Feb 2006
-Present |
Engineering Fellow
Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG)
Senior-level engineering position focusing on next-next-generation robotic surgery systems.
Sunnyvale, California
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2002-Present
(on hiatus)
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Electromechanical Consultant (Silicontraption)
Freelance electromechanical product design. Clients include early stage startups as well as established publicly-traded medical equipment companies. Projects include consumer products, mobile handset (cell), microcontroller-enabled architectural products, and surgical robots.
Menlo Park, California |
1995-2002 |
Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR), Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Board Member, VP Engineering, Director of R&D, IPO Team Member, Corporate Spokesperson, Corporate Secretary, Electrical Engineer, Machinist, Modelmaker, Electrical Technician, Staff Therapist :-)
Helped grow company from 3 full-time employees to a publicly-traded company employing 180+ people and $20+ Million in annual sales. Individual contributor and engineering team leader on key product development efforts for both Immersion-brand and licensed strategic partners such as BMW, Logitech, and Kensington.
San Jose, California
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1993-1995 |
Electromechanical Consultant (Pandemonium Product Development)
Freelance electromechanical product design. Clients included Golfpro International, Surgical Robotics (Kleiman Medical), Nomadic Technologies, and Immersion Corporation
Menlo Park, California
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1992-1995 |
Teaching Assistant
Stanford University, Product Realization Lab
Taught all aspects of manufacturing technology including conventional & CNC machining, foundry, welding, woodworking, and modelmaking. Often responsible for safety of 30 overstressed, sleepy students in a machine shop environment.
Stanford, California
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1992 |
Product Design (internship & part-time)
IDEO Product Development
Electromechanical design for client projects including General Motors, Canon, Arneson Pool Products, and Coinstar. Responsible engineer for original pre-production inductive chargeport mechanism for GM Impact electric vechicle.
Palo Alto, California
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1989-1991 |
Mechanical Engineer & Project Manager
Odetics Incorporated, Advanced Intelligent Machines Division
Anaheim, California |
1987-1989 |
Mechanical Engineer
Odetics Incorporated, Advanced Intelligent Machines Division
Anaheim, California |
1986-1987 |
Research Assistant
MIT Laboratory for Construction Automation
Professor Alex Slocum
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
1982-1986 |
Research Assistant
MIT Space Systems Lab (now at University of Maryland)
Professor David Akin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts |