Exploration platform for new opportunities at the cross-section of humanity and technology. - IP generation, product incubation, market validation and GTM strategy

Helping startups make sense of product development and user experience

- Leading productization from moonshot to nuts and bolts. - Responsible for product vision, strategy, and roadmap including hardware, software, and services. - Bring user and product balance into a technology-centric space. - Owner of engagement with key first customers.

Food Tech Startup - Modern Tea Mastery - Teforia is a beverage platform with hardware, software, cloud and consumable components. Teforia Infuser was delivered on schedule to overwhelmingly positive accolade from the tea industry and connoisseurs alike. Accolades included 2016 Best Tea Industry Innovation and 2017 Best Tea Brewing Device. Teforia Company was purchased by an international tea company at end of 2017.- Business - P&L, 5yr business projections, raised $17M in two venture rounds- Product owner - 3yr product roadmap, design, cloud, software, hardware, and teas- Marketing - Brand strategy and product positioning, communication story arch, and customer journey- Hands-on with all aspect of design from industrial design, App UI and flow, web and packaging- Established strategic partnerships with manufacturers, tea suppliers, and retail partners- Built out tea supply chain with suppliers from Europe, Asia, and the US to support international growth- Media interviews with WSJ, FastCo, Cheddar TV, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, Food & Wine, TechCrunch

IoT and Cloud - Where the cool IoT ideas come alive. I built and lead an advanced multi-disciplinary product exploration team of researchers, engineers, designers and program manager, to deliver functional prototypes of wearable, IoT business and product concepts for people to experiment and evaluate in real-life. As the leader of the group, I own the business plan, product specifications, and roadmap, while managing an R&D budget of $2M. - Recruited and managed a 20 person, multi-disciplinary innovation team of engineering, research, UX design, and prototyping- Identified business and product opportunities, incubated and validated disruptive opportunities through the convergence of advanced technology and compiling user experience- Presented new business and product concepts to Nokia board members and executives- Orchestrated companywide IoT innovation initiatives in Finland, China, and the US- Identified and established a working relationship with new components suppliers and manufacturers that are critical to long-term success of new initiatives

As one of a few people with mobile phone experience at Amazon in 2010, I guided the team through important technical and user experience decisions during the incubation phase for Amazon Fire Phone.- Product owner for emerging technology, hardware, software and user experience for Amazon Fire Phone- Collaborated with engineering teams to deliver breakthrough technical solutions to support new, contextual-awareness, user interface- Technology pioneered by Fire Phone carried on in Alexa & Echo devices

Leveraged my network in product development space to create a trans-pacific product development agency for mobile phone and consumer electronic space. - Established product design studios in US and Taiwan to provide extremely quick development cycle- Strategic consulting with T-Mobile, Microsoft, Compal, and Huawei

Delivered a breakthrough portfolio of nine breathtaking Windows Mobile smartphones within eighteen months. We pioneered capacitive touch input for Windows Mobile. This collection of phones firmly ingrained the HTC brand with early smartphone adaptors.- Owner of the overall hardware experience and industrial design for the entire portfolio of nine phones - from the behavior of capacitive sensors to the color of the printing for the hardware QWERTY keyboard- Repositioned HTC brand through iconic product design and product experience- Shipped over six million phones in Americas, Asia, and Europe in a span of 12 months- Managed over 100 people across several multidisciplinary engineering and design teams in US and Taiwan- Identified and vetted engineering and design companies for acquisition

Built a hardware development team from scratch to deliver a breakthrough Rhapsody music service tethered MP3 player that would compete with Apple iPod. I was the first hardware expert in the entire company of 1000.- Building a hardware product development team from ground up to deliver a compelling music experience that combined smart hardware with subscription music services- Crafted and executed hardware brand vision that compliments RealNetworks music services.- Managed design, engineering, and hardware operations team- P&L responsibilities for hardware- Vendor management, vendor sourcing, development budget management, BOM/COGs management- Other critical responsibilities include evangelism for hardware development process and user experience amongst senior executives

Leading multidisciplinary teams on design and development of international acclaimed consumer electronic products, including Xbox360, Xbox, Microsoft Sidewinder gaming devices, mouse, keyboards, trackballs, children's educational animatronics, and Surface. - Saved Xbox launch in Japan and Europe from major delays by delivering Xbox Controller S that met the market demand for a better controller in six months from inception to production - Established the iconic design and ergonomic foundation for Xbox controller that transcended all generations of Xbox- Drove research and development of core technology and user interaction model of Surface Table led to productizing of current Microsoft Surface tablets and laptops- Accolades includes: IDEA Business Week awards, IF-RedDot awards, GoodDesign awards