John Sutter Email & Phone Number

Redwood City, CA, US

• Managing development and readiness of new tag and handheld products
• Managing MFG/Test infrastructure in house and at CMs
• Coordinating FW support for new components
• Leading continuous improvement program to improve yield and reduce production time
• Driving failure analysis and resolution
• Coding FW bare metal and RTOS and applications in C#, C++, and Python

• Worked closely with sales/marketing, HW, FW, SW, and OPs teams to resolve ambiguities in requirements and commitments on a new product line.
• Led DFM/DFT efforts on the new product line and ensured engineering product specifications were complete for tag and handheld products.
• Focused on NFC features, specification and implementation of manufacturing test/provision systems, and overall system readiness
• Coordinated deployment and testing of production systems with remote teams in Asia.
• Evaluated and integrated new technologies including display and RF components..
• Programs resulted in production ready tags ready for qualification and early sales.

San Jose, CA, US

• Guided cross functional team of sales/marketing, HW, FW, SW, and OPs leaders to resolve ambiguities in requirements and commitments
• Coordinated scheduling of teams using different development/planning methodologies including waterfall, agile, and hybrid to meet common integration and deployment targets
• Communicated program status regularly and as needed to stakeholders and C* team
• Enhanced DFM/DFT program for new products improving first pass yield by 20% and overall yield by 5%
• Spearheaded new product line with NFC and LED beacon features, from requirements gathering and R&D/prototyping through integration, qualification and production resulting in a competitive product shown at national.
• Led expedited development program to update 4 products due to key part availability issue saving ~$5M in sales.

• Developed prototypes for a point of care medical diagnostic system
• Responsible for electrical/optical/mechanical, sensors, and embedded platforms
• Worked closely with CEO, biomedical engineer and SW architect to gather requirements, analyze challenges, and propose solutions
• Engaged medical device design firms to explore productization, testing, qualification, and production
• Partnered with a local national lab and a university research group

US

• Integrated a co-browsing/chat tool with the Nuasis contact management system.
• Worked closely with the PM and QA teams to deliver the right product in a testable manner..

• Developed a web-based product collaboration system for real-time discussion and markup of 2D and 3D documents such as graphical images and CAD models.

• Developed Commercials On Demand system to transfer video content between producers and TV stations.
• Developed web-based realtime weather system used in national baseball championship coverage.

• Developed tools and content for Sanyo's 3D displays.

• Ported and Enhance VLSI CAD tools
• Designed and implemented multi-platform source control system
• Designed and implemented automated build and regression test platform
• Member of ASIC design team

Ms, Media Lab, Spatial Imaging, Electro-Holographic Video Display Systems

Bs, Computer Engineering