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While these two lanterns look very similar on the outside, they couldn't be more different on the inside.
To reduce the cost of our smaller AlpenGlow 250 lantern, we have internal light guides which pipe light up and reflect out to the lantern lens along the way. This allowed us to use a single printed circuit board in the AlpenGlow 250, while the AlpenGlow 500 leverages a total of 5 printed circuit boards.
Light uniformity and optical efficiency tuning was a blast, as I was literally media blasting prototype light guides by hand, to gain confidence on a proposed strategy; balancing lighting performance and experience at a given cost structure.
Pushing the limits of far field ultrasonic welding, we were able to join the overmolded lantern lens/diffuser to the bottom housing without adhesives or fasteners.
Building off BioLite’s established success at bringing energy everywhere, with their existing SolarHome 620, we researched how to offer more value for our customers.
Rigorous prioritization was essential, through this value engineering exercise, to strike an appropriate balance for out of box performance while maximizing customer accessibility.
Bringing early functioning prototypes into the field, we conducted user research through our rural and semi-urban customer base across Africa, to verify and validate some of our decisions. Not only was this an opportunity to refine our design, but we also studied what future expansions were desired, for potential alternative applications, accessories, etc.
SolarHome 5000 powers 12V appliances, and ships with both a 50W solar panel and a 24” TV.
Originally joining Nauto to design a brand new system for in-vehicle AI powered computer vision, we ultimately celebrated the agility of startups with a major pivot, resulting in a complete overhaul of their existing N2 camera.
Studying the challenges within various vehicle installations, and necessary compromises between outward/inward facing camera positioning, we explored departing various aspects of what existed as an all-in-one product for our customers. Although both beautiful and powerful in the end, we hesitated at the prospect of slowing our momentum, by introducing a more complex system. Our single N2 unit was simple, effective, and welcomed as such.
New, more powerful compute, meant we needed to improve our thermal management performance. Capturing some low hanging fruit, I leveraged learnings from my past life in Opto-Mechanics, to improve the performance of both cameras. While we were in there re-tooling every single aspect of the existing product, we swapped our MicroUSB for USB-C, and gained a bump in GPS performance as well. All of this, to enable our brilliant teams to offer their customers more valuable feature sets, and our team to continue innovating around safe driving.
Researching younger generations and studying gender biased designs, we leveraged a design lead initiative, and produced the Hero7 Silver form factor.
Based up an existing architecture, we re-evaluated our new form factor to be more approachable. Reducing part breaks, and lowering the cost of this camera, we intended to address a wider audience.
Questioning our established familiar feature set, we challenged ourselves to make trade-offs, and offer maximum value for our potential new customer base.
Consulting on several regions of this camera, it was truly a pleasure to stretch our imagination and provide such a phenomenal spherical/over-capture experience. From enhancements within our imaging head, to overall camera design details. Working with various teams to achieve the best image quality through-out our environmental rigors, and preserve our cherished IQ.
Continuing in the Opto-Mechanical Engineering role, I was recognized for my value add, and promoted to Lead for our Team which had grown by now.
Hero5 Black was another new form factor for GoPro, incurring challenges en route to achieving improved performance yet again, in another integrated rugged and waterproof package. Challenges become opportunities, and our capability expands.
I lead the charge in influencing the design in a number of areas, to preserve the Image Quality we worked so hard to create. Another great success, speaking for the talented team involved in bringing this new flagship camera to market for GoPro.
Starving for more design opportunity, my extra bandwidth was shared with GoPro's Camera Product Development Team from GoPro's Special Products Team.
There was lot's to learn in the world of optics, and I was hungry to dig into the details of GoPro's Optical System. Hitting the ground running, my contributions to the Opto-Mechanical packaging details helped the team achieve the Image Quality performance they desired. I was subsequently absorbed into Opto-Mechanical Team supporting Camera Development.
In this new Opto-Mechanical Engineering role, I was responsible for bridging GoPro Optics development work with GoPro Camera Development work. Working directly with lens suppliers, designing our mount/barrel details to accommodate all of our respective needs, while optimizing sensor board layout and thermal management. The work in this department was immediately rewarding, because of the both measurable and observable impact every detail had on our camera's imaging performance throughout our environmental testing.
The new Session form factor, not only introduced a new Optical System with a shorter Track Length Lens, but new learning abound. Accomplishing the goals set forth by the team, only pushed us to set higher goals moving forward.
In first joining GoPro, my Product Design contribution was in support of GoPro's Special Projects Team. Long had been the dream of media teams, to live broadcast GoPro's High Definitioin Image Quality direct from athletes in competition.
Vislink a pioneer in this field, supporting broadcast and media solutions for sporting events around the world, was an obvious partner for such an endeavor.
I played liaison, representing GoPro Product Design, in contracting Vislink's development of a GoPro specific product for Live HD Broadcasting. As Vislink were the Broadcasting experts, I advised some constraints more specific to our camera, and helped collaborate on potential solutions.
Healthcare bedside stations often distribute medications, and take notes on real paper. A work surface was a necessary solution to our product portfolio, and we filled it with the Vdesk covered keyboard tray. A plastic wrapped sheet metal structure was agreed to be the design direction. This met the warm touch, and easily cleaned, prerequisite Humanscale stipulated for the healthcare industry.
