Team Manager since February 2021

Designed and developed a website: https://experiments.coffeeBuilt a bicycle: https://howtobuilda.bikeMusician and amateur luthier of cigarbox ukulelesRandom Arduino projects and RaspberryPi adventuresArtist Blacksmithing

Responsible for the development, manufacturing, production and shipping of all 25 Fellow products.• Developing empathy-based/human-centered designs via an iterative cycle• Prototyping, from duct-tape/cardboard through 3D printing (FDM, SLA, CNC plastic) through breadboard, Arduino + firmware prototypes• Design for manufacturing – Injection molded plastics, deep drawn stainless steel, blown glass, finishes (paint, PVD), cast ceramics, PCB manufacturing.• Manufacturing overseas – testing and evaluating off-tool samples from factory, QC process development, onsite visits, ramp up factory line to mass production.• Safety and Vendor Compliance – ETL, FCC, IC, SGS, FDA, NSF, Bureau Veritas• Project Management – setting milestones + timelines, coordinating cross-functional teams, mitigating unforeseen issues, shipping finished product!• Quality Control – QC spec creation, coordinating 3rd Party inspections• Production logistics and operations – factory to warehouse to customer, air- freight, ocean freight, 3PL central, ShipStation, WooCommerce

Oversaw our first hardware product from prototyping to mass production. I ensured the on-time delivery of our first smart-home consumer product.- Analyzed the critical path, set milestones, and managed the project schedule from prototyping via EVT, DVT, PVT to mass production.- Coordinated communication between internal engineering teams and external stakeholders, the OEM in Taiwan, factories in China, contract designers, and component vendors.- Travelled to Taiwan and China to make sure our product was being made to the correct spec, features, timeline, and quality control.- Maintained the PRD (product requirements document) and QC (quality control) document to communicate our product on the manufacturing side.- Researched safety compliance requirements, instructed design of our product so it would comply with NRTL reqs (UL and ETL) and FCC. I worked with UL and Intertek in the US and Taiwan to get our product certified and ready to sell in the US and Canada market on time for the product launch.- Developed testing procedures for automation plans and acted as QA specialist for the App, device software and web backend.- Software PM for the website, organized sprints, prioritized tasks between different projects and with product teams and other SW PMs.

- Built robot prototypes. Worked with the principal mechanical design engineer, electrical/firmware engineers, and device software engineers to coordinate getting custom mechanical parts and circuit boards made, and built the prototypes.- Prepared the robotic design to go from R&D to production with documentation, a BOM (bill of materials), assembly documentation SOPs (standard operation procedures), and sourcing information.- Coordinated work of 2 other robot engineers in the build and testing plan.- Planned and conducted engineering testing and research on robot design. Took design, made prototype parts, then built and tested robotic prototypes. Did initial QA and QC of design and bug finding. Made a plan, priority and schedule of building as well as bug fixing.- Managed the R&D BOM, reviewed engineering drawings, and completed ECOs (engineering change orders) requested from production. Managed prototyping schedule of four new products.- Logistic sourcing EE and ME components and parts from 3rd party vendors for prototyping and production.

- Creative and original design, illustration, packaging design, work on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for products and web design- Designed and illustrated playing cards for a math game , packaging, marketing materials, several drafts of children’s books, and a website.- Project manager of three different projects running at the same time, process review, project planning, and budgets.

contract work, helping clients develop vision, translate 2-D to 3-D, understanding of metals and power tools, working in a budget, torch and arc welding, brazing, soldering, forging, design, good dexterity and working with hands