New Product Leadership
Most new products fail. I have over a decade of experience in the research, design and development required to be successful. Expertise in market, user and technology research combined with creative design thinking and a background in software and hardware engineering allows me to effectively identify opportunities, deeply understand problems, conceptualise and test innovative solutions and deliver best-in-class products.
Research
Strategic product roadmapping
Technology demonstrators
User & market research
Business case development
Design
Concept ideation
CAD modelling
Prototyping & testing
Python programming
Development
Design for manufacture
Software development
Agile project management
Engineering team lead
Design Process
An expert in design thinking, I specialise in identifying opportunities where technically feasible intersects with commercially viable and genuinely valuable. As a seasoned agile leader, I use an iterative design process is used to refine ideas into radically different and quantifiably better product before leading engineering teams to deliver these solutions to market.
Impacts
I have a track record delivering smart, connected consumer electronics and robotics products to B2B and B2C markets at small startups and global corporations including Dyson, NASA, TELUS and OPPO Mobile Telecommunications.
12+ Products Launched / <1 Year to Market / $30M+ Revenue / 10x Sales / >80% Faster Manufacturing Time / 30% Failure Reduction / $6M+ Annual Cost Savings / 5+ Partnerships Negotiated / $2M+ Investment / 50+ Research Projects / 3 Patents
“Steve was instrumental in establishing ecoation’s product development process and in bringing the company’s hardware products to market.”
Get in Touch
I love hard problems. I am based in Vancouver, Canada and London, England.