Experience

Woven by Toyota

• Japan
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineering, Architecture and Platform Lead

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Level 5 (Lyfts Autonomous Vehicle Division) was acquired by Woven By Toyota (a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation). Woven By Toyota is building AD/ADAS systems to deploy globally. Woven Planet is a software-first subsidiary of Toyota and their vision is to create mobility of people, goods, and information that everyone can enjoy and trust. I am the Manager of the Systems Engineering, Architecture and Platform team for Woven By Toyota's Advanced AD/ADAS division. The System Engineering, Architecture and Platform team is responsible for capturing system-level requirements, system-level architecture, and verification/validation needs. Our team collaborates with several teams to facilitate flow down of requirements, systems architecture, and systems design. We are the force that brings order to chaos and makes sure the system comes together and works as intended. Show less



Lyft

• United States
• Ground Passenger Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineering Lead - Level 5 - Autonomous Vehicles Division

  • Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  Lead of the Systems Engineering organization at Lyft's Level 5 Autonomous Vehicle Division. Team is was responsible for System Design and Integrating the Hardware and Software on a Level 4 autonomous vehicle. This entailed performing bring up and verification tests of the integrated system to deploy an autonomous fleet.

• Systems Engineer - Level 5 - Autonomous Vehicles Division

  • May 2020 - Mar 2021

  Level 5 is Lyft’s self-driving division with offices in Palo Alto, California; Munich, Germany; and London, UK. We’re working toward building the leading self-driving system for ridesharing, because we believe in a future where self-driving cars make transportation safer and more accessible for everyone. With fewer cars on the road and less pollution in the air, we can reshape cities around people, not cars.



Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineering Team Lead - Air Force Satellite Program

  • Mar 2018 - May 2020

  Integrated Product Team Lead for the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test of a complex space mission payload.

• Director - Space Systems, Systems Engineering

  • Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  Director for an 300 headcount engineering organization responsible for the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test of Raytheon's Space Systems payloads and advanced sensor products.

• Department Manager - Space Systems, Systems Engineering

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

  Department Manager for 100 headcount systems engineering organization. The team specialized in Electro-Optical (active and passive) sensor product developments for tactical and space applications at Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems division. The Systems Engineering team was responsible for System Architecture, Design, Analysis and Verification of our products.

• Lead System Engineer - Counter Unmanned Aerial System High Energy Laser

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

• Principal Investigator - Microgrid Development

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2017

  Principal Investigator for ESTCP energy storage enabled microgrid development at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (EW-201242). Project awarded Project of the Year 2016 and a 2017 DOE Federal Energy and Water Management Award.

• Section Manager - DoD/Civil Electro-Optical Systems Engineering

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2015

  Section Manager overseeing 10-20 systems engineers supporting DoD and Civil electro-optical product lines.

• System Engineer - Air and Missile Defense

  • Nov 2007 - Dec 2011

• Materials Engineer - Space & Airborne Systems

  • Jun 2001 - Nov 2007



The Johns Hopkins University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Co-Instructor for 645.662 Introduction to Systems Engineering. Co-Instructor for 645.662 Introduction to Systems Engineering.



California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor - Electrical Engineering

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

  Part time professor on behalf of Raytheon. Advised student projects, taught course on Principles of Systems Engineering, and part time member of various engineering departments industrial advisory board. Part time professor on behalf of Raytheon. Advised student projects, taught course on Principles of Systems Engineering, and part time member of various engineering departments industrial advisory board.