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Washington, DC, US

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Lead Program/Product Manager, driving early-stage R&D, guiding products to market adoption, securing funding through new business opportunities, and defining development scopes for strategic success
• Drive strategic product roadmaps and execution, leading cross-functional teams to develop and integrate advanced computer vision software solutions across 4+ distinct uncrewed systems, aligning technical development.
• Engage stakeholders and customers to define and validate product requirements, gather feedback, refine features, mitigate risks, and validate solutions, driving iterative development that enhances autonomy in critical.
• Prioritize high-impact features, resulting in timely product delivery, higher user satisfaction, and increased market adoption
• Lead Learning and Active Perception (AI & ML) engineers to deliver software and development of perception models for real-time object tracking and classification, meeting deadlines for DoD customers while mitigating.

Cupertino, California, US

• Led global teams across the US and Asia from concept phase to mass production for 4 iPhone generations, aligning product development with strategic goals, market demands, and quality standards for complex new.
• Partnered with stakeholders across functions to align on key requirements, meet build goals and KPIs, launching new iPhones through data-driven product readiness decisions, presenting program maturity updates to senior.
• Drove early FATP strategy and roadmap execution for next-gen AirTag, leading a cross functional team to optimize system hardware architecture during product definition to achieve a $15M in annual cost savings through.
• Defined cost and efficiency requirements based on market insights and customer feedback to improve AirTag design, enhancing production efficiency and user satisfaction
• Achieved cost savings of +$20M/year in labor reduction through introduction and development of new Vent and Speaker Module lines, drove risk mitigations & failure analysis to deliver +99.5% yields across iPhone 15 and.
• Enabled development and system integration of novel proximity sensor module at FATP with multi-disciplinary technical engineering teams for iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max

Scottsdale, AZ, US

• Lead Program Manager for Engineering and Operations, led the cross-functional engineering development, production readiness and launch of Axon’s first wearable LTE-connected camera, Axon Body 3, and Taser 10’s new.
• Led development strategy and next generation process development with engineering for new cartridge technology
• Introduced new automation vendors and developed automated processes in wire winding, laser welding, assembly and testing for development builds while managing production machines through acceptance
• Key member of engineering team to restructure supply chain for next-gen components, removing poor performing suppliers and strategically shifting NPI production to more capable and cost-effective suppliers
• Drove R&D’s evaluation and acquisition of CT scanning system for engineering & failure analysis

Scottsdale, AZ, US

• Directed global teams from early concept through launch for Axon’s 0 to 1 first wearable LTE connected camera, AB3
• Oversaw in-country, cross-functional teams in China & Taiwan focusing on engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain to meet critical technical and program milestones, drove both engineering and factory.
• Drove improvements with engineering teams (Mechanical, Electrical, Software, RF, Acoustic) through development builds to increase functional performance (IPX7, Drop, Acoustic, LTE & GPS antenna design) throughout EVT.
• Accomplished design and FATP process improvements to successfully meet product requirements, pass REL validation & ORT, stabilized capacity, mitigate EFFA issues, map PRQ plan and reduce costs
• Managed Axon’s most successful product launch, shipping more than 100k devices in first 6 months in the market, increased output by 320% from ramp plan and reached +95% yield on multiple production lines

Scottsdale, AZ, US

• Led engineering tradeoffs with concept development and characterization studies for new product design
• Designed, tested, and characterized IP68 enclosures, thermal management & mechanisms for next gen wearables
• Conducted investigations using SolidWorks Finite Element Analysis, Flow Simulation, Linear and Non-Linear Dynamics tools to simulate real life thermal conditions & mechanical failure points to guide early design.
• Designed, fabricated and introduced new tools, mechanical assembly and test fixtures for 7 unique production lines
• Executed verification testing apart of POV camera’s PVT/Ramp while communicating issues and potential solutions to drive needed hardware & software changes for production
• Led EVT build for AB3 and managed outsource of manufacturing test firmware project

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US

• Researched the hydrodynamics and propulsion of sea lion flippers under the supervision of Dr. Megan Leftwich
• Developed robotic sea lion flipper prototype to emulate unsteady propulsion of sea lion flipper
• Image taken of sea lion flipper surface using Scanning Electron Microscope featured in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Highlights of Fluid Dynamics Research article for 2014
• Presented project in annual SEAS R&D Showcase Competition

Washington, DC, US

• Assembled prototype micro-cathode vacuum arc thrusters for a small cube satellite in the Micro-propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Michael Keidar
• Refined design, evaluated materials, and estimated thrust abilities for thruster prototypes in vacuum chamber

• Focused on engineering verification tests and finding technical solutions for the R&D team’s next-generation law enforcement body camera Axon Body 2
• Planned, executed, and recorded tests using JIRA to verify system requirements and drive needed hardware & software changes
• Performed data collection tests ranging from high speed camera drops to thermal chambers to simulate accelerated life testing. Prototyped and operated a robotic button cycle fixture for automated testing and iteration
• Communicated issues and potential solutions with design engineers and manufacturing engineers to drive hardware changes for production