Spokesman and advocate for independent inventors. Coordinating patent policy, legislation, amicus briefing, and public relations.

+ Developed, launched, and licensed Bunch O Balloons (http://bunchoballoons.com). Raised nearly $1M on Kickstarter; sold over 2 million units in first year.+ Conducted research and development on a variety of novel consumer products. Involved in all phases and aspects including conceptualization, detailed design, business analysis, intellectual property, marketing, manufacturing.

+ Provided research, benchmarking, and general design support for industrial and medical products. Specialized in mechanisms, assembly, and manufacturing technologies providing both system level guidance and detailed design for critical components. Developed and improved motors, gearboxes, sensors, housings, seals, connectors, displays, and input devices.+ Generated, documented, and sourced bill of materials for finished products. Components included PCB, transistors, integrated circuits, sensors, plastics, cabling, metals, hardware, adhesives, and packaging.+ Developed fast, economical, and reliable sources for rapid prototypes and production tooling. Technologies available include polyjet 3D printing, CNC/CAM machining, metal stamping, and injection molding.+ Advised and mentored others in use of software tools, problem solving skills, vendor management.

Developed and produced the Slice Cordless Design Cutter and Shapelets Stretchy Band Design System. Built complete turnkey product design and production capabilities utilizing contract design and manufacturing resources. Directed all phases of a new product related business including formation, finance, hiring, patent & trademark protection, product development, manufacturing, marketing, and licensing.

Developed and optimized methods and materials utilized in the the DLP imaging device. Optimized performance, cost, and yield metrics through design, experimentation, data mining, and analysis. Provided particular technical expertise in environmental sealing and reliability engineering. Developed specialized failure analysis techniques and tools. Supervised small team of direct reports. Published work included 4 papers and 6 patents.

Designed, conducted, and analyzed stress tests for microelectronics. Worked with internal customers on requirements, scheduling, and reporting. Worked with vendors on specifications, equipment purchasing and servicing.