Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
I’m a fractional Chief Product & Engineering Officer who has spent my career transforming breakthrough ideas into entire industries. I’ve led global engineering organizations across the US, China, India, Czech Republic, Ireland, and the UK — delivering rapid speed-to-market, multi-million-dollar cost reductions, and scalable innovation pipelines. I’ve built and led teams of 200+ engineers, raised private equity, founded and exited companies, and created new global commercial markets: Created the Class 8 truck APU industry — now a multi-company market. Created the LED refrigeration lighting industry — used globally in retail cold cases. Pioneered autonomous floor-cleaning robotics — launching automation in industrial cleaning. Secured $12M+ in private equity to scale proprietary indoor agriculture technology as Founder & CEO. Built a $20M R&D center in Prague, half funded by the Czech government. Today, I selectively partner with companies as a Fractional CPO/CtO/VP Engineering to: Accelerate innovation pipelines Drive engineering transformation Optimize product costs Build global technical organizations Provide technical due diligence for private equity If you're looking for high-impact fractional leadership, technical/market strategy, or advisory support, let’s talk.
-Market creation for new to the world motor technology
-Invented new to the world indoor agriculture technology -Scaled technology to business level -Raised Private Equity capital to expand globally
-Created autonomous floor cleaning capability, business and industry.