Large privately held company focused on Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s (#91 on Forbes’ global list) vision to revolutionize healthcare and medicine through technology. Company has deployed $1B through organic growth, acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships. Engineering and operations leader at holding company (NantWorks) reporting to Dr. Soon-Shiong.Set up engineering, technology, and operations teams in multiple geographical areas.Created and delivered transformative healthcare products like HBox, AirconX, and GlowCaps through synergistic combination of technologies from acquired assets leading to rapid revenue growth.Championed strategic investment from angle to multiple rounds in Keyssa, Inc. a disruptive wireless connector technology company. Sat on Keyssa’s board with Tony Fadel and Don McKinney from 2010 to 2015.Board Member of Sound World Solutions, an innovative provider of high quality, low cost, hearing aid and sound amplifier solutions.Managed strategic partners like Verizon, AT&T, and BlackBerry.

As head of product, charged with profitability and new revenue growth through innovation.Invented two wireless consumer product categories – MiFi and 3G USB sticks: the MiFi generated over $200M in revenue at 40% gross margins in the first 12 months and is now a $5B product category.Established new engineering and customer support sites globally including a new engineering site in China for ODM managment.Championed and established strong ODM relationships to drive a diversified product portfolio at lower costs and reduced risk.Managed requirements and expectations of tier-1 wireless operators including Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Telefonica, O2, Orange, and KDDI.

Led a team of 100+ engineers performing product definition, delivery, strategic technology roadmaps, and direct customer interface.Concurrently managed development of seven platform designs per year from definition stage to end-of-life support phases supporting a revenue base of $1.3B annually.Instrumental in establishing the business relationship between Kyocera Wireless and BenQ, Taiwan which lead to successful launch of the first KWC product in Brazil.Led the initial phases of establishing KWC, Bangalore, with an expansion target of 1000 heads. Successfully established the office in four months and recruited the first 10 engineers. The office later grew to 400 heads.