Experienced engineer, product developer, manager, marketer, and leader who has made a lasting impact on the hobby industry and who is driven by a higher purpose to help others succeed. I am passionate about achieving business goals and am focused on continuous improvement by learning from mistakes. Lead our team of passionate brand managers and creatives to authentically communicate the purpose behind each of our brands to our existing and future customers. Leverage my 12+ years of hands-on consumer-level product development/in-house tooling/in-house production/product release management experience in the RC industry to bring excitement to all of our new product releases.Focused on encouraging, empowering and engaging with my team to help them grow as people and to achieve our goals.Interface with executive management, product development, sales, web, and purchasing/planning teams across 4 time zones in a 500+ employee environment.15+ years of CAD experience (SolidWorks, Inventor) designing parts and tools for injection molding, thermoforming and CNC machining using DFM techniques. Inventor of Patent 8974265 - Self-righting mechanism for radio-controlled car.