Special Focus: Kids & Family | Electronics & Tech | Solutions Architect at ScaleProduct development leadership from concept to shelf to screen for consumer products and electronics in the toy, electronics, robotics and live-performance industries.Decades of experience in manufacturing and technology development leading global teams and factories from US, EU, Hong Kong and China, successfully moving ground-breaking ideas, prototypes and large-scale product lines through time-sensitive life cycles to profitable delivery.Guided by overall business objectives, leading products from marketplace positioning through strategic planning, stakeholder consensus, tactical development, and ultimately to deployment for retailers, consumers or end-users.A leadership style that lends itself to cross-functional teams comprised of project managers, creatives and technologists. Bridging the gap between stakeholders’ visions and teams’ successful deliveries.EXPERTISE:• Full-Cycle Product Development from Concept to Consumer o Design & Engineering o Product Engineering o Regulatory, Compliance and Standards Engineering o “Running Change” Management• Cross-Functional Team Leadership o Project & Process Management o Strategic & Tactical Planning o Multiple Initiative Ownership o Financial & Business Planning• Special Expertise o Children/Family Consumer Products o On-shore and off-shore Large-scale Manufacturing o Hands-on Electronic Features Engineering o Hands-on Firmware & Software Development (Arduino, Full-Stack NodeJS, Javascript, React, Redux, Firebase, Stripe, SendGrid, Auth, CSS, HTML...)• Patents & Innovations o Leading Edge Gaming Hardware o Mattel’s Power Glove o Electronic Baseball Game
Listed skills include Product Development, Product Management, Product Design, Start Ups, and 46 others.
