I am currently am responsible for leading the automotive systems engineering group for our entire North American customer base. This group is responsible for all North American audio system vehicle tunings for concept and production vehicles. Additionally this group conducts local research and advanced development for next generation automotive audio systems.

I am currently the lead Product Planning Manager for our global Nissan/Infiniti account. This responsibility includes defining and executing the global audio product strategy to meet the needs of Bose Corporation and Nissan for all Nissan/Infiniti vehicles worldwide. Additionally, I co-manage our internal strategy for our flagship audio category. This responsibility includes defining and championing next generation automotive audio products that will reside on the very top end of the audio performance spectrum.

During this period at Bose I managed our local system engineering team for our local US based customers. This team’s primary responsibility was custom equalization for our concept and production vehicles such that the audio performance of these systems met the expectations of Bose and our customers. I was responsible for listening to each vehicle to ensure the audio performance objectives were met as well as managing the growth and development of the team. Additionally I was the Product Planning Manager for our U.S. Midwest customers. This responsibility included defining and implementing the audio strategy for new and current customers.

My responsibilities during this period included acting as lead System Engineer for Nissan/Infiniti, tuning both concept and production vehicles for all of our Japanese customers, acting as a resident Product Planning Manager/System Engineer for Nissan Technical Center North America, coordinating and planning audio layouts for Nissan vehicles worldwide and managing both Nissan engineering and Nissan Product Planning’s expectations and goals for both current and future audio platforms.

My responsibilities included designing Audio/Visual/Control systems for commercial clients, performing on site acoustical testing, writing acoustical recommendation reports, drafting and managing the overall production outflow of the office. I designed Audio/Video/Control systems in churches, performing arts theatres, conference rooms, and multi-purpose auditoriums. The overall design process included system programming requirements, base building conduit recommendations, functional block diagrams and written specifications on the installation and performance requirements of the system. Additionally, I was responsible for generating acoustical models of various spaces in order to provide acoustical recommendations.