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Boulder, Co, Us

Greeley, Co, Us

Reston, Va, Us

Led the entire technology stack for Electrify America, including charging software, hardware-firmware engineering, product management, quality engineering, energy services, technical program management, and enterprise software. ▪Led extreme focus on quality and reliability to improve customer experience across network.▪Restructured technology team to organize around cross-functional programs led by technical program managers.▪Led transition to in-house technology stack to improve performance and development velocity of all products.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Led team responsible for the development of all Rivian charging products, including home, commercial fleet, and public network. Built charging product development team from the ground up, and executed product roadmap, shipping 16 products in 18 months. ▪ Hired as the founding member of the Charging Product Development team for a portfolio of 16 EV charging products.▪ Built the program management and engineer design teams from 0 to 20 members – recruiting talent from top tech companies.▪ Developed in-house-designed power electronics DC Fast Charge solution from lab prototype to deployment in 16 months.▪ Developed portfolio of Level 2 EVSE automotive charging products for home, public, and commercial fleet applications.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Drove go-to-market strategies and M&A for new products and markets. Led teams to develop new products, new intellectual property, and new licensing opportunities. Served as a member of the executive team for $1.5B private equity backed company.▪ Founded the Innovation Office under the mandate from the CEO and Board of Directors. Helped determine and validate innovative product feature sets. Served as a collaborative, analytical, and creative executive leader in product management.▪ Drove technical diligence efforts on the M&A team for two strategic acquisitions of tech startups. ▪ Managed five-fold increase in both external licensing and inventor relations. ▪ Led robotics-engineering team for robotic kiosk business group.▪ Took over leading the rapid prototyping team, building new product concepts for the robotic kiosk business group.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

(Formerly minuteKEY. The Hillman Group acquired minuteKEY in 8/2018)Reorganized product development and manufacturing process that resulted in successful exit of VC-backed robotics startup.▪ Served as member of executive leadership team running all product development and manufacturing operations.▪ Oversaw domestic contract manufacturer to deliver thousands of units per year of complex robotic IoT system.▪ Successfully established and recruited hardware test team to support the uptime target of > 99% for a 6,000-robot fleet.▪ Supported technical diligence efforts and Federal Trade Commission review of acquisition deal to successfully close deal on schedule.▪ Transitioned manufacturing of robotic kiosk from domestic contact manufacturer to a Hillman-owned lean manufacturing facility post-acquisition.

Provided visionary leadership in building successful technology strategy group. Lead teams while managing 50+ subcontractors.▪ Customized and implemented solutions focusing on vetting new technologies for startups and established companies.▪ Stealth startup: utilized design expertise in developing jewelry-integrated wireless earbuds with inertial user interface.▪ Google/Nest: investigated depth-sensing technologies for outdoor camera product to improve features and functions.▪ Dropcam: successfully developed a strategic inertial measurement security product and supporting test equipment.▪ Led development of internal software called Herbivore, for real-time visibility of project budgets and schedules, and client engagement management.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Retained by Nest Labs division of Google (now an Alphabet Company) to lead evaluation of new internal technologies and sensor systems for Nest internet-connected camera products, resulting in multi-generation product roadmap.Built strategic relationships between new technology vendors and Nest supply chain managers, key to competitive differentiation of future products.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Managed development of custom electronic test equipment to support internal team's R&D effort around novel sensors platforms for the Dropcam Tab product.

Boulder, Co, Us

Founded company, and led through successful prototyping and crowd-funding phases.Raised $2.1M in private investment and venture capital, with participation from notable investors Avie Tevanian (NeXT, Apple), and Bono (U2).Built team that included former Apple and Tesla engineers to develop revolutionary modular electronic product for extension of construction toys.

Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Kr

First executive hired by VP of Mobile and Service User Experience groups (a former Apple colleague) to help him build out top talent teams for technology and user interface development.Developed technology roadmaps for Samsung Mobile Products for 2013 to 2015.Tested and validated bleeding-edge technology options for inclusion in mass production products.

Richmond, California, Us

Led effort to explore cost reduction opportunities in structural components of utility-scale solar power plants, resulting in 40% near-term savings through optimization of mechanical design and supply chain.Delivered 3-year roadmap to realize 75% cost savings in structural components through further design optimization and development of installation technologies.

Led effort on behalf of private "angel" investors to explore commercial viability of social networks for hobbyists and innovators.Managed team of software developers, interaction designers, and direct sales representatives to build beta version of web-based rProjects application, and measure reception of Fortune 500 clients.

Cupertino, California, Us

Conceived, proposed and formed New Technology Integration team to work cross-functionally between engineering, operations, marketing, legal and exec to identify, prototype, and qualify new technologies; and to build the required supply chains to meet the production demands of iPod and iPhone products.Led team to bring 7 new technologies to market in mass-production Apple products, resulting in industry-leading competitive advantages in product thinness, battery life, durability and wireless performance.Produced 40+ patent applications to initiate and solidify Apple's IP portfolio around these technologies and other strategic initiatives.

Cupertino, California, Us

Co-managed 40-person engineering, software and design team from concept to mass production of 2nd Gen iPod Nano, overcoming technical risk of new CPU architecture and significantly increased manufacturing tolerances to ship on-time and under budget, selling more than 30M units world-wide.Led in-depth re-write of product reliability testing procedures, resulting in significantly improved customer experience and lowest-in-industry product failure return rates.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Conceived, designed and implemented lab-wide social network for researchers to share information about components, vendors and reference material used in research projects.Designed digital circuits, wrote firmware, designed PCBs, and managed production of sensor devices for educational technology research projects.

Ms, Mit Media Laboratory

Bs, Robotics, Industrial Design