Embedded systems · medical devices · space · AI
I solve the engineering problems that stand between an ambitious idea and a system that works.
I help teams find the real obstacle, establish a credible technical path, and lead difficult hardware–software programs from uncertainty to reliable execution.
The hardest engineering programs rarely fail because nobody is working hard. They fail because the team is solving the wrong obstacle.
Where I work best
Complex systems with no room for hand-waving.
My career spans medical devices, embedded systems, avionics, real-time software, signal processing, hardware integration, and technical leadership. The common thread is not an industry. It is the work of turning ambiguity into a system that can survive reality.
Mission-critical execution
Architecture, integration, verification, reliability, and the disciplined path from prototype to deployable system.
Selected work → 02Technical leadership
Finding the true constraint, aligning teams, recovering difficult programs, and building an executable plan.
Consulting → 03Venture judgment
An operator’s lens on deep-tech risk: what is merely impressive, what is truly defensible, and what can actually ship.
Venture & Advisory →A rare combination
Deep technical range, operator scar tissue, and systems judgment.
I have worked from board bring-up and RTOS internals through regulated product development, multidisciplinary leadership, spacecraft integration, and invention. That range is useful when the central question is not “Can this feature be coded?” but “Can this entire company make the system real?”
20+ years
Across high-reliability embedded and medical systems.
7+ patents
Across cardiac monitoring, defibrillation, and image-guided therapeutic systems.
From NASA to startups
Experience inside research programs, public companies, acquired startups, and founding-stage teams.
The useful first question