Résumé

Provide technical guidance to executive leadership on product direction, R&D priorities, and long-term technology roadmap.

Blaze new trails as an individual contributor on high-value, high-risk initiatives — prototyping solutions, de-risking technologies, and defining best practices for scalable development.

Champion engineering excellence through rigorous testing, continuous integration, and reliable software delivery.

Lead and deliver technical demonstrations for customers, partners, and investors — showcasing innovations and translating complex concepts into clear, compelling narratives.

Represent Avalon at conferences, partner engagements, and technical collaborations, strengthening relationships and promoting holographic display technology.

Recruited, interviewed, and hired top engineering talent across multiple disciplines, helping scale the company’s technical capacity.

Led 37 direct reports across mechanical, PCB, production, project management, software, FPGA, CODEC, optics, and IT teams — holding regular one-on-ones to align priorities, provide mentorship, and ensure professional growth.

Challenged team members to expand their skill sets and take ownership of their work, aligning personal development goals with company objectives.

Collaborated closely with executive leadership on strategic planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure technical initiatives supported long-term business goals.

Maintained hands-on involvement in product architecture and technical strategy while managing organizational growth.

Aligned multiple teams with differing priorities to define system requirements and project goals.

Trained engineering technicians to perform software testing during available windows, expanding team capacity and accelerating feedback cycles.

Acted as a de facto product owner, identifying key features to support and prioritizing development efforts.

Identified fundamental performance constraints in all modern GPU rasterization pipelines for rendering light fields, highlighting scalability limitations for large-scale applications.

Explored and demonstrated how ray tracing could scale more efficiently, positioning the team to adopt hardware-accelerated ray tracing as it became available.

Highlights: Developed real-time 3D tools, gameplay systems, and simulation frameworks across multiple platforms. Contributed to multiplayer networking SDKs and early 3D visualization research.