Scott Bender Email & Phone Number

Wellesley, MA, US

Andover, MA

Westford, MA

• Responsible for LIDAR product line including requirement development, design concept, performance testing, environmental qualification and production. Program Leader of a cross-functional international and remote.
• Grew product line from new-to-market to market share leader, while maintaining highest profit margin in Business Unit and high EBIT.
• Increased key performance indicators by 17x with successive best in class optical and electronic innovations over six successful product releases.

• Responsible for Optical electro-mechanical subsystem specification, design, development, optimization and integration of laser, receiver telescope, galvanometer scanner, GPS and Inertial sensors. Reported to Director.
• Redesigned sensor head ~60% size reduction.
• Reduced parts count and consequently reduced assembly time ~30%.
• Transition production from Westford office to Swiss headquarters including documentation required for PLM and assembly protocol.

• As one of four founding engineers, responsibilities included a broad scope of design, sourcing and manufacturing including requirement development, design concept, prototype testing and production. Reported to the.
• Brought several different laser rangefinder products to market for the Department of Defense.
• Designed proof-of-concept LIDAR system, which was so successful that it became a standard product for 4 years and triggered the acquisition of Azimuth Corp.