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Organize operations for biomedical engineering lab (100+ personnel), spanning multiple institutions (MIT, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Broad Institute), focused on drug delivery and ingestible electronics.– Support interdisciplinary scientific and engineering research. Lead technical PM for 5-year, $65M program to develop robotic ingestible capsules for metabolic diseases. Set up and oversee new research facility with 30+ benches and advanced equipment.

Project work in technology and engineering management. Applications include: mobile robot system, Internet-connected home appliance, class II medical device.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Led engineering for MIT spinoff startup. Developed connected, wearable electronic device with ~150k units shipped to date. (Wrist-worn thermoelectric bracelet relieves hot flashes and helps users feel warmer or cooler.)– Consulting advisor to founding team, then recruited by CEO to manage complete redesign of novel complex system, from concept to launch with Chinese CM, in just 21 months (despite onset of Covid). Received iF Design Award (2021) and 4.7/5-star app ratings.– Built multi-disciplinary engineering team (9 FTEs + 12 offshore; hardware and embedded/software). Mentored junior engineers.– Overcame technical challenges with thermal management, water ingress, battery, cross-platform software. Passed independent safety audit. Built rich data / IoT infrastructure and data warehouse/analytics platform. – Deployed quality management system. Managed sustaining engineering and resolved problems. Led rapid redesigns during aggressive global sales ramp (to ~10k units/month), in face of supply chain crises.

Built teams; advised organizations; managed engineering and operations functions. Selected projects:– Covidien/Medtronic (2013-16). Leadership consultant brought in by VP R&D, a former colleague, to establish major corporate R&D center of excellence in robotic surgery (leading to Hugo product, now in use worldwide). Core contributions to organizational design, recruiting, R&D process, and system architecture. Helped to rapidly grow team from 20 to 100+.– OutSmart Power (2014-16). Led 8-person engineering team (industrial IoT system for power closets). Introduced by CFO to scale up manufacturing (MA CM) and roll out 5,000 devices to 50+ locations. Managed software and hardware.– Helen of Troy (2018). Hired by VP Advanced Tech/Innovation to devise a strategy for adding IoT / connectivity support to $2B portfolio of well-known consumer products. Recommended architecture and providers; developed budgets and project plans.– Mass. General Hospital (2013-14). Assessed scalability of custom ‘Virtual Visits’ (telehealth) software platform. Reviewed codebase, evaluated program needs/capabilities, and ramped up a new software team.– PLM implementations (2014-17). Selected and deployed PLM systems for startups with complex BOMs (dozens of sub-assemblies and thousands of parts).

Billerica, Ma, Us

Led engineering and operations for agricultural robotics startup, from seed through early revenues.– Conducted market research. Drafted business plans, financial model, and pitch deck, raising $15M in funding (Series A to C). Oversaw corp. G&A (finance, HR, IT, office/test facilities) as team grew from 4 to 40 people.– Managed engineering effort from seed (proof-of-concept prototypes) to successful alpha demo (rugged, autonomous mobile robots working reliably in unstructured, muddy outdoor environments). Led complex hardware/software/robotics project with multiple teams, many parallel workstreams, and a 1,300-line BOM.– Transitioned to leading Operations team. Led manufacturing and supply chain ops, including CMs and in-house final assembly/test. Created support and repair strategy. Hired and managed field service team.– Took over struggling custom battery pack program and drove it to successful completion. Conceived and supervised development of Harvest Analytics system (data warehouse and robot analysis software).

Oakland, California, Us

Led $3.5M software firm to adopt modern technologies and shift focus from services to high-margin products.– Redesigned flagship product (mail/materials mgmt.) and deployed to banner clients (e.g. Chevron, U.S. D.O.D)– Improved financial controls/reporting. Reduced debt and earned first annual profit in 3 years.

Oakland, California, Us

– Rejoined company to manage 12-person technical team. Improved development process and boosted staff morale.

South San Francisco, California, Us

Hired by former manager to lead consulting team, building custom salesforce automation software for a prominent pharmaceutical company.

San Francisco, California, Us

Built computer simulations for leading neuroplasticity lab. Conducted research; proposed novel theory; drafted paper.

Us

Led 7-person startup team to build 3 web applications, powering customer portals for leading U.S. banks.

Oakland, California, Us

Software engineer, architect and technical team lead. Led up to 12-person teams. Built mobile, web, database software.

Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Mac software developer (media distribution software). Devised cross-platform algorithms for fast indexed search.

Mba

Ba, Double Major In History And Computer Science