Me, seated at my home lab in Brooklyn

Who I Am

  • I am currently Associate Director of Hardware at BioLite.

  • I was born in Quebec, grew up near Seattle, earned my degrees from Cornell University, and started my career in NYC. My wife, daughter and I currently live in Montclair, NJ.

  • I have a broad foundation that has taken me through machine design, robotics, control systems, consumer electronics, firmware, software, and leadership.

  • 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 a generalist NPI lead, yet have deep and valuable experience in the consumer electronics space - especially feature-reach portables and energy products.

  • I am working hard to keep my team and I on the frontier of AI-accelerated product development. We are constantly developing new tools and process to multiply our productivity in hardware, firmware, planning, and even manufacturing.

  • 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 architect for many microcontroller families. My favorite platforms are ARM chips from ST or Microchip and Espressif BLE/WiFi SoCs.

  • I have real experience building teams and enjoy doing the soft parts of the job.

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

Where I've Been

  • I have worked on 40+ unique products or programs.

  • I have released well over 125 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