Leading the Connected Physical Products offering, I support the opportunity pipeline and development of the assessment frameworks and other accelerator tools. I drive cross-sector collaboration across clients and develop tailored solutions that contribute to the growth of the practice. My responsibilities include leading a team that delivers high-impact workshops, the creation of project delivery tools, and enhancing service offerings, resulting in meaningful new client engagements and business growth.

Helping clients leverage advanced strategies, operational approaches and technologies to innovate, develop and manufacture products and services in a manner that significantly increases operational efficiency and drives new levels of enterprise-wide growth in a connected world.Advisory services in:• Product Development Strategy & Operating Model Development;• R&D Footprint Analysis & Optimization;• Innovation Strategy & Implementation;• Pre/Post M&A Activities;• Portfolio Management;• Complexity Analysis and DFx; and,• Product Development & NPI Excellence.

Leading design and engineering activities for the Core Industrial Segment. Focus on EV charging, advanced optical systems (optomechanical), and autonomous mobile robotics (AMR).• Leader of diverse groups of engineering teams: mechanical, electrical, software, and embedded.• Building a comprehensive IP development strategy to increase the design & engineering value proposition for our customers and company• Manager of highly complex and strategic confidential customer engagements

Helping drive innovative solutions across a variety of industries.

Lead commercialization efforts for centralized innovation activities at the corporate level.• Charged with leading commercialization of emerging technology and innovation for Flex LTD• Responsible for developing the corporate innovation strategy and successfully executing new business models across a variety of industries• Align with segment Presidents, and senior members of their teams, across six industry verticals (automotive, health solutions, communications & enterprise compute, lifestyle, industrial and consumer devices) to create a master innovation roadmap that supports the needs of industry technology leaders.

Helping satisfy real customer needs by evangelizing technology solutions that meet technical requirements.

Disruptive Technologies & Marketing (Sawyer Business School - Graduate)

IoClothes is focused and committed to building a community of professionals Fusing Tech & Textiles™. We offer free content, tools and a community of highly skilled professionals from diverse backgrounds. Our goal is to help individuals and companies avoid the pitfalls of building smart textile products; save time and money; help find necessary resources; connect people/companies to forge partnerships; and accelerate innovation projects. Those that spend time on our site span a wide range of professional backgrounds, from technology companies, consumer apparel and footwear brands, university researchers, data scientists, manufacturers, integrators, material suppliers, consultants and many more. At the heart of it, our goal is to provide each individual and company the resources and support they need to find their own success.Let’s create the future of the textiles, apparel and footwear together!

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As one of the founding members of the group, led research and testing initiatives for VF Corp's Global Innovation Center. Focused on new and emerging technologies.VF Corp is the parent company of Timberland, The North Face, Vans, Lucy, Reef, Smart Wool, Nautica, Lee, Wrangler, Kipling, Eagle Creek, JanSport etc.

Defining the overall direction for applied research programs, product performance expectations and execution strategies that serve to identify product opportunities, and guide footwear design concepts. Also lead the establishment of relationships with external research facilities to provide supplemental research and testing support.

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- Supported the engineering design, definition, development, testing and evaluation, and production of personal equipment used by Airmen- Developed and maintained the technical specifications under the Air Force Uniform Office’s jurisdiction spanning all the clothing and footwear used for Airmen- Collaborated with private industry and Government agencies to improve commercial and non-commercial clothing and footwear products- Provided technical support and guidance during the verification, implementation and maintenance phases of office programs

- Supported the engineering design, definition, development, testing and evaluation, production, and procurement of footwear materiel solutions.- Developed and maintained the technical specifications for each of the US Army’s footwear programs spanning the full spectrum of operating environments.- Coordinated and conducted the proper execution of product user evaluations- Maintain and operate the Footwear Performance Laboratory at NSRDEC- Collaborated with private industry and Government agencies to improve commercial products for various footwear capabilities- Monitored contractor activities and vendor performance to assure progress on technical performance- Acted as contracting officer representative between contractor and program office at Fort Belvoir

- Identified, analyzed, and rectified abnormal functional gait and motor patterns to improve work capacity and locomotive efficiency.- Used the GAITRite system, with use of pressure distribution patterns, to identify ambulatory abnormalities in human biomechanics.- Prescribed and designed treatment plans for spinal cord injured (SCI), traumatic brain injured (TBI), and non-injured clients- Performed appropriate physical assessments and documentation of patients/clients- Developed personalized sports performance training programs based on biomechanical video analysis, physiological testing, and performance goals- Executed functional and performance testing protocols

 Studied lower leg biomechanics, specifically footwear interaction with artificial playing surfaces Investigated shoe-turf interactions funded by the National Football League (NFL) Foot and Ankle Committee Conducted friction and traction analyses with Kistler force plates to study loading effects of footwearo Studied the torsional and translational traction characteristics and behavior of athletic footwearo Purpose was to identify footwear and surface loads that exceed musculoskeletal limits to maximize the athletes’ comfort and protectiono Applied statistical techniques using SPSS to determine significant associations between experimental groups Assisted in additional biomechanical research projectso Examined various Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior lesion (SLAP lesion) provocative tests using EMG systems, an isokinetic dynamometer, and goniometero Investigated the effect of independent loading conditions on traction between athletic footwear and artificial turf Presented research projects in both podium and poster form at national and regional American Society of Biomechanics meetingso Presented and performed public speaking events in rooms with several hundred attendeeso Fielded questions and discussed biomechanical topics in an open forum with professionals in the biomechanics industry