William R. (Bill) Hanson Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Silicon Valley, Ca, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Lead mechanical engineer for a startup developing ground-breaking ultrasound-based touch sensing technology for consumer electronics applications. • Defined and owned the mechanical architecture of company's core sensor module product line.• Designed custom sensor module designs for Tier 1 smartphone and consumer electronics companies using cutting-edge microelectronics technologies.• Created innovative manufacturing processes and tooling for the integration of company's products into customers' products -- one of the biggest technical challenges for the company.• Collaborated directly with US- and Asia-based Tier 1 OEM design and manufacturing teams on module design, product design, and manufacturing methods, including extensive in-factory experience.• Extensive experience with 3D CAD, PCB and FPC design, smartphone design and manufacturing, and direct customer and supplier collaboration.• Thrived in a highly unstructured startup environment as the company grew from pre-revenue to multi-million revenue with multiple high-profile customers.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Deep dive into the connected world including…• Internet of things (IoT).• Sensors & platforms (hubs).• ‘Wearables’.• Smart devices.• Health & home sensors / monitors.• Fitness trackers.Hired as a Principal Engineer, and member of a select team, to bring disruptive technologies and products to the attention of senior management at Nokia. Working with both domestic and Asian resources, numerous technologies/products were advanced utilizing Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE), ZigBee, & WiFi radios, wireless and LiPo battery systems, and rapid manufacturing techniques including 3D printing, soft-tooling and production tooling methods.

Belmont, Ca, Us

Part of a multi-disciplinary team developing various iPhone/iPad accessories. Efforts included conceptual design, detail engineering & CAD, and full support both in the prototyping and bring up of production tooling.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Responsible engineer in the development of the SMRT™ Cell 8Pac. Position included directing both internal and external resources in the spec., development, conceptual mockup(s), proof of concept testing, prototype tool development and eventually the specification and bring up of a multi-cavity high volume production tool.

Lead Mechanical Engineer in the development of an LCoS rear projection television. In a 6 mo. period, our team completed the mechanical design including the light box, the electronics base and all chassis components. Ten fully functional prototypes were built with several displayed at CES in support of a successful product introduction. Final design was tooled with our offshore tooling partners and production parts delivered on schedule.

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Mechanical Team Lead in the development of a modular laser layout system. First conceptual prototypes (auto-base and support bracket) completed within two weeks of project start. Managed two in-house engineers and two external design firms in the completion of the system. All projects successfully transferred to manufacturing (Ensenada, Mexico) through a series of “EVT", "DVT", & "PVT" builds.

Partial Cliental List: IntelliDx: Mechanical Engineering and CAD modeling, (Automated blood glucose monitoring system).Inter-4: Mechanical Engineering and CAD modeling, (Ruggedized PDA and battery pack).Calabasas Creek Research: Mechanical Engineering and CAD modeling, (Microwave phase shifter).Pound-Star: Conceptual layout, prototype development, (Palm OS based telephone products).Parametric Support Services 2: Conceptual layout, (Heart valve surgical tool, Bluetooth® headset).Bell Sports: Offshore vendor sourcing / new product ideation, (Bicycle computers and training devices).Praxis Design: Mechanical packaging and component sourcing, (Vehicular global positioning system).

Santa Clara, California, Us

Collaborated with senior management and marketing to define future Palm organizers. Responsibilities included the analysis of preliminary designs to develop appropriate system architecture and make recommendations to supporting departments. Contributed to over 25 patents, 15 currently granted. This ranged from LCD display technology, expansion peripherals and conceptual usage models. Contributing member of the SD Association mechanical task group.

Technical Lead in the development of the Visor Edge PDA. Overall coordination of both internal and external development teams including industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and support for software development. Close working relationship with senior management to insure project tracked to the MRD / PRD, program schedule, project budget as well as the definition of follow-on products.

Primary responsibilities were to prepare and support the company through the transformation from a service industry to that of a product based business. This included the development of project plans (MRP support & PRD generation), identification of internal and external resources, preparation of staff work assignments, involvement in project bids, including interfacing with the customer for the program definition, and system level architecture of the product.

Westminster, Co, Us

Lead Mechanical Design Engineer in the development an optical survey instrument (Theodolite) to supplement Trimble’s GPS solutions. Duties included conceptual design, detail part development, the direction of the day-to-day activities and the design reviews of the mechanical product team. Patent(s) submitted for a “Two speed continuous tangent screw that can disengage from a mating gear” Trimble ID #A516..

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Product Engineer, in-charge of proprietary electromechanical devices, (bicycle lights and computers). Products successfully brought to market include the Air-Wave™ helmet, the Rib-Cage™ water bottle cage, LED safety flashers, and various PreView™ and ProView™ headlights. Bicycle projects included the Globe™ City bike, and the FSR™ suspension retrofit.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mfa**, Industrial Design