VP of Engineering.
Movano Health develops wearable Class II medical devices, including a
ring form-factor health monitor and a wrist-worn mmWave sensing platform. Pleasanton, CA.
- Led multidisciplinary engineering and overall system architecture across firmware, electrical,
mechanical, mobile, cloud, DevOps, NPI, and V&V — guiding the team from early concept
(prototype) through pivotal trials, safety testing, documentation, and FDA 510(k) submission /
clearance and production.
- Architected and implemented an end-to-end cybersecurity framework, including HIPAA compliance
and privacy, secure AWS deployment, and penetration testing.
- Built and deployed internal Django-based tools to enable secure, VPC-contained access to
DynamoDB data on EKS for customer support. Collaborated closely with customer support and
marketing teams.
- Mentored a largely first-time MedTech team on regulatory standards (ISO 14971, IEC 62304,
IEC 60601); led strategy and documentation for the wearable ring's 510(k) pulse oximeter
clearance.
- Led development of a mmWave-based cuffless, wearable, continuous blood pressure monitoring
system using custom silicon.
- Drove productization through close collaboration across manufacturing, marketing, compliance,
and customer support.
Director of Hardware & Software Engineering.
Pulse Biosciences develops Class II medical devices delivering high-voltage,
nanosecond pulsed field-ablation treatment to patients. San Francisco Bay Area.
- Led the engineering team across electrical, cloud, embedded, and mechanical systems for
high-voltage (15kV) nanosecond pulsed field-ablation medical devices — FDA cleared for thyroid
ablation and currently in human studies for AFib treatment.
- Managed V&V, IEC 60601 testing, IEC 62304 and IEC 62366 compliance, risk management, and
CAPAs.
- Drove the transition from prototype to pilot builds in support of ongoing clinical trials.
Director of Hardware Engineering.
iSono Health developed the world's first portable, automated 3D breast
ultrasound imaging system — a Class II medical device delivering 3D images from patients to
doctors. San Francisco Bay Area.
- Employee number 3 at the startup, joining at the earliest stage of product development.
- Led electrical, mechanical, and embedded development from prototype through design
verification.
- Built the QMS, documentation, and test infrastructure for 510(k) submission and IEC 60601
(safety & EMC) testing.
Senior Technology & Program Management Consultant.
Livongo Health (now Teladoc) is a medical technology company empowering
people with chronic conditions through hardware and software solutions. It had an IPO in 2019.
Mountain View, CA.
Hired as a consultant to manage development of a new portable Class II connected blood pressure
monitor with a $2M+ budget.
- Led end-to-end development of an FDA-compliant, battery-operated blood pressure monitor.
- Directed offshore manufacturing, firmware, hardware, packaging, and test systems.
- Authored ISO 14971-compliant risk management documentation, verification protocols, and
510(k)-submission documentation.
Director - Engineering (SW).
Tell is a small software startup, SaaS based, focused on fixing some of the
issues found in the
YouTube advertising workflow.
Hired to put order into a chaotic development environment and get a product out.
Directed Mobile and Web development teams and reported to the CEO. Spearheaded all technical
issues
and development activities including Agile workflow setup and instructed the broader team in its
use.
- Paved the way for a 2nd round of funding ($6m) by overseeing the product engineering team to
complete and release mvp mobile (ios & android) and web apps (front and back-ends) using agile
workflow.
Director - Business Development.
Percept is a startup focusing on implementing hardware and software
end-to-end
solutions focused on
its IP portfolio.
Introduced and developed key strategic partners and developed business plans for independent
subsidiaries,
including budget, contract / legal drafts and market research.
- Enabled key strategic manufacturing partnership from zero traction to memorandum of
understanding
(MOU).
- Developed new $20m revenue stream by researching and proposing an end-to-end business plan
including product features, market research and budget for new business category (subsidiary).
Co-Founder & CEO.
Open Health Share was a startup focussed on Electronic Medical Records as a
stepping stone to providing country-wide health data.
Co-founded and directed a software start-up specializing in an Electronic Medical Records
(EMR/EHR)
solution (SaaS).
Led the product development activities for services based on an open source, HIPAA-certified
code-base. Managed all marketing and sales initiatives including trade
shows and client visits. Assembled the team, hiring and supervising customer support, development,
and
billing.
- Led the development and delivery of a HIPAA-compliant
EMR web app in under 1 year. Took the open source code, developed a service, and added robust
features.
Principal Program Manager - XBOX 360 Console Hardware Development (2003-2012).
14-year tenure at Microsoft spanning WebTV, the Xbox silicon design team, and Xbox 360 console
hardware development. Led cross-functional teams of up to 150 people across three continents with
budgets of over $25M.
- Key PM role, bringing Kinect hardware to high-volume production (concept-to-release) by
managing
cross-functional teams of over 150 people.
Shipped 6 million units in 60 days, enabling a new-category, state-of-the-art peripheral for the
console (optical).
- With a budget over $25M, built and drove cross-functional teams (hardware, software,
firmware,
mechanicals, manufacturing,
test, compliance, marketing, etc. across 3 continents) to reduce the cost of the Xbox 360 Pro
console by $20
on 5M units, saving the company over $100M.
- Co-designed Microsoft’s end-to-end hardware release process (still in use today) including
gates
&
deliverables, reducing development time by over 4 months.
Principal Engineering Manager – XBOX SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP. (2001-2003)
Promoted to engineering manager of the XBOX Silicon Design team,
owning the 7-year IP roadmap. Managed all external partner strategy and vendor / contract
negotiations.
- Managed the Xbox silicon development team, with over 50 full-time employees and a budget
over
$30M,
to develop short and long-term IP and custom silicon (CPU, GPU & SB using a semi-COT flow) for
the
Xbox consoles, saving Microsoft over $140M.
Sr. Engineering Manager & Technical Lead. - WebTV Semiconductor group (1998 - 2001)
- Designed and verified the front-end of a silicon-based 3D graphics hardware accelerator and
wrote
all
supporting embedded drivers. Shipped in over 1M consoles.
- Managed a multi-million gate ASIC (southbridge silicon), in a semi-COT flow, from concept and
RTL
design to bringup and production, delivered on-time and on-budget to ship in over 1.5M
consoles.
- Key negotiator with NVIDIA and Intel for custom silicon which sold in over 100M consoles.
- Proposed, designed, and delivered an FPGA-based emulation board enabling the software team to
start
development 10 months early.
VP Hardware Engineering (Part-Time).
Polymap is a small medical technology startup addressing remote medical
telemetry to improve patient compliance.
- Oversaw all hardware and software development activities including FDA documentation, ISO audits,
trials, manufacturing, and released fully FDA-compliant first-generation battery-operated rf
telemetry
devices and access point for medical devices, enabling the company to sign contracts with large
customers such as Johnson & Johnson.
Sr. Engineering Manager
CagEnt was a spinoff of 3DO. The entire hardware team left 3DO and formed
CagEnt, which was later purchased by Microsoft (WebTV).
- Responsible for the design of the instruction unit (front end) and processing unit of a high
performance 3D graphics rendering engine.
- System-level data structure design, hardware emulation, instruction set definition, performance
analysis, hardware implementation (Verilog/Synopsys) and test development.
- Inventor/Main Contributor of 2 Anti-Aliasing algorithm patents (granted) used for graphics
enhancement.
