Freelance

Hire me to help decide which things to build, design and build things, or fix things already built.

Services

Design Strategy

My Master's program at MIT is in Human Centered Design and I enjoy blue sky thinking. I can help you find the best path using both qualitative and data-driven methods.

Concept Engineering

Where I shine most is in getting through the first few design iterations quickly, cheaply, and effectively to maximize learning before committing major resources.

Implementation

Whether it's debugging on the bench or field implementation, I can quickly onboard, find the bug, and generate design recommendations to protect customer experience.

Data & Analytics

I love working with data. From excel to python to tensorflow, I can provide insights from internal or market data to inform product development or the business more broadly.

Design Research

Talking to customers is the best way to inform the design process. I can extract user needs from free-form interviews or I can develop a survey script that won't bias users.

CAD

I can work in Fusion, Solidworks, Inventor, Onshape and more. Whether it's for concept work or design for manufacture, I can communicate in 3D.

Circuit/PCB Design

I usually work in Eagle or CircuitStudio, but I'm flexible. Component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, and breadboard work.

Prototyping

Hacked together parts of competitors' products, laser cutting, 3D Printing, hand soldering, etc. I have my own equipment.

Idea Communication

Post-it notes, wireframes, story boards, mood boards, and pitch decks. I have many tools in my visual communication arsenal.

Coding

I frequently write embedded code in C++ and scripting in Python. I can also muddle my way through JS, JQuery, Java, and php. I'm learning R.

See some of my past work

Please note that I've agreed not to share images from previous client work that are not already publicly available.

01. Circuit Design Selected and sourced components, designed schematic/pcb in Eagle, performed benchtop assembly and evaluation.

FutureAir

FutureAir needed a quick revision of an R3 board to be able to launch pilots on short notice.

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02. Benchtop Validation Designed a new test PCB, wrote a calibration and testing script in C++ (embedded) and python (client app) to validate the concept.

Volta Labs

Volta was testing a new lab-on-a-chip concept and needed a first revision plus analysis.

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03. Product Strategy Analyzed the market for potential new products, built a formal product development process and evaluation, performed customer research and data analysis.

GEM

GEM was considering which new products to launch when, and how to evaluate which product features were necessary.

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04. Implementation Received, commissioned, debugged, and installed the equipment at client site.

Cytera

Cytera needed someone to commission and debug their cell culture automation equipment and install it at a pharma company in Boston.

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