I have managed development of award winning audio products from beginning to end: concept - definition - design - development - compliance - manufacturing - discontinuance - asset liquidation.I have an unusual pairing of proficiency with Adobe Illustrator, LTSPICE, and Microsoft Excel.Specialties: troubleshooting, product management, personnel management, project management, product illustration, test engineering, manufacturing engineering, compliance engineering, production planning, vendor management, analog design engineering

Managed Analog Design Engineers.Wrote System Design Specifications to meet Product Requirements. Created BOM estimations and worked with shareholders to revise designs to meet BOM targets. Identified design risks and created contingency plans for them. Troubleshot designs, systems and processes.Designed analog audio circuits.

I managed Manufacturing Test Engineers in five separate offices on two continents. My main function were to identify test strategies, estimate timelines and budgets. I then delegated test assignments to fit a range of products and manufacturing locations. Products include: digital signal processors, analog mixers, loudspeakers, power amps, guitar and bass amplifiers. I developed department strategies and standardized methods for efficient and effective manufacturing test that did not impede product development timelines.

I created product definitions, ROI and competitive analyses for Crate and Ampeg brand Guitar and Bass amplifiers, including product concept illustrations and guideline schematics. I also built product prototypes.

I created product definitions and concept illustrations, ROI competitive analyses. I created an Illustrator library to allow for rapid product concept visualization and standardized product illustration.

I managed a final assembly and test staff as well as a group of outsource subassembly and parts vendors for production of recording, broadcast and commercial audio products.

I created a system of documentation standardization to allow successful outsourcing of PCBA production. I planned the relocation of the remaining final assembly and test staff, including plant layout.

I managed EMC and Safety compliance for digital and analog signal processors, mixers and power amplifiers.

I managed a group of Manufacturing Test Technicians. I engineered Manufacturing Tests for analog and digital signal processors, audio mixers and power amplifiers.

I tested, troubleshot and repaired digital and analog signal processors, analog mixers and power amplifiers.