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New York, United States

• Evaluating startups’ hardware development programs to implement risk-reduction and efficiency improvement changes.• Supervise overseas vendor activities and ensure alignment with the product intent and project schedule.

New York, New York, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

• Conducting research through interviews and the review of scientific literature to determine the causes of the Valley of Death of Technology• Sharing the research journey through the Article Series "Bridging The Valley"

San Francisco, California, Us

• Built and managed a hardware development studio of up to 10 world-class engineers.• Designed and implemented full hardware development processes and organizational structures for client companies.• Managed client expectations for project timelines, deliverables, and costs for up to 8 projects simultaneously.• Set up and managed the Ronin San Francisco office space.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Created company goals collaboratively with co-founders.• Developed products from concept through to production, supporting prototyping, CAD modelling, and DFM.• Established Ronin standard operating procedures.

Taoyuan, Tw, Tw

• Found and evaluated new materials, manufacturing processes, and technologies for use in future products.• Devised new consumer electronics product ideas and evaluated concepts through prototypes.• Managed the internship program for the San Francisco Mechanical Engineering group.

Taoyuan, Tw, Tw

• Function as a liaison between Industrial Design and Engineering teams.• Identify and manage project risks, distribute tasks, and maintain the schedule for the design team.• Engineer mechanisms, generate complex CAD surface models, and develop ergonomics and usability testing.• Designed the controllers for the Vive virtual reality system, multiple cell phones, and an IOT fitness tracker.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

• Created storyboards and prototypes, conducted user testing, modeled CAD, and collaborated with manufacturers.• Led the engineering of two versions of hospital intake queuing displays.• Developed multiple iterations of a next generation medical self-service product using user-centric design practices.

• Designed card stock packaging for multiple products.• Worked directly with manufacturers and made multiple iterations of prototypes to design packaging.

• Designed a construction toy that links cards together into 3D structures; patent awarded.• Created prototypes of the product, conducted user testing, and iterated on the design.• Served as primary contact with manufacturers and managed the first production run of 10,000 units.• Initiated and negotiated sale of all company intellectual property.

Marblehead, Ma, Us

• Created models and engineering drawings based on provided concept sketches using SolidWorks.• Ran Finite Element Analysis on several designs for a product to determine whether they met strength requirements.• Brought a product from concept sketch to a final functional prototype, which was presented to the client.

Stratford, Connecticut, Us