Who I Am

• I am currently Associate Director of Hardware at BioLite.

• I was born in Quebec, grew up near Seattle, and completed my undergraduate and graduate education at Cornell University. My wife, daughter and I currently live in Brooklyn, NY.

• Despite my present-day expertise, my oldest roots are in robotics and machine design. I still find occasion to fire up Solidworks once in a while.

• I like tea, foggy weather, and board games - or anything that involves understanding a system and working within it to create the best outcome.

What I Do

• I identify as an NPI generalist, yet have deep and valuable experience in the consumer electronics space - especially feature-reach portables and energy products.

• My bread and butter is complete design of PCBAs: architecture, schematic capture, layout, testing, and design transfer to contract manufacturers.

• I am also an experienced firmware developer for many microcontroller families. My favorite platforms are ARM chips from ST or Microchip and Espressif BLE/WiFi SoCs.

• I am a frequent publisher of tools for automation and fixturing. I enjoy removing obstacles for my colleagues and am an incorrigible Python junkie.

• I have real experience building teams and planning NPI programs.

• Check out my resume or freelance services pages for more details.

Where I've Been

• I have worked on 35+ unique products or programs.

• I have released well over 120 boards over the course of these programs.

• And due to the low-cost consumer nature of my work, my designs are inside over a million units in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

• I owe my success to a string of fertile environments and generous mentors:

  • FIRST Robotics at Ithaca High School

  • The Creative Machines Lab at Cornell

  • Internships with BAE Systems, Proctor & Gamble, and Empire Robotics

  • Startup engineering experience at littleBits and BioLite

  • The diverse teams and ideas I’ve encountered over the course of growing my freelance business