Experience 30 years leadership, hardware development, defense and commercial start-ups and mentorship. Managing organizational change and leadership in defense and commercial industries. People-focused change management informed by established trust with C-Level executives, customers and shareholders in my industries. Defense-focused innovation mentor for NATO DIANA and Plug and Play Tech Accelerator. Founded and manages defense-oriented product development consultancy currently addressing needs of Department of Defense DIU. Experience managing and building organizations within startups and consultancies of moderately to highly complex technical hardware programs. Managing and maintaining multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs. Leading organizational standards for product review and analysis, root cause failures and product development rigor. Creating and maintaining innovative engineering designs within budget constraints. Leading development of complex industrial robotics hardware and software programs. Recruited to lead software development and integration on prominent first-generation hardware investments by Microsoft.
