Experience

Endeavor Robotics

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Manager, APAC and Americas

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  I'm fortunate to work with a great team at Endeavor Robotics to match customers with robot solutions to meet their needs. Whether it be sending a robot to search for IEDs, gaining situational awareness of barricaded suspects/hostages, or reducing radiation dose in a nuclear plant - our robots get put through it all to save lives and reduce risk to personal health.



iRobot

• United States
• Consumer Electronics
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Applications Engineer

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2016

  - Interface between customers, the sales team, program management, and the engineering teams to provide technical support, communication of requirements, and design feedback of robotic systems- Provide technical support to customers and distributors from over 30 countries, US DoD, and various State & Local Law Enforcement agencies with a focus on customer satisfaction- Experience traveling to 16 different countries to perform customer training, product demos, robot trials, and cultivate business development opportunities- Accountable for technical proposals: RFIs, RFPs, tender responses, and compliance matrices- Deliver prototypes to address customer needs

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2010

  Mechanical Engineer & Integrated Product Team Lead – PackBot Team- Responsible for overseeing the sustaining duties of the PackBot product line involving cross-competency engineering changes- Held senior mechanical role in the redesign of the robot electronics stack to incorporate a modular assembly and fit a “drop-in” commercially available processor module; benefits a reduced future design cost to implement upgrades in the accelerating technology curve- Lead team as project engineer to develop a retrofit battery adapter to significantly reduce customer battery cost, double on-board charge, reduce weight, and utilize existing military battery supply chain - sold on over 3,000 robots - Responsible for coordination with customers, contract manufacturers, subcontractors, and suppliers during new product introduction, and implementation of product improvementsFirst 6 months as ME Intern:- CAD support for engineering change tasks: created models, drawings, & related documentation- Simple mechanical design to support development activities: Brackets, Shipping cases, - Designed and constructed fixtures: camera focusing, LED functional test, and battery discharge- Develop and execute test plans and procedures for PackBot Scout, Explorer, & EOD platforms – plan testing, record data, and communicate results- Combined tribal-knowledge to form a Payload Developers Guide for mechanical, electrical, and software interfaces relevant to the PackBot platform



Hasbro

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • 2002 - 2003

  First Fun Engineering - Intern- Responsible for managing 15 individual toy items from concept to manufacture in popular product lines: Mr. Potato Head, Play-Doh, Playskool, My Little Pony, & Easy-Bake- Constructed Bills of Materials for cost estimation to target specific toy market price points- Provided detailed design packages to Far East manufacturing teams