Résumé
2013–Present
Motiv Inc.
Co-Founder, CTO
• Founded Motiv in 2013 and shipped Motiv Ring in September 2017
• Raised $27 Million in seed and series A funding
• Built a world class team of software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers in US & Taiwan
• Led selection and evaluation of contract manufacturers in Asia
• Led development of custom fixtures and processes for ring assembly
• Led development of innovative curved battery cell design
• Developed product roadmaps, PRDs, MRDs, schedules and budgets
• Sourced vendors, materials, components and sensors for next generation product development
• Researched new technologies and developed early relationships with strategic partners
• Generated IP and worked with council to file numerous design/utility patents domestically and abroad
2006–2015
View Factor Studios, LLC
Co-Founder
• Designed and developed cinema camera accessories (Industrial design, mechanical CAD/CAM, electrical design, firmware, and manufacturing)
• Designed and manufactured self-contained wireless lens motor system with custom brushless motor, cycloidal ball drive gear reducer, controller, amplifier and DC power regulation
• Developed a 3D camera control system for gathering 3D content on multiple cameras. Generated custom firmware, and embedded control electronics
• Developed a 360 degree multi-camera array for acquisition of immersive spherical background plates for use in virtual backlots
• Extensive C/C++ firmware development. Microchip PIC, Atmel AVR/Cortex M0
• Manufactured in-house injection molds, tooling and test fixtures in our 10,000 sq. ft manufacturing facility
• VFS customers include: NBC Universal, Apple Inc., Fox Television, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic, and The Discovery Channel
2005–2006
Speck Design
Mechatronics Engineer
• Designed consumer, networking, and medical products (Clients included Cisco Systems, Stoke Networks, BMW, and Tesla)
• Built mechanisms and prototypes in addition to coordinating prototype fabrication with outside venders
• Coordinated with UL and FCC testing facilities for product certifications
• Designed PCB assemblies and prototyped microcontroller based embedded products
• Assembled numerous embedded SMD PCB design
• Managed projects for several high profile clients and saw products through to production in both domestic and international manufacturing facilities
• Performed cost analysis and project planning for client proposals
2003 – 2005
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Solar Array and Mechanisms Product Center
Mechanical Engineer
• Developed large scale lightweight deployable structures with numerous active control mechanisms for internal research and external contract programs.
• Designed mechanical linkages, damper assemblies, and off-loading mechanisms for large solar arrays.
• Scratch built trajectory generating motion control SW/HW and closed loop control systems for active cable tension systems.
• Designed and fabricated electrical and mechanical assemblies for autonomous robotic offloading system
• Worked with small R&D team to bring a $2 million project to full scale customer demonstration in less than one year.
• Developed and built test systems for component level thermal stress-testing
• Fabricated test fixtures and wiring harnesses for flight hardware.
• Generated test specifications, assembly procedures, software specifications, and GD&T drawings for flight hardware.
1999 –2003
Cisco Systems, DSBU
Mechanical Engineer I , Mechanical Engineer II
• Refreshed industrial design on Catalyst series switches.
• Designed sheet metal enclosures and plastic/die cast components for network switches and interface cables (Catalyst 3750 Series, Catalyst 3560 Series)
• Designed and fabricated custom electro-mechanical test fixtures to evaluate performance of high-speed interconnects and thermal performance of switches.
• Developed prototypes and mockups for marketing and trade shows.
• Conducted thermal, acoustic, and mechanical design verification testing on new products in Cisco’s advanced MDVT lab.
• Performed engineering failure analysis on test systems and customer returns.
• Wrote the DSBU acoustic specifications for new products and contributed to standardization of corporate colors amongst manufacturing partners.
• Developed remote test applications for automated environmental and destructive mechanical testing.
• Worked closely with marketing, compliance and manufacturing to bring several products to market in mass scale.
