Kyle Cherry Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

• Advising startups and established companies on how to develop hardware and electronics products for vision systems and augmented reality.
• Hands on technical lead who works with a multidisciplinary team to get customer products through the stages of development.
• Works with customer stakeholders to understand product needs and create a product requirements document (PRD).
• Uses a systematic approach to development by following the EVT, DVT, PVT development method.
• Produces prototypes both in-house and through the VX supply chain.
• Oversees solution implementation and validation testing.I also serve as SAM/GSA registered subject matter expert (SME) for government funded research projects and consult on technical matters for market research studies.

Greater Seattle Area

As a leading hardware developer in augmented reality, VX offers full-service system integration of custom AR/XR/MR technology. Our fully equipped lab and manufacturing facility are capable of producing metal, plastic, and optical components. We also produce PCB assemblies, and wire harnesses. This enables our engineers to develop and test designs quickly.

Greater Seattle Area

I served as an Advisory Board Member for the Engineering Design Program at PSSC for 10 years. I was the chair advisor for the 2012/2013 academic year.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• I worked with DAQRI's executive team to advised direction, coordination, and oversight of mechanical engineering, industrial design, manufacturing, and hardware.
• Guided the DAQRI engineering teams in the hardware development of the DAQRI Smart Glasses, DAQRI Smart Helmet, and branded accessories.
• Created successful industrial designs used for the production versions of their products.
• Advised on systems engineering for intrinsic and extrinsic calibration for production assembly and servicing of the DAQRI Smart Helmet.
• Transitioned DAQRI to use industry best practices for product development. This included the use of revision control, intermediate file exchange between teams, and manufacturing package creation.
• Aided the engineering teams on DFM/DFA for ODM production. The DAQRI Smart Helmet was featured in the 2016 CES Intel keynote.DAQRI launched the Smart Glasses at CES 2017 and were featured in the Intel booth.

Greater Seattle Area

As the Creative Director of 1066 Labs, I was responsible for the Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, UX, and prototype fabrication teams. Acquired by Daqri LLC, 1066 Labs was a leader in the head mounted display industry. Everything was engineered and manufactured in-house, from hardware design, optical-mechanical integration, and electro-mechanical.

Greater Seattle Area

Consumer electronics design and development. Formerly known as Innovative Converged Devices.

I worked as a designer for Behringer Audio, Boda Bags, Fable, and Innovative Converged Devices (ICD). I created designs for various industries and products.

Design and development consultancy with a focus on Microsoft technologies. Responsible for the look and feel of products and maintaining the design direction. www.ballingerandassociates.com

Work with the engineering team on client and in-house projects. Develop pre-production prototypes. Create design presentations for clients.