Conceived and built the Tomato Joe's Pizza brand. Planned, opened, own and operate the two highest-rated pizza restaurants in a local market of 250,000 consumers. Introduced the region's first self-serve "Beer Wall", leveraging technology to deliver an exciting new customer experience. Created and managed an agile marketing strategy in a highly competitive and dynamic market, proving continuously successful over 15 years. Established lean operating procedures, and low-overhead rapidly updating supply chain management and inventory control systems. Developed and deployed novel training programs, a strong team leadership structure, and a work environment fostering a fantastic customer focus ethos utilizing innovating application of 6-sigma and lean techniques.

Head of Urethane Division, responsible for running the company's San Diego facility; accounting for 20% of revenue for Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. The facility is ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified, offering low tooling cost solutions for high-requirements molded and 3D-printed plastic geometries for low to medium volume production and fast turn prototyping, as well as electro-mechanical integration & test, and CNC fabrication. Stratasys is an $8B market cap enterprise specializing in direct manufacturing technologies and contract manufacturing services.

Led a multi-year technology innovation engagement with a major Aerospace/Defense client. Delivered leap-frog innovations for multiple divisions with highly varied product lines. Collaborated with client's corporate CTO and division level leadership. Developed significant IP and demonstrated new technologies in diverse areas. Delivered new hardware and digital platform for enhanced situational awareness in starlight, light-weight and durable portable satellite communications systems, novel command and control visualization systems and advanced interfaces for AI-enhanced A2/AD spectral agility solutions. Led a diverse staff of multi-disciplinary engineers, warfighters, scientists, astronauts, program managers, and artists to develop and present visionary concepts, and then followed through with technology development and demonstrations.

Headed LA office of a premier engineering, analysis & test firm specializing in aerospace systems, major theme park attractions, utility scale renewable energy systems, consumer products, and scientific instruments. Clients included SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Disney, and Mattel. Developed technical leadership team and fostered improvements in engineering capabilities for target markets. Doubled size of office and achieved 4X increase in annual revenue.

Head of design engineering for new utility scale solar technology developer and manufacturer. Built engineering team and developed product from crude prototype to first utility-scale deployment. Supported standing up two green-field factories, supply chain development, factory automation, and advanced development of next gen product. Supported deployment of 2 largest concentrated photovoltaic power plants in US history.

Head of engineering for new technology startup delivering a breakthrough 3D printing product.Company acquired by 3D Systems.

Head of Engineering for a technology startup delivering cutting edge low cost consumer robotics products.Company acquired by iRobot.

Head of Engineering and Manufacturing for world's largest outdoor advertising printed media company, delivering high performance giant scale printing technology.

Engineering team leader responsible for developing next generation low cost 3D printing equipment utilizing high resolution print heads.

Company acquired by Cybex.

Division acquired by Xerox.