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Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• Directing global research team delivering core technologies and system solutions for Consumer Audio, Automotive, and Hearing businesses
• Accelerating innovation to market by integrating technology, user, and market research, giving the organization confidence to move quickly with bold ideas.
• Building a team of world-class researchers, with influence in their external technical communities
• Led major restructuring of global research team to support new corporate strategy

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• Technology leader on five-person team that pitched and launched the Bose Health business
• Built new research teams (~35 people total ) in Hearing and Sleep science, supported by a network of world-class external partners. Included formation and hiring of a new-to-Bose machine learning team
• Established an innovation maturity methodology, resulting in more effective transition of research concepts into and through development
• Delivered seven foundational technologies into product development for the Bose Sleep and Hear products in three years, including: ultra-low power noise reduction, miniature high-performance acoustic systems.
• Successfully spun off audio speech enhancement technology (Bose Pinpoint) through partnership with Agora

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• Technology leader on the senior leadership team that developed the Bose headphone business strategy
• Produced the guiding vision, analytic framework, and multidisciplinary research portfolio for the research group to deliver that strategy
• Delivered core technologies enabling Bose to deliver the best noise reduction available in any headphone on the market (QC-2 Earbuds)
• Created a team culture of agile execution, transparent demonstrations of progress, and shared accountability

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• Led a multidisciplinary group of EE, ME, Acoustic, DSP, and SW engineers to imagine and prototype new product and market opportunities. Led from the trenches, taking a hands-on role in high profile projects
• Cultured a rapid prototyping capability in the group, producing two new concepts for development
• Selected as technical lead for a strategic corporate initiative creating a whole new business area for Bose

Lexington, MA, US

• Led business development to re-invigorate the group with new innovative R&D programs, resulting in $3.7M/yr of new funding for each of first two years. Spearheaded proposal development, program execution, and system.
• Selected for second year on Joint Special Operations Science & Technology Task Force, advising Special Operations community on advanced technology solutions to their most difficult problems
• Established new internally funded R&D programs on reconfigurable antennas and circuits to support long-range technology needs in the group and built a foundation for future external programs
• Mentored four strong staff members as principal investigators to broaden our technical leadership base

Lexington, MA, US

• Co-leader of special group within MIT-LL assembled to rapidly deliver new capabilities for critical warfighter and first-responder needs. Responsible for proposal development, program management, and acted as lead.
• Grew a dynamic, high performance group from scratch to over 45 staff and $31M/year in R&D programs in just four years. Delivered three force protection systems into active deployment areas in last three years
• Despite the high pressure, built a trusting team with a rich sense of humor known throughout MIT LL.
• Architected unique airborne and mobile sensor system and successfully led development team through rigorous operational testing with the program sponsor

Lexington, MA, US

• Selected for field assignment at remote sensor site in Central Pacific. Responsible for program management of major technology projects for large radars and other sensors on the range.
• Designed upgrade to high power millimeter-wave imaging radar that doubled its resolution and sensitivity. Architected and executed program at less than half of the original budget
• Led a multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational team to deliver $14M/12month build of a new multi-sensor range safety ship on time, on budget, and exceeding performance specs

• Developed electromagnetic sensor system for surgical navigation product.
• Enabled dramatically reduced surgical time, surgical trauma and x-ray exposure to patients for orthopedic, cranial, and spinal surgery procedures. Included detailed design of 6-DOF sensor system and novel calibration.
• Product co-leader for release of FluoroTrak product. Achieved exceptional tool positioning accuracy, enabling successful FluoroTrack product launch and acquisition of VTI by GE Medical Systems
• Received GE Management Award in 2002 to recognize successful product launch
• Inventor on four patents for electromagnetic tracking techniques, including techniques to enable tracking in the heavily distorted electromagnetic environment in the surgical navigation suite

Lexington, MA, US

Adaptive array radar systems, Photonic systems, Non-linear equalization

Phd, Electrical Engineering, Remote Sensing

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Electromagnetics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Computer Engineering