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Cadillac, Michigan, United States

Overseeing product, marketing, and strategic partnerships.FieldMateAI is a generative AI-powered app specifically for field technicians. Ask technical questions, get immediate answers and see where the answers came from. This app was built by people in the trades for people in the trades! We're currently focused on HVAC field techs, but soon we'll be adding-in tools for electricians and plumbers. Take FieldMateAI for a test drive by downloading in the Apple App Store or the Google Play store!

Michigan, United States

New technology development, marketing, sales, and rollup integration for the MM group of home service and construction companies. 10x growth between 2021 and 2024.

Sisters, Oregon, United States

SousZen is a back-of-restaurant AI tech startup that was born from Xinova Labs via a partnership with one of the world's leading food and beverage companies. SousZen applies software, automation, and analytics to help optimize food preparation and planning.

Austin, Texas, United States

Through VC-funded seed stage to series A, responsible for the deliverables of the AI, Software, Hardware, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Data Acquisition teams. Parted ways when leadership was consolidated geographically.Smarter Sorting is an Austin-based cleantech company that has developed B2B hardware and software systems that utilize a machine-learning-enabled decision engine to help retail and waste businesses optimize the sorting decisions, as well as the classification selections, for the transportation and disposal of regulated products. In 1.5-years as CTO:- Led the Tech organization through seed to $17M series A funding- Launched the three, key, customer-facing products (moblie, back-of-store, and back-office)- Led a team to develop and patent core IP, including the Auto-Classification Engine- Quadrupled the size of the Tech organization- Provided the tech for our install base to grow 5x- Part of the three-person deal team that closed the company's first major contract- Launched remote teams in India, Nepal, and The Philippines

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Spearheaded the company's foray into subsea technologies. In a PE environment, global/international responsibility for product development and technical business development for an approximately $100M company. Exited after being part of the deal team for the successful PE acquisition by Texas Hydraulics Holdings.The Oilgear Company is a century-old organization with over a dozen facilities around the globe, specializing in state-of-the art hydraulic components, systems, and engineering for the Oil & Gas, Industrial, Clean Tech, and Aerospace industries.

Bend, Oregon, United States

In a bootstrapped startup, co-developed the simulation package and customized the product for our global customer base. GEI absorbed into Oilgear in 2013.GEI specialized in creating custom multi-physics software simulations aiding in system design for offshore and subsea Oil & Gas technologies. GEI focused on software development as a tool for physical product development.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Systems engineering design leadership and deployment management. Departed to create consultancy, GEI.BAS specializes in the creation and integration of custom IoT installations and control systems in buildings and facilities.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

In-Flight Calibration Team Leader, overseeing design, simulation, procurement, testing, and data acquisition and analysis for the onboard calibration systems of the VIIRS for the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) spacecraft.Raytheon's Remote Sensing Division produces one-of-a-kind electrical, optical, and mechanical hardware for satellite suites.

Goleta, California, United States

Pulsar star data analysis for the Astrophysics Department.

Bs, Applied Physics

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