Engineering Leader
I'm drawn to work that has a positive societal impact — but you can't help people if you don't ship. I work backwards from user needs, set direction, stay close to the technical work, translate complexity into clear decisions for executives and engineers alike, and deliver.
The Technologist
Full-Cycle & Cross-Functional — I have direct experience in every phase of the design cycle and serve as the connective tissue that keeps all disciplines moving together.
The Player-Coach
Technical People Leader — I lead teams through trust and empowerment, but stay close to technical decisions to better support and unblock where needed.
The Builder
Organizational Systems Builder — I build the mechanisms, SOPs, and standards that allow multi-disciplinary teams to scale without losing judgment or efficiency.
The User Advocate
User-Centric Designer — I work backwards from user needs, keep them visible to the team when making design choices, and measure success against them.
The Pragmatist
Prioritize to Deliver — I own the technical, business, and user need tradeoffs so when constraints or plans change I keep the team focused on delivering what's most important.
The Translator
Complexity Made Legible — I synthesize data-driven technical information for executives, regulators, and non-technical partners without losing precision.
My Work
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About
I've spent 20 years leading cross-functional teams through technically complex products: a home dialysis machine from concept to FDA regulatory clearance in three countries, a consumer hardware line shifted from IT-aesthetic to something designed for living rooms, warehouse automation at Amazon scale. I work backwards from user needs, own the tradeoffs between technical goals, business priorities, and schedule, and keep the team focused on what matters when those don't line up. I build the organizations that can actually deliver: a 140-person V&V department at DEKA, a centralized systems architecture team at Amazon, the mechanisms and standards that keep large multi-disciplinary teams efficient without losing judgment as they grow.
Timeline
2006 – 2020 · 14 years
Engineering Director V&V
Project Manager
Lead Systems Engineer
2020 – 2022 · 2 years
SVP Product & Hardware Engineering
2022 – 2026 · 4 years
Sr. Manager, Systems Architecture
Expertise
Leadership & Strategy
Technical Systems
Product Excellence
Contact
The best way to connect with me is through LinkedIn.