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Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, Cn

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Independently lead the overall design of the product. Worked with customers to understand their needs, and integrated input from industrial designers into product concepts. Build prototypes and tested them in customer's applications. Designed products for manufacturing. Managed manufacturing of consumer products. Integrated updates to the manufactured product design.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Work with company to design product from 0-1: perfume machine, pocket PC, headphones,SUMO fighting robot. Help with over 15 kickstarters successfully, include : product idea, market strategy( US and European) ,kickstarer plan, manufacturing, market research .Manage purchasing and shipment to the US of 450,000.00 USD of goods for MPJA.com. Manage purchase, manufacturing and assembly for a number companies and products. Including. Evil Mad Scientist where Windell, the founder, has… Show more Work with company to design product from 0-1: perfume machine, pocket PC, headphones,SUMO fighting robot. Help with over 15 kickstarters successfully, include : product idea, market strategy( US and European) ,kickstarer plan, manufacturing, market research .Manage purchasing and shipment to the US of 450,000.00 USD of goods for MPJA.com. Manage purchase, manufacturing and assembly for a number companies and products. Including. Evil Mad Scientist where Windell, the founder, has very unusual and demanding requirements for his 555 timer kit. To get the visual appearance he wants we use four layers of solder mask on the circuit board. Other companies include theLEDart.com, FreakLabs.org, CornfieldelEctronics.com, LowVoltageLabs.com, CoolNeon.com, and the first 100 units of the Arduboy. I also gave a talk about manufacturing in China with Andrew "bunnie" Huang to MIT students on Jul 8, 2015Develop new products for the hobby Arduino market, manufactured in China and sold through my SamuraiCircuits brand on Amazon FBA. My products included:• The world’s first through hole LED with the WS2811 chip wire bonded inside.• An Arduino soldering kit, serial adapter cable and parts pack used by Mitch Altman to teach soldering classes around the world.• Mad scientist doomsday countdown clock circuit and curriculum about programming seven segment Show less

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Talk to customers to understand their requirements. Hire mechanical engineers to design new products. Manage engineering team on customer and in-house projects. Assist CEO Eric Pan and his Chinese team to their first Maker Faire in America.

Taipei, Taiwan

The world's first open-source (both hardware and software) smart-phone. Work with industrial designers in Monterey, CA to develop product concepts, and bridge the gap with Chinese vendors and their Taiwanese representatives. Manage the hardware team with respect to mechanical engineering issues. Review contractor's antenna designs to ensure they meet international standards for GSM.Assist the design process of the WikiReader — remove 0.3 inches of thickness from the original design by… Show more The world's first open-source (both hardware and software) smart-phone. Work with industrial designers in Monterey, CA to develop product concepts, and bridge the gap with Chinese vendors and their Taiwanese representatives. Manage the hardware team with respect to mechanical engineering issues. Review contractor's antenna designs to ensure they meet international standards for GSM.Assist the design process of the WikiReader — remove 0.3 inches of thickness from the original design by cleverly redesigning the molding structures around the battery compartment. Oversee the laboratory testing for the EMI and ESD of the WikiReader. Show less

Kowloon, Hong Kong Sar

Independently lead the overall design of the of the electrical charging base a electronics consumer product. Managed Hong Kong office and staff for 2 years. Engineering and manufacturing project management with smart phone companies for consumer electronics. Assist negotiations with potential customers including Samsung, Sony, LG, and Mitsui, as technical representative. Extensive travel to and familiarity with business culture in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Coordinate project… Show more Independently lead the overall design of the of the electrical charging base a electronics consumer product. Managed Hong Kong office and staff for 2 years. Engineering and manufacturing project management with smart phone companies for consumer electronics. Assist negotiations with potential customers including Samsung, Sony, LG, and Mitsui, as technical representative. Extensive travel to and familiarity with business culture in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Coordinate project planning and logistics for manufacturing time-critical products and corporate presentations. Develop time-lines and Gantt charts for projects and staff, meeting deadlines and goals. Work closely with Samsung engineers to develop an innovative power surface (similar to today’s Qi Power Standard) demonstrated at the 3GSM Convention in Barcelona, Spain Feb 11-14, 2009.Managed Hong Kong office and staff for 2 years. In charge of relaying all technical information with the US office. Assisted in high-level negotiations with potential customers including Samsung, Sony, LG, and Mitsui, acting as technical representative. Extensive travel to and familiarity with the business culture in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Coordinated project planning and logistics for manufacturing of time-critical products and corporate presentations. Developed time-lines and Gantt charts to manage projects and staff, meeting deadlines and goals. Worked closely with Samsung engineers to develop an innovative power providing surface that was demonstrated at the 3GSM Convention in Barcelona, Spain Feb 11-14, 2009 This product is similar to the Qi Power Standard technology available now. Show less

Mountain View, California, United States

Develop power surface to charge cellphones and PDAs. Improve design, oversee manufacturing. Write several patents on IP developed in this project. Deliver manufacturable prototypes for sale demos. Design and subcontract for rapid prototyping. Evaluate Chinese factories for quality and capability.

Gray, Maine, United States

Responsible for turning customer concepts into marketable products. As lead engineer for several products, (such as an oxygen-conserving dispenser for medical applications and GPS units for DeLorme), design products (including computer design for injection molding, sheet metal, extruded, thermal formed, and machined parts), work with vendors to build parts, determine how products will be assembled and prepare documentation for assembly. Design several custom machines for automating assembly… Show more Responsible for turning customer concepts into marketable products. As lead engineer for several products, (such as an oxygen-conserving dispenser for medical applications and GPS units for DeLorme), design products (including computer design for injection molding, sheet metal, extruded, thermal formed, and machined parts), work with vendors to build parts, determine how products will be assembled and prepare documentation for assembly. Design several custom machines for automating assembly procedures. Involved in lifecycle testing, including certification with UL and ETL, and end-user packaging and documentation. Show less

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Help develop a Stirling engine based alternate power source for the iBOT, Dean Kamen’s stair-climbing wheelchair (dekaresearch.com/innovations), and the self balancing Segway. Teamwork on thermal transfer problems in the design of the burner system, performing calculations with Mathematica. This is same Stirling engine project was later re-purposed for water purification and made into a Netflix documentary called SlingShot.

Rochester, New York, United States

The Omega Project, funded by the Department of Energy -- The world's largest infrared laser system for fusion research. Assist physicists designing and troubleshooting opto-mechanical systems for laser and fusion diagnostics.