Results-oriented, Multidisciplinary, Consumer-focused, Product Development Leader
Leadership, Strategy, Program Management, IoT and Embedded System Architecture
Core Values
· Biased towards action and progress over perfection
· Test, quality, and customer-focused product development
· Aligning on OKRs, and leveraging KPI-driven methods of monitoring success
· Challenge the status quo while remaining rooted in reality
SimpliSafe Inc, Boston, MA
Director of Hardware Engineering Jan 2022 – Nov 2023
· Multidisciplinary leadership of the development of numerous concurrent projects from sustaining to new product introduction
· Strategic cross-functional collaboration outside of the engineering organization including Customer Success, Product, Software, Supply Chain, Quality, etc.
· Embraced flexibility and adaptability to achieve alignment between business strategy and product roadmap
· Driving continuous improvement through the creation of interdisciplinary processes such as HWDLC, project RACI charts, and requirements definition
· Delivering high volume, high quality, low cost, technologically diverse IoT, and camera products that include cellular, Wifi, imaging, and machine learning
· Technical program management, resource allocation, and roadmap scoping
· Leading the research and architecture of future product ecosystems
· Tight collaboration with strategic overseas development partners
Sr. Hardware Engineering Manager May 2020 – Dec 2021
· Built a new NPI camera firmware team from scratch in one year to deliver on the camera portfolio
· Accountability and ownership of next generation battery-powered camera product lines
· Cross disciplinary technical lead for our next generation indoor battery powered camera
SharkNinja Inc, Needham, MA
Sr. Director Robot Hardware Engineering January 2019 – May 2020
· Led a global team of internal and external electrical and firmware engineers
· Drove high-quality, lowest-cost product design decisions on existing and new robot vacuum cleaner products
· Cross-functional collaboration and architectural leadership on a highly complex interdependent product portfolio
WHOOP Inc, Boston, MA
V.P. Hardware Engineering January 2018 – January 2019
· Managed mechanical, electrical, firmware, and test engineering for new and sustaining products
· Strategic engineering representative to management and other disciplines
· Achieved inventory goals for early 2018
· Managed a successful transition to a China CM
· Sustaining engineering such as cost and defect reduction
· General technical leadership and quality control
· Team management including hiring, mentorship, task delegation and team building
· Project management, budgeting, resourcing estimates
· Established and maintained relationships with strategic partners
Director Firmware & Electrical Engineering August 2015 – December 2017
· Led the electrical and firmware teams to a successful high-volume launch of the WHOOP flagship product
· Introduced lean processes and best practices into a fast-paced startup environment
· Key contributor to hardware product architecture and system full-stack architecture
· Shepherded our product through FCC/IC/CE certification
· Responsible for scoping, setting requirements, fabrication, and maintenance of manufacturing test fixtures
Quanttus Inc, Cambridge, MA
Embedded Software Architect September 2013 – July 2015
· Hired and managed the embedded software engineering team, including one iOS developer
· Hired and managed device software QA
· Embedded software development and design focusing on ultra-low-power wearable products
· Electrical and firmware architecture design
· Established FDA-compliant firmware development practices and SDLC
· Directing the development of multi-platform device communications libraries for iOS, Windows and OSX
· Project management and cross-discipline collaboration
Nike Inc. Digital Sport (Nike +), Beaverton, OR
Software Engineering Manager December 2011 – August 2013
· Lead software/firmware manager at an emerging, fast-paced, consumer product development group at Nike
· Grew the firmware engineering team to a size capable of supporting our target product portfolio
· Managed and directed a distributed software development team of 15 developers
· Key contributor to our product electrical and firmware architectures
· Established firmware development best practices and processes
· Championed engineering excellence within the firmware development discipline at Nike
Continuum, West Newton, MA
http://continuuminnovation.com/
Senior Embedded Systems Engineer March 2010 – December 2011
Embedded Systems Engineer March 2007 – March 2010
Feena Electronics, Seattle WA
http://www.feena-electronics.com/
Founder/Owner October 2003 - March 2007
· Founded a company specializing in development of custom MIDI devices for musicians and DJs.
· Engineering and business operations including planning, scheduling, budgeting, financing, soliciting investments, taxes, etc.
Nytec Inc., Seattle, WA
Hardware Engineering Consultant for Microsoft November 2003 – March 2007
Kollmorgen Inc., Northampton, MA
Software Engineer June 2001 – May 2003
Education
B.S. Computer Systems Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA May 2001
College of Engineering
Senior level coursework concentration in VLSI design and embedded software