Leveraging the e-bike supply chain to build low-cost robots that streamline farming operations.

www.letcargo.co - Cargo-ebikes-as-a-service- Defined the detailed product offering for a cargo e-bike subscription service pilot in Redwood City.- Deployed vehicles to paid subscribers to validate the unit economics model.- Owned technical integration and business relationships with vehicle and telematics vendors from contact initiation through contract negotiation for pilot phase. - Owned operational process definition and business relationships with local operations service providers (repair, maintenance, pick-up/drop-off, storage) from outreach through contract close.

Hardware engineering and supply chain strategy consulting for seed through series A startups. Clients include Tempo (e-mobility), Zeit Medical, Avira Health (medical), Innit (consumer electronics).

- Managed development and launch of Spin's first ODM e-bike product in US and EU markets(Supply Chain/ME/EE/FW/SW/Ops)- Managed launch of Spin's first internally-designed custom e-scooter in US market (FW/SW/Ops)

Leading a group of 9 Technical Program Managers: - Owned hardware strategy and execution for Uber's expansion into the Micro-mobility business, including definition of build-vs-buy options for e-bike and e-scooter products- Launch from scratch of Uber's first e-scooter product in July 2018 leveraging partnerships with China-based e-scooter vendors.- Post-acquisition integration and scaling of Jump e-bike company in May 2018 after evaluation of multiple acquisition targets in US, EU and Asia.- Owned strategy and execution for various other Uber hardware products: Mapping devices, Taxi-meters, "Beacon" branding/sensor device, car-top advertising displays.

Owned hardware, firmware and supply chain from first tablet prototypes to 100,000 units/year production volume ($25M annual NRE + CapEx budget)- Developed hardware product roadmap for secure payment tablets and wearable devices.- Owned technical and business relationships with hardware/firmware ODM/CM supply chain partners in Asia.- Full lifecycle management of 4 generations of hardware, from requirements gathering to deployment in production and field servicing.

- Built a profitable laptop servicing business using local repair staff.- Developed a PHP/MySQL database to implement a spare parts exchange marketplace serving repair shops in Southern California, enabling them to source replacement parts faster and achieve same-day service on more repair jobs.- Set up direct sourcing of new spare parts with wholesalers in Shenzhen, China.

- Developed the communication protocol between an existing satellite modem and a vehicle-mounted satellite-tracking antenna:.- Development of Layer 1 ( Tx Power Management) and GPS code (NMEA and UBX protocols).- HW/SW problem-solving and debugging on an Intel X-Scale PXA255 platform running VxWorks.

- Member of the O.S system SW team:- Developed memory drivers for Flash and PSRAM, qualified new memory vendors for all 3G communication modules.- Maintenance of drivers for firmware loading tool used by CM partner in China factory.- Architected a hardware-independent software interface for O.S. calls related to memory interface, system clocks, and watchdog. - Optimized critical C and ARM assembly code sections (interrupt handlers, memory allocation routine, GSM power ramp calculation routine)- Designed an in-house embedded code execution monitoring tool to give all software developers visibility into the run-time behavior of their code- Extensive use of JTAG, trace, logic analyzer tools (Lauterbach Powertrace, ARM Realview) for deep debugging.

Developed a custom PCB board to allow field service staff to evaluate the State-of-Health (remaining capacity) of Lithium batteries deployed in the field in Ingenico's wireless Point-of-Sale terminals.

Adapted an existing Chip-and-PIN Point-of-Sale payment terminal for outdoor use in a vending machine:- Sourced electronic components operating in an extended temperature range.- Designed test circuits and test code to qualify the new components.

Designed a firmware upgrade mechanism for industrial lighting controller devices in remote locations:- Developed a bootloader in C and 8051 Assembly that re-routes the serial interrupt vectors to perform a fail-safe file transfer, and then writes new firmware to Flash memory.- Developed the user interface and communication software for the PC side using VisualC++.