My name is Sam, and I like to help people design things.

 

I’ve spent most of my life learning how to make products, and I’d like to think I’m getting pretty good at it.

I’m the co-founder and CTO of informal too!

My superpowers are:

  • Being an Engineer whisperer

  • Helping folks understand the complexities of hardware

  • Being really fast at designing stuff in 3D modeling programs

Wy weaknesses are:

  • Working with people who don’t want to learn or listen

  • Any products that could kill or hurt someone

  • Shellfish


I fundamentally do not understand the appeal of Love Island.

I’ve been lucky enough to have worked on a ton of cool projects.

Here are some of my favorites:

📐 Product Architecture

🖱️ 3D Computer Aided Design

🏭 Vendor audit / sourcing

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Project / Team Management

⚡Circuit board component layout

🛠️ Design for Manufacturing

🌧️ Lifetime testing

📦 Packaging structural design

Throne Science: A toilet camera to monitor gut health

Favorite part: Cramming tons of electronics into a small form factor camera module

📐🖱️⚡🛠️

Lodge Sound: A high end solar rechargeable party speaker

Favorite part: Building a lifetime water ingress test fixture & blasting Old Town Road

📐🖱️ 🏭🧑‍🤝‍🧑⚡🛠️🌧️📦

TIDBYT 2: A retro-futuristic connected display

Favorite Part: An integrated wall mount that pulls double duty as a kickstand

📐🖱️ 🏭🧑‍🤝‍🧑⚡🛠️

Neurosity Crown: A brain scanning headset with an integrated computer

Favorite Part: Designing flexible circuit boards that wrap around the inside of the headset

📐🖱️ 🏭⚡🛠️📦

BRIK Charger: A sleek charger for the VUSE Alto Vaporizer

Favorite Part: Creating and prototyping packaging on my vacuum forming machine

📐🖱️⚡🛠️📦

BurritoPop: It’s like a chap stick tube but for your burrito!

Favorite Part: Designing a snap together assembly to ensure the product is microwave safe

📐🖱️🏭🛠️📦

Mevo Start: A small but mighty livestreaming video camera

Favorite Part: Traveling to Taiwan and China to work directly with the contract manufacturer

📐🖱️🏭⚡🛠️🌧️📦

MakerBot Method: A beautifully design prosumer 3D printer

Favorite Part: Working hand in hand with Industrial Design to define product architecture

📐🖱️🏭🧑‍🤝‍🧑⚡🛠️🌧️

I make my own silly things, too!

The Donut Hole-der

  • 3-4 donut hole capacity

  • Clips to your belt

  • Easy one handed activation

  • Fully designed for mass production

  • Patent pending

  • Dope website!

Check out www.deardunkin.com

  • Connects your air pods to your Juul

  • Hand crafted silicone molds

  • Fundamentally a bad idea!

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