Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
Electronics development leader, hands-on team manager, and project manager delivering world class products to consumer electronics and automotive industries. Built teams to operate effectively in a matrix organization, delivering multiple projects in parallel on time. Led critical development activities to ensure deign robustness and architecture of systems for reduced design cycles. Led hardware development for consumer electronics products: portable speakers, soundbars, headphones, earphones, wearables, eye-wear (frames), bass-boxes, using IOT connectivity and voice enabled control (VPA). Developed and launched a wide variety of electronics body control systems and audio systems for major automotive OEMs: GM, Chrysler, Nissan, Toyota, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes Benz. Common subsystems and technologies used in the products developed: Class-D amplification, AC line power supplies, Li-ion batteries, Bluetooth, MIMO Wi-Fi, USB, HDMI, Ethernet, VPA (Alexa), Linux, IOT enabled. Specialties: Engineering of robust embedded electronic systems for high volume production. Leading development with key technology providers (ex: Qualcomm) Integrating hardware development activities into sprint based software development Strong focus on embedded control architecture and audio electronics. Building hardware development teams to learn and re-use knowledge for the long term across projects Japanese language skills (written and verbal) with strong focus on electronics technology
Leader of the development of a novel 4 axis robotic 3D sand printing system. Leader of Hardware Development - Electrical, Mechanical, NPI, Sustaining.
Leading new product development of electronics hardware for consumer electronics products. Responsible for delivery of product designs that incorporate key technologies include embedded controls, power electronics, and RF connectivity for IOT type applications.
Managed a team responsible for sustaining engineering of consumer electronics products. Major responsibilities included attaining annual product cost reduction goals, resolving field issues, resolving production issues and attaining yield improvements, compliance of legacy product to changing European energy regulations, and managing changes caused by sub-supplier component obsolescence.
Led teams developing multi-channel amplifiers for automotive audio systems in a number of roles (functional manager, project engineer, core technology manager). Functional disciplines included electronics hardware, embedded software, DSP. Customers of these products included GM, Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Nissan, Mazda.
Enabled Yazaki electronics development in the USA from scratch. Built up a team that was awarded development of "body control" electronics modules for major US and Japanese customers. Successfully established Yazaki as a player in automotive electronics in the USA market.
Designed automotive body control electronics modules to present as future concepts to customers in Australia and USA. Lived in Japan for 3 years whilst learning from the Yazaki wiring and electronics development teams.