Creative and resourceful Engineering and Business leader passionate about bringing innovative new hardware products and technologies to market. ➢ Created a nanopore-based DNA sequencing consumable➢ Directed development of a novel biometric sensor and transferred it to volume manufacturing in Asia, reducing cost, increasing capacity by >10x and improving quality. ➢ Created a new business within an existing company (Electrohydrodynamic cooling). Defined the product vision, staffed and resourced the division, and developed business relationships with laptop OEMs in the U.S. and Asia.➢ Defined and created a family of fiber optic components that became the most popular in their category, accounting for more than $100M in cumulative sales. Developed business relationships with customers in North America, Asia, and Europe.➢ Built an R&D department from non-existent to state-of-the art through judicious capital expenditures and strategic hiring. ➢ Qualified products to multiple industry and regulatory standards, including UL, Telcordia, and JEDEC.➢ Stanford Ph.D. Holder of more than 30 issued patents. Specialties: Strategic Planning, Team Building, Leadership,Full-Cycle Project Management, Regulatory Qualification, Licensing, Budgeting, Forecasting, Change Management, Problem Solving, IP Protection, Needs Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Executive Presentations, R&D, Global Staff Development