Experience

MAGFAST LLC

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer (CxO Consultant)

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  ■ Family of premium wireless mobile device chargers ■ Company’s COO, responsible for all Engineering, Manufacturing, and Financial Operations ■ Family of premium wireless mobile device chargers ■ Company’s COO, responsible for all Engineering, Manufacturing, and Financial Operations



Capital Factory

• Czechia
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentor for Founders/CEO's and EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Capital Factory is the entrepreneurial center of gravity in Austin, Texas. Located in the middle of downtown, Capital Factory has 50,000 square feet full of startups and entrepreneurs. Take classes to learn the skills that startups need, attend meet ups to find a co-founder, rent a desk for you startup or apply for funding and mentorship in the Incubator. I spend time mentoring entrepreneurs on Engineering, Operations, Business Plans, Finance, Product Definition, and Marketing, for hardware, system, software and mobile products. Show less



ATX LED

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer (CxO Consultant)

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

  ATX LED is moving the lighting industry to low voltage DC, which is where LED lighting naturally belongs. There are many inherent advantages, including it is far more efficient, i.e. lower energy cost and consumption, lower copper usage, and lower labor costs, with longer lifespans for the lights. We provide an end-to-end DC low voltage whole-home lighting solution aimed at new construction for single-family and multi-family homes. We also offer cost-effective upgrade options to smart home controls and other advanced functionality that benefit the home and property owners. Show less


Biomedical Music Solutions
• United States
• Software Development
• COO & CTO (Fractional)

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2021


LGE Execs

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CxO Consultant

  • 2012 - Mar 2021

  Consulting on product development, financial models, operations, sales and fundraising for startups. Consulting on product development, financial models, operations, sales and fundraising for startups.



Diligent Robotics

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineering & Operations Consultant

  • Aug 2019 - May 2020

  ■ Responsible for Hardware Engineering and Manufacturing Operations ■ Designed, built and delivered a COVID-19 UVC Decontamination Chamber for use in Hospitals for decontaminating hospital robots as well as Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). ■ Among other Robot accessories, designed a UVC decontamination supply drawer as well as a UVC robot End Effector for sterilizing switches, elevator buttons, keyboards, etc. Also provided the testing and data collection for actual UVC light performance for killing viruses. Show less



Plum, Inc.

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer & VP of Engineering

  • Oct 2013 - Sep 2018

  Lighting Control Startup in the exploding market of Home Automation and IOT. Plum is considered the Premium Best-of-Breed Product in our market segment by bringing the lighting experience to the average home that was previously only available to the ultra-wealthy. (www.plumlife.com) ■ Responsible for Engineering, Manufacturing, Dev Ops, Financial and HR Operations of the company ■ Personally leading the Hardware, Mechanical and Software development of the Plum Lightpad product ■ Concept to volume production with a Tier-1 Contract Manufacturer with a best of breed IOT consumer electronics product with firmware, mobile and cloud software with only $8M in Crowd and Angel Funding ■ Rare achievement of a best of breed product status in the market with fanatical customer reviews Show less


SkimKing
• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• Advisory Board

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2018

bots_alive
• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

Set.fm
• United States
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2014


Atlas Learning Inc.

• United States
• E-Learning Providers

• CoFounder & CEO

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2013

  Co-founder for this Angel-funded startup that develops mobile / SaaS products to replace classroom textbooks. Developed LiveSlide™ and Homeroom™. Raised $1M in Angel Funding. Co-founder for this Angel-funded startup that develops mobile / SaaS products to replace classroom textbooks. Developed LiveSlide™ and Homeroom™. Raised $1M in Angel Funding.



Evernote

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP / GM of Austin Products

  • 2011 - 2012

  Recruited with full P&L to build a product studio in Austin from scratch for mobile / desktop application products. Created six products in one year. Led staff of 30. Recruited with full P&L to build a product studio in Austin from scratch for mobile / desktop application products. Created six products in one year. Led staff of 30.



Eonsil

• United States
• Restaurants

• VP of Engineering & Operations

  • 2010 - 2011

  Brought aboard to develop the next generation of ultra-high performance Solid State Drive (SSD) applications for this startup. Led team of 15. Closed due to lack of funding. Brought aboard to develop the next generation of ultra-high performance Solid State Drive (SSD) applications for this startup. Led team of 15. Closed due to lack of funding.



NextIO Inc.

• United States
• Banking

• SVP of Engineering & Operations

  • 2005 - 2010

  Led pioneering work in datacenter I/O Virtualizatoin (IOV) solutions for this VC-funded silicon startup. Delivered 5 data-center-class products. Emulex acquired division. Led pioneering work in datacenter I/O Virtualizatoin (IOV) solutions for this VC-funded silicon startup. Delivered 5 data-center-class products. Emulex acquired division.



NovusEdge Inc.

• United States
• Computer Hardware

• VP of Engineering & Operations

  • 2004 - 2005

  Turned around engineering and manufacturing for this designer / engineer of security solutions. Managed 20 staff and $6M budget. Completed assignment. Turned around engineering and manufacturing for this designer / engineer of security solutions. Managed 20 staff and $6M budget. Completed assignment.



D2Audio Corp

• Cofounder & VP of Engineering

  • 2001 - 2004

  Drove development and led engineering, testing, application software / engineering, and IT for this startup provider of high-performance digital audio amplifiers. Managed 35 staff and $13M budget. Drove development and led engineering, testing, application software / engineering, and IT for this startup provider of high-performance digital audio amplifiers. Managed 35 staff and $13M budget.



Vignette Corp.

• VP & GM

  • 1999 - 2001

  Promoted rapidly for this provider of internet applications. Reduced release cycle 75%, outsourced engineering, oversaw acquisition / integration of Engine5 Inc. Managed 120 staff and $28M budget. Other: VP of Engineering & Operations, D2Audio. Software Development Manager / Project Manager / Director of Engineering / Director of Marketing, Cirrus Logic. Advisory Engineer, IBM. Promoted rapidly for this provider of internet applications. Reduced release cycle 75%, outsourced engineering, oversaw acquisition / integration of Engine5 Inc. Managed 120 staff and $28M budget. Other: VP of Engineering & Operations, D2Audio. Software Development Manager / Project Manager / Director of Engineering / Director of Marketing, Cirrus Logic. Advisory Engineer, IBM.


Cirrus Logic
• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee
• Director of Engineering, Embedded Processors

  • Apr 1994 - Dec 1998


IBM

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Software Engineer

  • Sep 1990 - Mar 1994

• Staff CPU Silicon Design Engineer, System 390

  • Sep 1988 - Sep 1990