Experience

Berkshire Grey

• United States
• Robot Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Vice President, Programs

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Sr. Director, Special Projects

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

• Senior Director of Programs

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2020

  At Berkshire Grey, we believe it’s time to radically change the essential way we do business. Our game-changing solutions combine AI and Robotics to automate omni- channel fulfillment for enterprises serving today’s connected consumers. By transforming pick, pack and sort operations, our technology is a fundamental engine of change that moves you forward. Berkshire Grey customers include Global 100 retailers and logistics service providers.



Various Early Stage Startups

• Program/Operations/General Management

  • Dec 2012 - Jan 2014

  Served in program management, operations, and general management positions in several early stage startups, including Jibo, Inc (a social robotics startup) and MarkForged (a 3D printing startup). Served in program management, operations, and general management positions in several early stage startups, including Jibo, Inc (a social robotics startup) and MarkForged (a 3D printing startup).



iRobot

• United States
• Consumer Electronics
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Manager, AVA

  • Dec 2010 - Nov 2012

  Reporting directly to the C-Suite, was responsible for taking cutting edge new autonomous mobility technology from a concept demonstrator to a shipping, revenue-generating product, including every step of that process: exploring potential markets and customers, downselecting to an initial market, finding a GTM partner in that space, writing requirements, creating a plan and getting it funded, building a 45 person engineering and operations team, developing the first production version of the robot, and scaling up to factory production. Process from concept demonstrator to revenue product shipments took only 2 years. Result was RP-VITA, the first robot FDA approved to move autonomously in a hospital. Effort also resulted in the creation of the Remote Presence Business Unit at iRobot, now shipping both healthcare and Enterprise telepresence versions of this technology. Show less

• Program Manager, Common Systems/Advanced Development

  • May 2008 - Dec 2010

  Created a common core technology development group (later rechristened as Advanced Development) to service the several different platforms being designed and produced by iRobot’s Government and Industrial Division. In core areas such as power, wireless communications, and autonomous navigation, this group focused on synthesizing the often disparate requirements of the platform teams within the division and producing technical solutions that were reusable across product lines, thereby greatly reducing NRE and lifecycle costs of many core robot components. Major successes included introducing the AwareHead, the first productizable, seamless indoor/outdoor autonomous navigation payload for a fielded military robot. Show less



iRobot Gov't & Industrial Robotics

• Lead Electrical Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - May 2008

  Responsible for bringing EE competency in house in iRobot’s Government and Industrial Division, building the internal EE team from ~5 to ~20 people in 18 months, while leading R&D and sustaining electrical engineering going on the PackBot, the revenue workhorse product line in the division. Highlights included helping to secure the multi-million dollar FasTac program, which required developing two new trial ready PackBot payloads in 4 weeks. Responsible for bringing EE competency in house in iRobot’s Government and Industrial Division, building the internal EE team from ~5 to ~20 people in 18 months, while leading R&D and sustaining electrical engineering going on the PackBot, the revenue workhorse product line in the division. Highlights included helping to secure the multi-million dollar FasTac program, which required developing two new trial ready PackBot payloads in 4 weeks.



BAE Systems

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

• Electrical Engineer

  • Feb 2003 - Jul 2006

  As a member of a three-man team, built a prototype thermal vision rifle sight that unseated a 2-time incumbent and won a $250,000,000 government procurement contract. Worked to scale from that prototype to an in-house manufacturing capability of 750 units/month. As a member of a three-man team, built a prototype thermal vision rifle sight that unseated a 2-time incumbent and won a $250,000,000 government procurement contract. Worked to scale from that prototype to an in-house manufacturing capability of 750 units/month.



Vtech Engineering

• Design Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Worked as an engineering design consultant, successfully taking many projects from initial customer contact through functional, tested, and delivered prototypes, in diverse markets such as consumer, aerospace, industrial, and military. Worked as an engineering design consultant, successfully taking many projects from initial customer contact through functional, tested, and delivered prototypes, in diverse markets such as consumer, aerospace, industrial, and military.



Lockheed Martin Electro-Optics

• Senior Electrical Engineer

  • Sep 1999 - Jan 2001

  Developed next generation thermal imaging engines to support multiple government and commercial contracts. Developed next generation thermal imaging engines to support multiple government and commercial contracts.