I started my career in 1995 as a mechanical engineering intern at Sundstrand Power Systems and spent two summers as a mechanical engineering intern at Hewlett-Packard in 1996 and 1997 in the All-in-One division. I joined Hewlett-Packard in 1999 as a Hardware Design Engineer at ICE Lab in San Diego where I did system integration testing for large format printheads, designed smart printhead servicing algorithms, and did feasibility studies and testing for page-wide printing. I also took on odd engineering tasks like flex design, test tool specification, technical competitive analysis, and contributed ideas to HP printing’s Web 2.0 initiatives. I like to represent the voice of the customer in everything I do.

EXPERTISE

• System Integration Testing
• Feasibility Studies and Testing
• Project Engineering
• Product Development

EXPERIENCE

• System Integration Testing for Large Format Thermal Inkjet Printheads
• Smart Maintenance Mode (Servicing) for Graphic Arts Professional Wide Format Thermal Inkjet Printers
• Technical Competitive Analysis of Graphics Arts Professional Wide Formal Inkjet Printers
• Flex Design for a Thermal Inkjet Printhead and its Accompanying Carriage

EDUCATION

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UCSD
• M.S. Structural Engineering – Vibrations and Earthquake Control, UC Irvine

RECOGNITION / AWARDS 

• HP Blue Flame Award

PATENTS

• US 7992960 Non-User-Initiated Preventative Maintenance Modes for Inkjet Printing Device
• US 8038258 Print Head Service Shuttle
• US 8275733 Creating an Album

INTERESTS / OBSESSIONS 

• Gardening
• Cooking
• Consumer Products
• Anime and manga
• Hard-core gaming

FAVORITE QUOTE

“It’s can’t, can’t, can’t that makes things stop! It’s can, can, can that makes things go! “ 

~  The little song my Dad made me sing when I said I couldn’t do something.