinese manufacturer and product engineer, defined and implemented manufacturing corrective actions to recover delivery schedules and product performance.

• Project at Kensington Computer Products Group (see separate entry).
• Project at Pacific Gas and Electric (see separate entry).
• Project to develop wireless data communication implementation for a blood-sugar tracking and management device for diabetics. Defined a hardware strategy that significantly reduced IP and regulatory obstacles..
• Project to simplify and rationalize bill-of-material and inventory management for space systems design group.

Contracting position within PG&E's sourcing department, a group that oversees over $1B in spend annually. Managed supplier contract and pricing negotiations, and provided low-cost-region expertise, for the procurement of various power grid components, such as transmission and distribution power transformers, cable, switches, etc.

Reporting to the CEO, assumed full responsibility over the global supply chain for integrated assembly contract manufacturing and injection molding tool sourcing of premium spa and jetted tub components. Personally defined, launched and led an offshore operations office in Southern China for engineering and administration activities. Developed partnerships.

Led the New Product Introduction Manufacturing Engineering team of a sheet metal, injection-molded plastic, and electrical enclosure assembly operation that provided manufacturing outsourcing to Silicon Valley technology companies (Sun, Cisco, Apple, Dell, HP) and Toyota (NUMMI), with operations across the US, and in the UK, Ireland, and Guadalajara.

Mba, Operations

Msme, Mechanical Engineering

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Graduated with Honors

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology

Master Brewers Program, Diploma In Brewing, The Ibd - London