In charge of product/technology roadmap for Life Science Research group, working with marketing and business development to identify areas for new development, score and prioritize, then pursue.Develop sustainability metrics for workflows and products.Retained the responsbilities of previous position.

25 issued patents total at Bio-Rad (all positions), plus 3 non-provisional, 4 provisional patents, one utility patent in China/Taiwan.Advanced Development Engineering Manager (2014 to present)Work with marketing and business development partners to identify and assess suitability of small companies for acquisition and assessed outside technologies.Droplet Digital PCR, 2020-2023: Worked on QX600 droplet reader module, and solved QX200 manufacturing yield issues. Oversaw effort to improve QXONE reliability of an optical assembly, which had a 30% field failure rate, reduced to zero since implementation in Sep 2023 (as of Jan 2024).Gene Expression, 2021-2023: Work on product funnel/ideation, and developed low-cost imaging-based PCR concept, and an ultra-fast PCR concept.Single-Molecule Protein Detection, 2020-late 2021: Worked on system layout, optics and cloud software for a novel technology.Gel/Blot Imaging, 2018-2019: Led a team of 3 internal and one external resource to create the architecture for (2) low-cost, high-performance gel/blot imagers. Custom internally developed camera boards, custom lenses and filtering. One is shipping.Protein Quantitation, 2014-2018: Developed a contact-imager for chemiluminescent blots, spawning 6 patents. Created an ultra-low cost MIR protein quantitation device, spawning 2 patents.

Participate in concept funnel development, run team and work through other internal and external resources to quickly fail or prove feasibility, identify key technical and intellectual property risks. Created new product 6X more sensitive than previous generation and more sensitive than anything on the market, overseeing concept generation and testing, marketing decision-making, proof-of-concept and early engineering efforts, along with patent identification and filing. Worked on a novel imaging approach 28X faster than our existing approach and quite compact, allowing a customer to watch their image grow rather than wait for a distinct, long exposure to take place.5 provisional patents filed, plus one utility patent (China/Taiwan).

Manager of Gel Electrophoresis Imaging research and engineering group, involved in all manner of strategic planning, research efforts and product design, along with some sustaining engineering.The group also performs some work on SPR and BioPlex products.Interface with Lab Separations and Gene Expression divisions on hyphenated products.

Responsible for creating and maintaining mid and long-term product roadmaps for one of 3 business units. Identify potential new technologies for use in new products or as cost-reduction opportunities for existing products. Generate product ideas using new technologies, review with marketing and executive management, develop prototypes and business cases for likely candidates, and generate preliminary marketing and product requirement documentation. Member of company-wide Platform Strategy team, which makes hardware roadmaps including ASIC and DSP roadmaps, audio and video hardware, codec and content toolchain plans.

Responsible for all R&D activities, including those of the Advanced Development group listed next and the Engineering group with a total budget of $13.5 million/yr. Managed engineering half of 62-person R&D group. Responsible for all product development from engineering prototype to production, along with sustaining engineering. Responsible for Systems Evaluation, (software QA) and Technical Publications.

Managed research half of 62-person R&D above. Worked with Marketing to establish and maintain Product and Technology Roadmap. Responsible for development of all mass spectrometry (MS) products, from concept through breadboard phase. Had global responsibility for MS Software Development, unifying on one data-system product designed by the Grenoble, France Data Systems group, and migrating worldwide to a single set of tools for coding, regression testing, version control and bug tracking.Patent Liaison, in charge of reviewing competitive patents and developing portfolio (from 11-’04).

Identified new products and updated existing products in short development times.I identified a replacement GC/MS product where engineering work was 2 yrs, with additional revenues of $2.93 million/yr. In-house resources were unavailable, so I located a firm in India for mechanical work, and another outside firm for one of the main boards.Managed ongoing development of new GC/MS product; shipped May ’05.Manager of machine shop. Instituted rapid-prototyping, decreasing time to market.Orchestrated ID between Varian’s sites: GC in Holland, Optical Spectroscopy in Australia, and Dissolution in North Carolina. In charge of vacuum systems for MS with vacuum division in Torino, Italy. ID liaison with outside firm.Selected for a high-potential employee development program similar to a mini-MBA, customized to Varian’s vision and business. Included a mandatory group project. Mine was Technology Roadmapping: R&D and marketing identifying future products and required technologies.

5 people, $675k/yr.Managed drafting, board layout and servers. Identified and implemented savings of $50,000/yr in improved operational efficiency. Mechanical team lead for a new product with 5 MEs, and designed Mass Spectrometer components. Worked with sheet metal vendor to program and inspect sheet metal parts from the solid model, minimizing drawing requirements. Served on team that unified all of Varian Inc’s sites on a single mechanical CAD package.

Brought 5 products smoothly from engineering to manufacturing. Led a team to implement new online drawing archival process.

https://cirrusaircraft.com/.Designed, fabricated and flight tested aircraft components. Performed structural testing of the aircraft wing and horizontal tail. Prepared aircraft certification package for Swiss Government. Designed and built engine/drivetrain test stand, did fire-proofing and soundproofing and designed with composite materials. Wrote sections of the construction manual.