Business Development, CAD Design, Product Development

Technical leadership for the Strategic Mission Division Carlsbad siteProduct development of custom opto-electro mechanical products and systems to support our customer's missionsProvide direction, sponsorship, and resources for site functional process improvement initiativesWork closely with the customers to develop existing and new technologiesGrow the organization by collaborating with key stakeholders to support roadmap strategiesPartner with Engineering Managers to support recruiting and hiring activities for key talent

Executive team member responsible for leading all engineering activities. Provide technical leadership by setting legacy product performance goals and leading new product introduction efforts.Setup engineering processes, procedures and operations to maintain daily engineering activities. Drive and support continuous improvement efforts by streamlining legacy systems and keeping pace with evolving technologies.Responsible for recruiting and managing a large staff of very talented multi-disciplined engineers who create and deliver custom, cutting edge, hardware systems from concept to completion.Support executive team members in Program Management, Finance (P/L), Business Development (Growth), and outward looking activities such as Mergers and Acquisitions.

Principal investigator for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts.Developed fiber optic temperature sensors for medical tools, turbo-machinery and semiconductor industries.Responsible for CAD designs, rapid prototyping, low volume manufacturing and electronics packaging.

Conducted critical speed analysis and fatigue life analysis for turbo-machinery drivetrains.Developed experiments to troubleshoot non-compliant gas turbine, compressor and generator system vibrations.Administered an ISO 9001 compliant vibrations laboratory.