Worked with design, in maintaining a thin profile for the top surface. Mechanical advantage, for force reduction, was both compacted and maximized in our lever actuation mechanism. Reliable easy actuation of the cable, liberates the rigid system to dynamically move up and down.
Appropriate materials selected for a long life in the healthcare industry, with a five year warranty.
Vflex is the marriage of two Humanscale Viewpoint Technology Wall Stations; the V7 and V6. I worked with design on the new mount which enables attaching V6 components to a V7 track, realizing rigid sit to stand solutions with great extension and mobility.
Opportunity to propose a new cable actuation mechanism was examined, and we presented the user with a simple handle design. Selecting the right materials for strength, cycle life, and chemical resistance was inherent to my disciplined engineering experience in such areas. Spontaneously, I borrowed from my knowledge of bicycle cable technology to limit longitudinal compression throughout the Vflex range of motions.
This dynamic height adjustable arm was to follow existing design language in place from our V6 ViewPoint Technology Wall Station product line, but scale up performance. With the greater reach, this arm provides 20 inches of vertical height adjustment, enabling sit to stand functionality. Designed to accommodate weights as light as a keyboard, all the way up to a 40lb monitor.
In was able to research some room for improvement on existing M8 arms, before executing M8 Long. Diagnosed, were some precision manufacturing processes still yielding tolerances too large for optimal performance. Administering a redesigned axle interface, I eliminated two secondary operations, while markedly advancing performance.
Having recently joined the Humanscale Design Studio, in New York City, I immediately begin learning the marvel of the counterbalanced world. Commencing, was a premier opportunity to excite Dell, with Humanscale design and function. What was to become one of the fastest to market products I'd worked on yet.
This single monitor arm stand was designed specifically for Dell Quick Release monitor panels, without the need for screws or other hardware. Achieve a more ergonomic and comfortable viewing experience with this monitor arms various adjustments, positioned well in harmony with dell products.
I was nominated to incorporate a low cost solution to facilitate tilt, swivel, and pivot features of the monitor; while keeping design at the forefront. Aesthetically pleasing, user friendly monitor adjustment.
Android now available, we were finally able to budget an operating system for a tablet. Built for everyday use, this enterprise tablet is able to handle drops, spills, chilly winter temperatures, extreme heat and more. I designed the battery, latching, and connector systems to maintain reliable communication throughout its attempted annihilation.
Arranging a radical ultrasonic weld design was paramount in achieving this performance, without impacting the form factor. Thin wall construction would not attain bonds this strong any other way.
Value priced, without sacrificing performance. This was our number one objective with this product. Lightweight, slim, this mobile computer was all about cost reduction. Still, impossible to ignore, is the momentum our industrial design team was carrying on form factor consideration. Low cost, but with high design, this is one of my favorite mobile computers to hold in my hand.
Becoming the subject matter expert in batteries, it was only natural I worked on the battery, connector, and latching mechanisms. Offloading the latching to the terminal for obvious cost advantages, it began to look rather simple for an external facing battery pack. Well executed by design, to request such a texture. Making this pack pop visually, while referencing speaker hole pattern clues in the texture feature.
Once again employing our innovative monocoque housing strategy, we scaled up the environmental rigor resistance, while realizing next generation ergonomic design. The obvious narrow of the terminal around the keyboard area, is the result of our human factors group prototyping and testing many different form factors. Well sculpted, I had to ensure the integrity of the design intention for what was mostly in your hand; the battery.
I worked on delivering the first enterprise class battery to utilize e-paper technology in our industry. Display enabled battery to "report" its own status using very little energy. Once a pack had reached it's cycle life, the e-paper display would endlessly present an X, without additional power. The pack is dead, you pull it out of a drawer, and its still communicating its state of health. "Please decommission me."
E-paper display technology allowed us to not only minimize thickness, but stand up to the battery of tests this terminal was to endure. 6ft. drops to it's face, with the entire F=m*a of the terminal on it's back...at least six times. IP67 sealing. Collaborating with our industrial design team, we hid the slight increase of volume due to the display integration, in a perch for one's finger. Notice the thicker section used for the actuation button; LEDs on the thin side. Industrial design also discretely placed a secondary finger perch to further enhance grip.
In taking on a new focused role in battery design, I was also designing custom power with I/O connectors. These were to not only maintain electrical contact through-out drop & tumble testing, but often ensure sealing too. I received a utility patent on the battery contact design for MC95, which works with various style connectors, increasing terminal and accessory design opportunities.
One of the toughest and most flexible EDAs on the market. This product used our monocoque housing design, dissimilar to a more common clam shell design. This allowed for a slimmer waistline, while maintaining industrial/enterprise performance. Our industrial design team did a great job with engineering, on this effort to advance the feel of mobile computing in one's hand.
This monocoque housing strategy, truly challenged me for a method of reliably attaching and sealing the side triggers/keys and toggle. I challenged an unconventional ultrasonic weld set-up process to ensure IP64 sealing of the side keys, with minimized impact to volume.
Offering this for Healthcare use was of the utmost importance, and I also assisted in achieving the necessary UL and regulatory certifications.
Able to withstand multiple 6ft. drops per MIL-STD 810G specifications; multiple 5ft. drops to concrete at room temperature; 1,000 1.6ft. / .5M tumbles (2,000 drops) at room temperature; per applicable IEC tumble specifications. IP64 sealing.
