VP of Engineering

• Nov 2022 - Present

Director of Hardware and Software Engineering

• Sep 2021 - Nov 2022

Director of Hardware Engineering

• Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

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Sr. Technology and Program Management Consultant

• Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

Hired as a consultant to manage a new medical device development including regulatory process, strategy, risk, features, firmware, software, hardware development, packaging, compliance, testing, builds, and offshore manufacturing. - Provided technical leadership and coordinated hardware & software development , and manufacturing (builds and testers) to deliver a new battery operated wireless FDA-compliant connected medical device. Shipped Alpha units. Hired as a consultant to manage a new medical device development including regulatory process, strategy, risk, features, firmware, software, hardware development, packaging, compliance, testing, builds, and offshore manufacturing. - Provided technical leadership and coordinated hardware & software development , and manufacturing (builds and testers) to deliver a new battery operated wireless FDA-compliant connected medical device. Shipped Alpha units.

Director of Engineering

• 2017 - 2018

Hired to put order into a chaotic development environment. Directed Mobile and Web development teams and reported to the CEO. Spearheaded all technical issues and development activities including Agile workflow setup and instructed the broader team in its use. • Paved the way for a 2nd round of funding ($6M) by overseeing the product engineering team to complete and release MVP mobile (iOS & Android) and web apps (front and back-ends) using Agile workflow. Hired to put order into a chaotic development environment. Directed Mobile and Web development teams and reported to the CEO. Spearheaded all technical issues and development activities including Agile workflow setup and instructed the broader team in its use. • Paved the way for a 2nd round of funding ($6M) by overseeing the product engineering team to complete and release MVP mobile (iOS & Android) and web apps (front and back-ends) using Agile workflow.

Director of Business Development / Strategist

• 2015 - 2017

A startup focused on implementing solutions related to its IP portfolio. Introduced and developed key strategic partners and developed business plans for independent subsidiaries, including budget, contract / legal drafts and market research. • Enabled key strategic manufacturing partnership from zero traction to Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). • Developed new $20M revenue stream by researching and proposing an end-to-end business plan including product features, market research and budget for new business category (subsidiary). Show less

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

• 2013 - 2015

Co-founded and directed a start-up specializing in an Electronic Medical Records (EMR/EHR) solution. Built the business plan and oversaw fundraising. Led the product development activities for services based on an open source, HIPAA-certified code-base. Managed all marketing and sales initiatives including trade shows and client visits. Assembled the team, hiring and supervising customer support, development, and billing. • Led the development and delivery of a HIPAA-compliant, EMR web app in under 1 year. Took the open source code, developed a service, and added robust features. Show less

Principal Program Manager (XBOX)

• Jan 2003 - Mar 2012

• Key PM role, bringing Kinect hardware to high-volume production (concept-to-release) by managing cross-functional teams of over 150 people. Shipped 6 million units in 60 days, enabling a new category state-of-the-art peripheral for the console (optical). • With a budget over $25M, I built and drove cross-functional teams (hardware, software, firmware, mechanicals, manufacturing, test, compliance, marketing, etc. over 3 continents) to reduce cost of XBOX 360 Pro console by $20 on 5M units, saving the company over $100M.• Co-Designed Microsoft’s end-to-end hardware release process (still in use today) including gates & deliverables, reducing development time by over 4 mo. Show less

Principal Engineering Manager (XBOX Silicon team)

• Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

• Managed the XBOX silicon development team, with over 50 full-time employees and with a budget over $30M, to develop short and long-term IP and custom silicon (CPU, GPU & SB using semi-COT flow) for the XBOX consoles, saving Microsoft over $140M.

Senior Engineering Manager & Technical lead (WebTV Networks)

• 1998 - 2001

• Designed and verified front-end of silicon-based 3-D graphics hardware accelerator and wrote all supporting embedded drivers. Shipped in over 1M consoles.• Managed multi-million gate ASIC (Southbridge silicon), in a semi-COT flow, from concept and RTL design to bringup and production, and delivered on-time and on-budget to ship in over 1.5M consoles.• Key negotiator with NVidia and Intel for custom silicon which sold in over 100M consoles.• Proposed, Designed, and delivered FPGA-based emulation board enabling the software team to start development 10 months early. Show less

VP Hardware Engineering

• 2001 - 2005

• Oversaw all hardware and software development activities including ISO audits, trials and manufacturing, and released fully FDA-compliant first-generation battery-operated RF telemetry devices and access point for medical devices, enabling the company to sign contracts with large customers such as Johnson & Johnson. • Oversaw all hardware and software development activities including ISO audits, trials and manufacturing, and released fully FDA-compliant first-generation battery-operated RF telemetry devices and access point for medical devices, enabling the company to sign contracts with large customers such as Johnson & Johnson.

Teacher

• Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

Taught Digital Electronic Design. Taught Digital Electronic Design.

Sr. Engineering Manager

• 1997 - 1998

- Design of the instruction unit (front end) and processing unit of a high performance 3D graphics rendering engine. - System-level data structure design, hardware emulation, instruction set definition, performance analysis, hardware implementation (Verilog/Synopsys) and test development. - Inventor/Main Contributor of 2 Anti-Aliasing algorithm patents (granted) used for graphics enhancement. - Design of the instruction unit (front end) and processing unit of a high performance 3D graphics rendering engine. - System-level data structure design, hardware emulation, instruction set definition, performance analysis, hardware implementation (Verilog/Synopsys) and test development. - Inventor/Main Contributor of 2 Anti-Aliasing algorithm patents (granted) used for graphics enhancement.

Sr. Hardware Engineering Lead

• 1994 - 1997

ASIC R&D Lead for 3D graphics engine. ASIC R&D Lead for 3D graphics engine.

Architect & Engineering Project Lead

• Jan 1988 - Jan 1994

Architect for high-bandwidth IO Bus for multi-Pentium based systems. Lead designer for configurable Ethernet IO board. Architect and design lead for a Southbridge ASIC. Managed consumer-grade IO subsection (including security patent work). Architect for high-bandwidth IO Bus for multi-Pentium based systems. Lead designer for configurable Ethernet IO board. Architect and design lead for a Southbridge ASIC. Managed consumer-grade IO subsection (including security patent work).

Paramedic Crew Chief - EMT

• 1986 - 1989