Karl Winkler Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Transformation in technologies to delighting consumers. Changes in the industry in an environmentally responsible way including a team of seasoned professionals that we have worked in the past. Together we will test market, reduce risk and scale in a timely fashion.In many roles I have managed operations and technology on limited budgets by containing costs, implementing Six Sigma FMEA changes, improving employee productivity, and leveraging customer and vendor resources. In addition, I have a strong engineering and product team management background that includes new product designs, prototyping, testing, and production. My industry experience spans Food & Beverage technology and both consumer and commercial products, including considerations for environmental responsibility and sustainability.

WEP ENGINEERING & CONSULTING CO.We are a reliable, experienced, value added resource that can assist you with your engineering needs. We pride ourselves on partnering with our clients to improve their manufacturing capabilities from project development engineering to equipment sourcing to installation training and start up. WEP Engineering can provide valuable assistance to the challenges you face and your operation. leveraging automation and process control to reduce COGs and increase output in current facilities vs expansion or Greenfield options.

Making it real.Engineering, Design and Support - Product Development, Engineering Refinement, Innovation development, product positioning. IP development, IP support and IP defense consultant.

Gloucester, Ma, Us

Supported the expansion of Cometeer and its expansion with cost effect mean as it scales.

Gloucester, Ma, Us

We freeze coffee in capsules; it makes a damn good cup.

Gloucester, Ma, Us

Cometeer using a patented technology is focusing on healthy, safe and environmentally responsible delivery systems for the beverage industry. Cometeer has introduced a revolutionary, 100% recyclable beverage capsule filled with the best coffee's on the planet. Developed a next platform designed to do more.

New York, Ny, Us

Sustainable production practices and consumer and commercial products including, Food & Beverages. Safe products consumer and commercial products good for People, Pets and the Planet.

New York, Ny, Us

Boston, Us

Helping scaling the program for these fantastic plant based meat products. Production and process controls are in place. This was he perfect advisory position and a fantastic product moving forward.

Boston, Us

Creating the right taste and texture in alternative meats What if we let animals go about their business and made meat differently? Boston Meats is on a mission to make alternative meats so delicious, nutritious, and affordable that eating animals won’t make sense anymore

Developing an array of innovative wearable and cordless consumer / commercial products, with Bluetooth enabled, whos foundation is in wearable battery technologies. This innovative gas technology also uses solid state high voltage ignition system.

Retained consultant and continue supporting product development and business opportunities for the unique WikiFood technology.

Working with an incredible team we are developing amazing products using WikiFoods and AeroDesigns Intellectual Property portfolio. I now oversee the following departments Engineering, R&D / Product Development, Manufacturing and Operations.

Working with an amazing team in Boston developing and implement Wikifoods technology.Look for the food of the future coming to store near you.

I am pleased to announce that along with being Vice President of Engineering and Product Development at WikiCell Design, I am now also head of Engineering and Product Development at AeroDesigns and its family of innovative products. Look for more information coming soon.

Redesign the MooBella Microcreamery, a PC controlled automated ice cream factory: The new design reduced cost and size more the 40%. System included a 17 inch touch screen GUI, 16 stepper motors, nine optical sensors, hall effect sensors, multiple thermal sensor, and its contains a wifi and cell communication system. This complex electro mechanical device was to be made in the US by Stoelting in Kiel, WI, under the Mixi brand. A full VAVE plan was in place to sources sub assemblies and injection molded parts in China and Mexico while retaining manufacturing here in the USA. http://www.stoelting.com/foodservice-equipment/mixi-creamery.phpMooBella Inc. was successfully sold to it primary investor Nestle's.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Managed a growing research team with an eye to the future, our focus, sustainable product design. With the application of cutting edge clean technologies to accomplish this goal. The Platform we developed was finally released, please check out the Keurig: Vue brewing system. http://www.keurig.com/vuesystem Key systems carafe size and backwards compatibility implemented in Keurig 2.0.Edison Award 2013 http://www.edisonawards.com/winners2013.php

Drove the commercialization of lab base clean technology electrostatic air cleaning system. This silent, low-ozone / hi-CADR replaces the need for HEPA filters and the noise produced by the fans associated with HEPA filters. Managing a team of research scientists and engineers along with being general manager. I sourced our OEM partners in China.

IP consultant on a line of consumer products in litagation.

Armatron International Parent company of EchoVison, Galaxie and Flowtron Outdoor ProductsOrganizational restructuring, design refinements, technology integration and material reduction.

Developed Keurig's first small business and consumer single cup coffee brewing system.

Report to the Vice President of Engineering and responsible for new product designs, prototyping, testing, and production engineering. Key products have included a hardware line (glue gun and soldering iron), a butane powered curling iron, and an outdoor lantern that dispenses mosquito repellent. Production of these products has totaled approximately 16 million to date. Evaluate client company's product ideas for design and product feasibility.