Product Designer | Crowdfunding Expert | Rapid-Prototyper| 3D Printing Expert | Placemaking consultant| Public Relations| Marketing| Product Launch strategist| Manufacturing Policy Advocate |Product ManagerScrappy, driven startup guy that will solve your problems. Looking to work at an established, sophisticated company that is advancing human progress. Traveled to Tibet to provide tibetans access to the media in their own language. Journeyed through the Amazon on a river boat providing medical assistance. And, designed, manufactured and introduced an extremely challenging hardware concept to the market, while also launching a crowdfunding campaign in the top 1% of most funded projects on Kickstarter.Designed, launched, and patented the first rapid-swap hybrid 3D printer used by most branches of military , NASA, Google, Audie and many elite universities.Strategized a smart-city project for the city to build infra-structure scale sensor networks.Transitioned hundreds of people who lost access to manufacturing tools and assistance needed to run their business into a new makerspace as co-founder and chairperson.Created partnerships with local universities and programs to create and provide safe places and design and fabrication skills to members of an underserved community.Raised and helped raise over $3.5 million dollars in crowdfunding, investments, pre-covid SBA funding, and foundation support over 6 years. Invitee to White House, US Congress, a roundtable with the Secretary of the Department of Labor, and to the PA governor's mansion to discuss innovation policy, the maker movement, innovation and small batch manufacturing.Completed the entire lifecycle of a robotics company , from start to close, over 7 years.First crowdfunding campaign made 1.2 million dollars in its first month.
