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Irvine, California, US

I founded M8 Systems to address farmers’ increase cost of operations. Irrigation, fertilizer and labor costs are all making it harder for farms to remain in business. Our FarmLink Technology allows most existing farms equipment (valves, pumps, sensors etc.) to easily connect to our cloud infrastructure and immediately reduce OpEx. M8 Systems monitors farms.

Fort Worth, Texas, US

• Recruited to realize the Autonomous Pharmacy vision with a team of talented engineers and engineering leaders to assemble multiple products into a coherent universal solution.This fully integrated multi-product.
• OmniVerse – articulated the overall architecture where all key products have a clearly defined role, aligning the entire engineering team around the OmniVerse concept
• Infrastructure – pushed to eliminate technical debt by migrating from VFP to Angular
• Research initiatives – including Grab and Go!, Automatic Med Recognition, track and trace, Fleet Management, Narrow Band IoT with fully encrypted IoT stack, Global Formulary, Intelligent Cabinets and Carousels and more.
• Managed the research team and research direction to align with Products & Market needs
• Created a Network Operation Center with over 35K end point throughout the USA / real time

Seattle, WA, US

• Amazon Go is the first store of its kind where no checkout is required. Customers simply enter the store using the Amazon Go mobile app to browse and take the products they want and then leave. The store delivers a.
• Smart camera research – provided imaging streams to convolution neural networks and deep learning engines with sensor fusion to develop Edge intelligence smart cameras, where instead of a digital camera streaming.
• Developed internal disparity engine in ASIC (FPGA) to gauge distances in custom designed active stereoscopic depth-sensing cameras
• R&D Oversight – produced proofs of concepts through the PDP process. Coached the Amazon team in custom hardware development encompassing an entire ecosystem, including mechanical design, electronics design, firmware.
• PDP Process – established Phase Gates / Pre-requisites and Exit criteria, defining successful Proof of Concept for EVT, DVT, PVT systems.

Torrance, CA, US

• Responsible for Rapiscan’s $100M+ product line portfolio of security screening/threat detection equipment and applicable budget and P&L.Lead a team of 350+ engineers located primarily in the U.S. (Torrance, CA and.
• 3D Screening System for cabin baggage
• RTT 110 for high speed baggage screening and air cargo
• 360-degree display with high resolution 3D imaging
• Sensitive narcotics and explosives detection
• CT Scanners

Irvine, CA, US

• The Masimo Corporation, a $12B medical technology company, develops and manufactures noninvasive patient monitoring instruments and sensors. Led their corporate development process from identifying and screening.
• Purchase of Spire Semi, a gallium arsenide fab for vertical integration.
• Enhanced defensive positioning with the purchase of PhaseIn Sweden, a capnography company.
• Created the PMO office with metrics, analytics and established an Executive Tracking Dashboard.

San Jose, California, US

• Neato Robotics, a consumer robotics startup in Silicon Valley, was founded with the purpose of revolutionizing conventional approaches to housework by applying a groundbreaking laser-based rotating imaging subsystem.
• Built and led dedicated team that delivered a cutting edge, SLAM-based robotic technology.
• Developed unique cost-effective Lidar sensing technology for the consumer market.
• Negotiated and closed over $20 million of Series B and Series C financing.
• Negotiated over $50 million in partnerships with Tier 1 companies in Europe and China.
• Awarded “Last Gadget Standing” (CES) and Popular Science’s Technology of the future (cover).

San Jose, California, US

• Managed P&L and supervised a dedicated team of 120 employees in the design, production, and supply of complete camera modules to the mobile phone market. Provided quarterly status updates for Board of Directors.
• Developed and maintained key customer relationships, including Motorola, Samsung and LG.
• Led fab partnership and major contract negotiations with IBM.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Working with Agilent Labs developed a new product line, including proof of concept and first prototypes of mobile navigation products targeting the mobile phone market.
• Partnered with existing Tier 1 customers to validate feasibility of multiple concepts and related software.
• Hired an expert internal team to develop the concepts into product worthy designs.
• Received additional funding from Agilent's internal board upon achieving pre-defined milestones and criteria.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Joined Agilent to lead the post Photo Access Corp. acquisition integration of the eCamera group team into the pre-existing team and lead the combined group.
• Reorganized the teams into functional groups to accelerate product development and execution.
• Tasked with creating the camera module technology for mobile and wireless appliances along with a 3-year road product map.
• Wrote initial product line specifications for an Internet-enabled digital imaging platform.
• Raised over $8M.
• The first prototype was delivered to a major cellular phone manufacturer within six months of the Photo Access acquisition.

• One of two founders of the company, Photo Access Corporation was founded in late 1997.
• Wrote the specifications of the product line upon founding PhotoAccess.
• Raised over $8M for the company and hired the team.
• Developed the first prototype eCamera in 18 months.Played a key role in divesting the company to Agilent Technologies, Inc. in August 2000, creating significant gains for all company investors and shareholders.Authored.

Fremont, California, US

Leading a dedicated team of engineers (electronics, software and mechanical) developed multiple imaging products. Designed the award winning PaperPort line of scanners with on board hardware JBIG and JPEG compression. Products included the original PaperPort, PaperPort VX and PaperPort Strobe and two OEM product lines: HP ScanJet and Compaq Keyboard scanner.

San Jose, California, US

Guided the engineering team in the development of multiple imaging products. Designed ScanMan 32, ScanMan256 and one of the first digital camera product lines, including FotoMan, FotoMan Plus and FotoMan Color.

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering