I find out why things fail, then redesign how they fail.
Mechanical design engineer with nine years in consumer and ergonomic products at Humanscale. Mechanisms, root cause analysis and prototypes that settle arguments. Named inventor on two granted US patents and development lead on a 2025 Red Dot winner.
Monitor arm tilt mechanism: saving a $500K sale in three months
A 55% failure rate, 20 suspects, 3 root causes and a customer who needed an answer in a quarter.
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- 2021–2022
Float Table shock-load fix
The old connection passed every required test. The field found what the tests did not.
- 2025
Float Micro Table
Development lead on a product that won a 2025 Red Dot Design Award.
- Early in my tenure
SolidWorks PDM rollout
A long-running pain point, a company-wide switch, and the one-page flowchart that helped people use it.
How I work
Write down what good looks like first. The torque curve I drew before anyone asked is what let us move in three months instead of six.
Test to find problems, not to pass. A part that passes every required test can still be the part that fails in the field.
Build it and hand it over. Three handle prototypes from printed and scavenged parts ended a debate faster than any slide.