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Co-Founder, Chief product and Operations Officer
San Francisco, CA
Jan 2016 - Present (8 years 9 months)
Product: ParentConnect App is a mobile application that keeps parents connected in their existing communities such as work place, schools, and neighborhood and allows users to discover other parents who have the same needs as them to help and to share responsibilities.
Roles: Initial ideation and brainstorming. Idea and market evaluation. Getting to know the users and their needs by conducting different surveys and interviewing hundreds of parents in person to understand their challenges and struggles closely. Coming up with concepts and prototyping vigorously. Designing the mockups, user flow and user experience. Managing the international engineering team and developers.
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Senior Product Design Engineer
Vital Connect Inc.
Jan 2012 - Dec 2015 (3 years 11 months)
Product: an FDA approved wearable, disposable, biometric sensor patch that sits on user's upper torso area and monitors all vitals including ECG waveform, heart rate, skin temperature, activity, and posture. Caregiver will be notified if there is any change in the condition of the user.
Role: sole product design engineer with responsibilities including design, prototyping, testing, and material selection of elements including PCB, sensors, flexible circuit board, module housing, adhesives, and foam layers, working closely with hardware and software team as well as choosing and managing local and international vendors.
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Lead Product Design Engineer
Emsense Inc.
Nov 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year)
- Product: Emband, a wearable headset that registers consumer's EEG and heart rate used for computing cognitive engagement and emotional response
- Role: design of the second generation of Embands with more flexibility for different head shapes, more sensors, and higher signal to noise ratio. Process includes design, prototyping, test design, failure analysis, and transferring manufacturing to China
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R&D Mechanical Engineer
Avago Technologies
2007 - 2010 (3 years)
- Product: navigation input devices such as capacitive-based touch screens and wheels used for mobile devices
- Role: Design, prototyping, ITO pattern design, test fixture design, and characterization, working with local and international vendors, and creating contacts with several injection molding and machining vendor