# Dave Bradley > Robot Design @ Amazon / Tech & Project Mgmt Speaker / Apple Product Development / 3 Exits / Startup Advisor Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/davebradley I love product strategy and development and have launched over 30 innovative and award-winning products into medical, computing, and consumer device global markets for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. • Management of internal and external cross-functional engineering teams in the U.S., India, Korea, Taiwan, Canada, Sweden, Austria, Italy, and China • 16 years managing and growing high-performing Engineering and Project Management organizations in the development of world-class products from concept through high volume production launch, sustaining, field service, and end of life • Creative, collaborative, and solution-oriented program and engineering manager accustomed to hitting tight budgets and accelerated schedules • Department budgeting, resourcing, and planning; goal setting and prioritization • Managed kickoff through qualification of 700+ injection mold tools in 8 countries • Design for manufacturing, test, service, usability, quality, cost, schedule, and customer enjoyment • Advisor to startups in the areas of business strategy, project management, manufacturing, app development, and organizational leadership; currently recommended by 12 Venture Capital firms Fun facts: • Appeared on "America's Funniest Home Videos" ...and won • Worked on the first smartphone, the pdQ 800, on display in the Smithsonian Museum • Developed the world's first home use laser skin resurfacing device with a small team; according to Philips we "accomplished the impossible" • First iPad Mini with Apple Pencil integration • Broke 8 world records in supercomputing ## Work Experience ### Manager, Technical Program Management @ Amazon Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Senior System TPM responsible for Consumer Robotics development. Launched Astro, Amazon's first home robot. Product Lifecycle Development Process trainer for new employees. ### CTO & Advisor @ Sapient Industries Jan 2017 – Jan 2023 | Philadelphia, PA The Sapient turnkey energy optimization platform combines next generation electricity metering, software, and superior building science services to enable the most intuitive, actionable, and high-impact energy intelligence platform ever built. ### Director, Product Development & Project Management @ Flex Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Jose, CA Lead and advise multiple Product Development programs in the areas of IoT, home automation, voice assistants, AR/VR, industrial robotics, and consumer electronics. Grow and lead the engineering team developing white label products. Tech Speaker to the global design and innovation teams, covering project management, product development, and soft goods integration. Developed and deployed management systems and tools to improve product development execution at our worldwide design centers (specifically Shanghai, Taipei, Milan, Ottowa, Stuttgart, Austria, and Sweden. ### Product Design Engineering Program Manager @ Apple Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cupertino, CA Lead PD EPM, iPad development. Led development of cutting edge tablets from concept to production ramp in the iPad Pro line. Managed prototype builds and testing in China. Contributed to innovations in display, enclosure, and smart connector technology. ### Director, Product Development & Project Management @ myoscience Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Redwood City, CA Developed and commercialized our proprietary platform technology - Focused Cold Therapy - as the preeminent treatment for conditions involving peripheral nerves. Awarded the "Good Design Award" from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. Acquired by Pacira Pharmaceuticals for $220M. Re-architected our consumable Smart Tip to reduce COGS by 60% in one year by reducing part count, developing automated fixtures, and utilizing poka-yoke design for manufacturing methodology. Led the search process and selection of our Contract Manufacturing partner. Developed process to get new consumable Smart Tip products from concept to clinical testing in 90 days or less while reducing resource needs; used this process to release 10 new consumable Smart Tips in 1 year. ### Sr. Manager, Product Development & Project Management @ Solta Medical, Inc. Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 Managed Mechanical Engineering and Project Management in the development and production release of 9 market-leading medical device products in our laser skin resurfacing, RF body contouring, and IPL acne lines of aesthetic treatments. Home of the gold-standard Fraxel, Thermage, Isolaz, Claro, Clear+Brilliant, and ReAura brands. Awarded the "Red Dot" design award and "IF" product design award. Reliant Technologies was acquired by Thermage for $95M in 2008 and renamed "Solta Medical". Valeant Pharmaceuticals acquired Solta Medical for $250M. ### Program Manager & Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ Computing Startups: Panta Systems & AGCM Jan 2005 – Jan 2011 Panta Systems: Broke 8 world records in supercomputing using the Oracle Data Warehouse Benchmark, including 3x price/performance over the nearest competitor (HP Superdome). Managed joint development and manufacturing partners in Taiwan. AGCM: Managed an engineering team in India to develop and launch an ultra-efficient blade server. ### Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ Kyocera Wireless Co. Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 Designed, built, tested, improved, and ramped up production of 4 mobile phones. Kyocera acquired Qualcomm's handset division in 2000. ### Mechanical Engineer @ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 Designed, built, tested, improved, and ramped up production for 6 network storage products and servers. Independently developed and deployed a file sharing intranet website for the Sun Network Storage group, similar to today's Box and Sharepoint file sharing services. Acquired by Oracle in 2009 for $7.4B. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Qualcomm, Inc. Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 2 summer internships. Designed mobile phones and digital fixed wireless terminals. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ GE Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 Development on eddy-current proximity probes -- sensors that revolutionized the measurement of vibration in high-speed turbomachinery. GE acquired Bently Nevada in 2002. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ California Air Resources Board Jan 1995 – Jan 1997 2 summer internships. Converted motor homes and military communication stations into mobile air monitoring vehicles. ## Education ### Advanced Project Management Certificate Stanford University ### M.B.A. Leavey School of Business in International Business, Finance, and Leadership Santa Clara University ### B.S. in Mechanical Engineering California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradley - Portfolio: http://www.myoscience.com - Portfolio: http://www.flextronics.com - Portfolio: http://www.apple.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/davebradley JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/davebradley/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13