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• Provided product development services to clients across 11 projects.
• Added 7 new services and implemented a rapid development process resulting in start to finished beta products in as little as 3 weeks.
• Development of 3 in-house products.

Lehi, Utah, US

. Hired into innovation research group to develop and explore forward looking technologies. Conducted testing and research to determine failure modes and rates of textile embedded sensors and identified key design parameters. Reviewed literature, established analytical models and developed test methods for wearable biopotential sensors. Ran nonlinear.

Lehi, Utah, US

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

• Developed 4 new instruments within a 12 month period and worked on numerous improvements to other instruments
• Reduced the cost of one instrument by 71% through improved DFM and functional changes
• Assisted in setting up an R&D shop to enable rapid (same or 1-day turnaround) prototype exploration
• Excelled at creative problem solving, simplifying designs and determining root cause

• Brought together and lead multidisciplinary team (business, industrial design, engineering) from market research and ideation to production and marketing of a novel mobility device
• Won $50,000 in innovation & business plan competitions, raised $200,000 in investments and saw product featured in several places (Medgadget, Popular Science, Gizmag, ASME.org, others)
• Implemented various manufacturing methods (injection molding, extrusion, machining, die cutting, others) and designed in a variety of materials (aluminum, fiber composites, plastics, foam, others)
• Lead design and construction of in-house cycle tester and compression tester, saving company an estimated $50,000
• Implemented production procedures and tooling, reducing cycle time of one component by 78%
• Oversaw filing of provisional applications, two US patents, one continuation-in-part and a PCT application and writing of product user manual and other technical and legal documents

• Collaborated with fire safety experts, business developers, industrial designers, electrical engineers and manufacturers in development of device
• Contributed to marketing and business strategy efforts resulting in raising $85,000 in competitions, $50,000 in investment and the formation of the company
• Sourced professional services such as industrial design, manufacturing, electrical engineering, regulatory (ETL & UL), business legal, and intellectual property
• Contributed to writing the user manual, CAD work, and other documents as well as oversaw the filing of original patent, which has now been granted
• Worked with contact in Asia for manufacturing of product

Provo, UT, US

• Aided mechanical and manufacturing engineering students with various aspects of the product development processes such as brainstorming, prototyping, testing, design for manufacturing, etc.
• Checked work of students and provided feedback of CAD drawings for improvements

• Worked with client to understand their needs and established requirements considering current solution’s weaknesses and strengths
• Presented customer with alternative solutions complete with “looks-like” and “works-like” prototypes
• Coordinate efforts of the design team and work with the manufacturing engineer to create and test prototypes

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Associate'S Degree, General Studies