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California, United States

Somerville, Massachusetts, Us

San Francisco, Us

Early prototype design for mechanical enclosure, hinges, doors, and seal mechanisms

San Jose, California, Us

My goal is give you the path to scale your hardware from 0-100k. Started this company to help start-up hardware companies get off the ground, and start making parts. My approach is direct action, and challenging the engineers to test the boundaries of their design. Making sure the product will be ready long before its debut. Also have performed quality control and engineering solutions for major manufacturers: Apple, Tesla, PopSockets, and more.Happy to jump in the mix and help get your product launched

Boulder, Co, Us

Building on the prior solution for unblocking product launch, I was contracted again to help design the next generation of products. This great team of folks is able to move fast and come up with multiple prototypes in record time. The supply chain is well oiled and provide great assistance to the engineering team. Can only say good things about working with this team. Can't wait for the next one!

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Working with a world class team of software and hardware engineers to disrupt the world of quality control in hardware, electronics, automotive, batteries, and more bleeding edge hardware being produced for the future of mobility and electronics.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Took this job thinking we would move to Seattle, but that wasn't the vibe in the office. Proved that hardware can be developed by teams in remote locations, and successfully launched.Designed multiple sheet metal parts, enclosures and ffc/FPCNew plastic injection molded part to replace my hastily designed sheet metal part, solution reduced cost by ~$3/unitUpdated a LOT of documentation for legacy information retention, as well as creating new drawingsAssisted with on-site troubleshooting and engineering change requests with Contract Manufacturer

Los Angeles, California, Us

Contracted for advising the engineering team on preparing for production, like making drawings, what GD&T is (not) needed, how to optimize for less material, what manufacturing processes to use, even down to where it should be assembled at its small volume. The team is now successfully launching this product in various new home construction sites across the US. Definitely a great team.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

My bias toward action is what drove this team. Let's take the concerns of that RF engineer and test them, and find the limit. The seeds of making large heatsinks, improving battery technology, and reducing weight started in this group. We successfully developed multiple prototypes and proof-of-concept pieces that led to the Hero 11 mini, as well as developments soon to come.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

In charge of over $6M in tooling assets, and responsibilities for making sure we were ready to scale up production on or ahead of time. Took what was a spreadsheet secretly shared between 2-3 members and helped keep that information up to date with the engineering team so they could understand when they needed to lock designs. Also helped to drive better understanding of tooling cost and where savings can be made in future iterations.

Building 8's goal was to create and ship new, category-defining consumer hardware products that were social first, at scale, and to power a breakthrough innovation engine modeled after DARPA.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Grew from a process and design troubleshooter, to an executional ramp mechanic assisting and unblocking multiple product launches and supply changes. Recognized for my knowledge of manufacturing processes and new-to-GoPro technologies, then promoted to SME role in the architecture team. Followed my familial team mates to FB to help them launch their latest product, and came back to rejoin the family.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

If there is any company that understands manufacturing, it is Apple; unafraid to develop obscure technology into a mass-manufacturing process, regardless of difficulty level.This is where I developed my eye for meticulous quality and detail in manufacturing. Statistics and its manufacturing inference can be applied very effectively to bring tolerances to levels that some Manufacturers think is not possible. We teach them otherwise, everyday, at scale.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Learned the importance of scale. Small size companies have very different challenges than large companies. Outsourcing is not always the most effective, and tribal knowledge rains supreme. Luckily, most of these are pretty easy to translate into documented manufacturing processes, whether in-house or when holding an outsource supplier responsible to ISO 9001 standards.Helped this company develop multiple new fixtures, processes, and supply improvements during the short tenure.

The sole drive of this company was to design and build electric vehicles for breaking boundaries. The eccentric Chip Yates has over 13 world records, and I was part of the team to achieve 5 world records for manned electrically powered aircraft. Currently the aircraft built for this project holds a Guinness world speed record of 216.9 MPH, and is currently working on recreating Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic flight using proprietary EV Infinite Range Technology. More info at: www.flightofthecentury.com

Arlington, Va, Us

As an intern, learned how to develop new hand-tools and fixutres that improve both speed of manufacturing, but also the human factor improvements. Manufacturing is still done by people, and getting to know the people shapes my identity in developing a cooperative manufacturing environment

Operated 3-axis turning and milling machinesProduced precision machined aluminum parts, both die-cast and billet aluminumLearned process and quality control and how to manually measure parts using gauging and indicators

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Social Sciences

Criminology