Experience

Intermode

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and CEO

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Intermode builds the ultimate tool for any local robotic delivery service, the Modal. The Modal is the universal robotic vehicle that lets people start and grow their dream businesses now, not $1M and a year from now. As you scale, we'll be there to make it easy and flexible, not drag it down with lengthy engineering and manufacturing timelines. We start with a highly capable EV platform that we then put a body on top that best meets your individual business's needs from a visual and functional aspect. We make it easy to use, and software/compute agnostic. Our leasing model ensures we're invested in your success, and our vehicles are built to last. Show less



Ford Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• FordX Venture Lead

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  Projects: - Program management for synthetic data derived computer vision inspection systems to reduce faults in the manufacturing process- COVID Mobile Healthcare emergency response - A lightweight and low cost vehicle modification allowing Ford Transits to assist in providing healthcare on the go

• Co-Founder, Find Your Ford

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2020

  A bold approach of how an OEM like Ford can create a profitable end to end used vehicle business by focusing on the customer and taking a lean approach to building the business and the software. Seeded with $250k within the FordX incubator, My co-founder and I were able to build a product, vision and business model for a business to generate over a $1B in incremental revenue within 5 years of inception. In our time, we directed and managed our own agile software teams, deployed our own marketing, sold our vision to executives and received permanent funding from NA leadership.Our work to get buy-in from senior executives led to the creation of a permanent used vehicle team with funding to create the vision based on the product roadmap we set out to build. Show less

• Electric Vehicle Structures Research Engineer

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Actively optimized and designed components for Ford's next generation battery electric platform and vehicle. Worked to create a flexible platform to accommodate future (10+ years) needs. Several Patents received in the course of this workConsulted with the development of autonomous vehicle hardware design and packaging. Designed multiple iterations to balance cross functional requirements. Completed studies of mixed material architectures to balance cross-functional requirements (mass, hardware, packaging and structural requirements). Studies informed and changed pathway for future vehicle designs. Exposed and familiar with a variety of future manufacturing methods and materials. Show less

• Fuel Economy Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

  Modeling vehicle fuel economy using Ford proprietary modeling software. Performed simulations to ensure vehicle met all brand, consumer, fuel economy and performance requirements. Benchmarked key competitor vehicles to determine competitor attributes.



University of Michigan Solar Car Team

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Crew Chief

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

  Responsible for all on road vehicle actions, behaviors and road worthiness before driving. Among the responsibilities were to create and implement road and emergency procedures for the caravan surrounding the vehicle and to implement vehicle checklists to ensure reliability, safety and road worthiness. Vehicle was driven at a maximum speed of 130 kph, and 100 kph while experiencing 45 kph crosswinds.

• Engineering Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  Managed 40 engineers and a $500,000 budget over two years to design, build, test and race a solar power vehicle across the Australian Outback. The vehicle consumed 37% less power at 100kph than the previous model and was built under budget, ahead of schedule and finished the fastest time in Michigan Solar Car history. • Managed system integration across all disciplines which included the electrical, mechanical, aerodynamic and strategy sub-divisions• Designed and implemented new recruiting process to better train recruits and integrate them into the current team• Moved team to using Smartsheets for all budget and timeline activities. Managed entirety of design, testing, procurement and vehicle performance. • Vehicle went under budget by $60,000 due in-house manufacturing and designing for manufacturing. Timeline for manufacturing was reduced from 12 weeks in 2013 to 7 weeks in 2015. • Managed relationships with several OEM, 1st Tier and 2nd Tier industry contacts to aid in the construction and development of the car • Personally designed two new suspension parts after 1st iteration failed and were driven on two weeks after design start date• Designed Composite safety cage was designed to F1 regulations, increasing safety, while decreasing aerodynamic drag• Vehicle performance modeling was changed to a weather probabilistic model to better evaluate total performance. Show less

• Composites Lead

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

  -Engineered carbon fiber race chassis and all other composite parts on vehicle-Used Siemens NX 8.0 to CAD all composite parts-Optimized and analyzed parts containing both isotropic and orthotropic materials using Hyperworks (Radioss/Optistruct) -Manufactured all composite parts on car. Used: multiple types of carbon fiber, kevlar, fiberglass, nomex core, foam core, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, filler/fillet materials, wet layups, pre-preg layups-Taught others how to manufacture race quality parts-Designed mechanical systems of experimental steering wheel: Built the composite components. -Led teams of up to six in the composite manufacturing process using a pre-preg system-Aided in the design and manufacture the battery containment system Show less

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  Designed a Rear Wheel steering system around an in hub motor and trailing arm suspension



Altair

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• On Campus Software Specialist

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2014

  Assisted others in using Hyperworks software suite, specializing in Hypermesh, Radioss, and Optistruct. Developed tutorials for composite optimization. Assisted others in using Hyperworks software suite, specializing in Hypermesh, Radioss, and Optistruct. Developed tutorials for composite optimization.