Brian Carskadon, Mba Email & Phone Number

Hsinchu, Tw

AUO Display Plus is AUO's industrial and commercial display subsidiary and offers a complete end-to-end display service, from R&D to sales and customer service. AUO Display Plus integrates its leading display technologies with value-added software solutions for retail, enterprise, education, transportation, and healthcare. AUO Display Plus collaborates with partners in different domains to co-create complete solutions and one stop services that help businesses accelerate their smart transformations and create greater value. Headquartered in the Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, AUO Display Plus operates global offices in Mainland China, Japan, the United States, and Europe

Wilsonville, Oregon, Us

Manage all aspects of the product development: Roadmap vision and definition, technology selection, feature trade-off analysis, supplier selection and management, project management oversite, P&L management, product lifecycle management, product marketing, product management, MRD/PRD development, cross-department leadership influencing, customer insight research, product training and communication development/delivery, competitive analysis, pricing and positioning, thought leadership, supplier selection/management/facilitation, talent recruitment and mentorship, industry involvement, and budget creation.

Arlington, Va, Us

Wilsonville, Or, Us

I am a Partner in TargetPath, a global business development and management consulting firm specializing in rapid growth for technology incubators. As the VP of Product Development, I help clients accelerate product expansion and revenues through strategic planning, marketing and brand development, product strategy, channel creation, supply chain, logistics and service optimization. TargetPath was the genesis of several companies including Chilin Solutions and SOL REPUBLIC.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Responsible for Business-line Management of our LightX IC designed for a wide range of digital audio products. Engineering team responsibilities along with market specific business development. Key job functions include Business-line (P&L) management; Sales Management; PRD creation; Market analysis; rapid prototype schedules for unique FFRD’s; working closely with Asian ODM’s to get these products to market; Extensive cross-department collaboration and resource allocation negotiation; Traditional Product Marketing and Product Management duties.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Us

Product roadmap creation; Product line P&L; Supplier selection/management; Product Marketing and new market development.

A member of the original foundation team for SOL REPUBLIC and was the primary product lead. Complete P&L responsibility for the Custom Products group specializing in unique headphone design. Lead the creation and development of our company’s first wireless speaker and headphone, along with several patent applications. Category Manager for the fastest growing segment within SOL REPUBLIC, wireless speakers.

Chilin Solutions designs, develops and delivers the world’s broadest range of digital display technology solutions to its industry-leading OEM brand customers. With solutions from commercial LCD monitors to mission-critical outdoor transit displays to the newest e-Paper displays, Chilin Solutions offers an unmatched portfolio of products and technologies. Based in Portland Oregon with design and manufacturing operations in Toronto, Canada, and Tainan, Taiwan, Chilin Solutions is one of the world’s leading providers of innovative display solutions. For more information, visit www.chilinsolutions.com.

Hillsboro, Oregon, Us

Director of the Product Development group, which consists of Engineering, Product Marketing, Product Management and Project Management for Planar’s consumer products (Front projection, Flat Panel TV (LCD and PDP), Video Walls, Video processors and Xscreen). Helped develop the business plan to start the HTBU within Planar Systems. Responsible for the life-cycle of all products. Managed 25 product platforms and over 240 product variants. Responsible for product forecasting, pricing and product-line P&L’s. Product lead for 2 company acquisitions (Clarity Visual Systems and Runco International). Responsible for building product roadmaps for 3 separate consumer brands. Corporate product spokesman for press and financial analysts. Developed and delivered product presentations to internal/external customers as well as worldwide product sales training. Co-develop product specifications with engineering based on technology trends and consumer needs (focus groups/advisory councils). Developed product marketing requirements for channel marketing. Managed key component and ODM supplier relationships in North America, Europe and Asia. Negotiated ODM contracts. Researched, analyzed and reported out on competitive products and market trends. Travel worldwide to manage key suppliers and support our customers

Portland, Or, Us

Global Segment Manager for InFocus consumer products (Front projection, RPTV, LCD TV). Sr. Product Marketing Manager responsible for all display products. Product Marketing lead for the consumer products business. Successfully created 2 new business segments – RPTV engines and Home Theater. Supervised others in both the US and Europe. Managed the Systems, Meeting room and Home Theater product segments for InFocus. Product Manager for the OEM Business Unit for 4 years. Developed and delivered product presentations to internal and external customers. Responsible for product forecasting and P&L’s. Co-developed product specifications with engineering. Developed product marketing requirements.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Drove the sale of highly engineered products to both the industrial OEM market, and through multiple distributors. Served on new product development and product improvement teams. Developed and managed a sales plan. Exceeded yearly quotas by an average of 8% per year since 1993. Responsible for 1998 quota of 5.1M, up from 2.3M in 1997.

Milwaukie, Or, Us

Managed long-term contracts with major aircraft and defense companies. Program manager for entire process of product development; concept, pre-prototype, prototype, pre-production, production, spares. Trained engineers to efficiently use Mentor Graphics Package Station and Intergraph CAD systems.

Mba, Marketing & Business Administration

Bs, Mechanical And Industrial Engineering; Software Engineering

High School