• Directed end-to-end product development for multiple instruments simultaneously, from the conceptual phase to mass production, ensuring strict adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

• Implemented robust qualification processes, ensuring all products complied with global regulatory and performance standards, including ISO and CE certifications.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and manufacturing, to deliver customer-centric solutions tailored to market needs.

• Established strategic partnerships with key suppliers and manufacturers, ensuring cost efficiency and supply chain reliability.

• Played a pivotal role in leading and managing the development of dive computers and consumer wearables. Oversee the entire project management process, from technical aspects to coordinating with the engineering team.

• Managing the industrialization of new designs with suppliers in Taiwan and China, ensuring samples are perfected, and running preproduction and golden production samples before handing them off to the purchasing department, and paying attention to detail.

• Contributing to product markings for certification and regulatory compliance, as well as managing design review sessions at different phases.

• Prepared and managed the development cycle and cost with new dive computers / watches with the OEM customers – including renderings, BOMs, cost breakdown on the development cycle, timeline. Worked directly with the product managers at each company.

• Setup annual visits with the OEM customers and Asian suppliers to present the new products road map and present the latest technology such as color displays and 32-bit platform and look of the products so they can decide and chose from and get prepared for

• Presented the detailed cad models 3D and 2D after approval from the higher management to the vendors for tooling quotes and prototyping process solicitating the help of our engineers in TWN and China

• Closely worked with our sister manufacturing company in TWN with multiple trips to share and educate them with the new designs and prepare/revise the production line to adapt

• Led new product development in collaboration with ID personnel, modelers, and technicians.

• Conducted weekly design reviews with management and engineers to ensure project progress.

• Supported customer service department with returns, by identifying failure cause, checking units against the design specifications, and performing water cycle testing and thermal analysis/shock. Updated designs and supporting documents as needed to resolve issues.

• Managed communication and file distribution with the tool makers and manufactures in US and Asia

• supported and transitioned the new products into production by providing assembly, quality control, and packaging procedures, as well as designing fixtures and jigs.