Hardware Product Engineering Leader, responsible for overall Product Engineering Development.Delivered North Focals, custom-built AR smartglasses with completely novel Laser Beam Scan projector + Hologram micro-display technology that only the wearer can see. Matured new technology concepts into product-ready components and sub-assemblies; Laser Beam Scanners (LBS), Custom Optics, MEMS Assemblies, Holograms, Integrated Prescription Lenses, WaveguideLed 60+ person Hardware Engineering team; Optics, Hologram, Prescription lens, Display, Display Calibration, EE, Mechanical, PD, Fixtures and Automation, AudioOn-site "shoulder to shoulder" collaboration with Manufacturing teams to ensure manufacturability, performance and yield

Led a team of 25 system experience designers, creatives, and software developers responsible for technology innovation and development in "non-Product" areas of Christie's business. Explored and connected the dots needed to identify significant opportunities and then create new solutions offerings that leveraged a combination of our internal capabilities, external partnerships, and acquisitions. Created a culture of innovation where new ideas were nurtured, prototyped, demonstrated, sponsored, and commercialized. Led technology development initiatives in areas where gaps were identified. Identified the need for and established the development of Christie Mystique, a software platform to enable our customers to design, install, and operate large scale entertainment experiences, with multi-megapixel canvases utilizing a vast number of projectors. Simplified installation and ongoing maintenance of these experiences to be “push of a button” to deliver perfect alignment and display quality for every show.Mystique technology managed complex mathematical, machine vision and graphics challenges; by leveraging 3D virtual environments, structured light and machine vision, and even infra-red real time tracking techniques, to deliver perfect automated alignment solutions in a significantly expanded array of complex applications.Major market segments targeted for growth included theme parks, design review environments, virtual reality, data visualization, augmented reality.

Leader of a ~50 person Development team, responsible for development of all Display modules and Touch Panel components for all Blackberry products.Main focus to deliver an "awesome" optical and touch experience to the end customer by developing best-in-class display components, touch components and optical systems that are also cost effective, reusable, and scalable in mass production.Innovated new and unique display technologies and features into Blackberry products; both in partnership with our suppliers and also through collaborative System level engineering within our own company.Developed ~20 fully customized display and touch components per year. Total volume and value of 80M units and ~$1 billion annually.Built, nurtured and led a strong, motivated, and engaged development team. Proud of my team having the highest employee engagement results in our entire division for multiple years running, in addition to their extremely high quality output.Built strong relationships with Display suppliers based in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China.Skills: - Technical Leadership and Execution- Empowering people and enabling collaboration- Optics, Display Design, Display Metrology, Touch, Colour Science- Custom Component Development via Specification, Development, Qualification- Never losing sight of how the technical work we are doing needs to ultimately delight the end customer