A decade turning ideas into production reality — from aerospace-grade components to a 3D concrete printer built from the ground up. Engineering that scales.
I take products from concept to production — designing the part, building the machine that makes it, and the system that runs the floor.
My career spans defense aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and construction technology. At Frontgrade (formerly CAES) I supported production of motors and controllers bound for orbit and beyond. At SQ4D I led design on a flagship 3D concrete printer and built the company's entire ERP and MRP backbone from scratch.
In between, I founded my own venture and developed a patent-pending touchless faucet system — taking it from sketch to working prototype solo. I'm hands-on with a CNC router and a TIG torch, I've framed and finished a two-story structure with my own hands, and I'm equally comfortable architecting a production system or negotiating a six-figure procurement plan.
From heavy industrial machinery to independent product invention to ground-up construction.
Lead engineer on a full-scale 3D concrete printing system for residential construction. Designed critical subsystems, structural assemblies, and auxiliary systems — then built the production processes and team to manufacture them.
Artist's rendering · NASA/JPL-CaltechContributed to the manufacturing of motor and actuator hardware of the type now operating on NASA's Perseverance rover. CAES actuators drive the rover's wheels and steering, move the high-gain antenna, and deploy the remote-sensing mast — built to survive launch, deep space, and the Martian surface.
An invention built entirely solo. Combining computer vision, gesture recognition, and motion control, I designed and prototyped a faucet that controls temperature, flow, and on/off — all through hand gestures, with zero physical contact.
A full ground-up construction project I designed and built myself — from pouring the concrete pad through framing, sheathing, roofing, windows, and siding. Real construction experience that bridges directly into industrialized building and modular construction.
TIG craftsmanship and structural aluminum fabrication — from a clean, consistent bead to fully welded load-bearing assemblies.
Everything here I taught myself — from striking the first arc to laying clean, consistent beads on structural aluminum. Watch a part come together: cutting, fitting, and welding by hand, the way I learned it on the shop floor.
A heavy-duty rolling cart I designed and welded from aluminum stock — fully fabricated frame on pneumatic casters, built to move equipment around the shop without flexing or failing.
Welded aluminum gusset brackets — reinforcing joints where strength matters most. Consistent fillet welds and clean fit-up, fabricated for repeatable, load-bearing assembly.
A deeper look at each project — the hands-on craft, process, and detail behind the engineering.
Hands-on building the flagship 3D concrete printer — machining custom parts, welding the aluminum gantry, and assembling the linear-motion and extrusion systems that bring the printer to life.
The touchless faucet in action — computer vision and gesture recognition driving temperature, flow, and on/off with zero physical contact. Prototyped end to end, from the hand-tracking camera to the motion control.
Wall and roof framing going up on the poured slab — laying out studs, plates, and rafters by hand to turn a foundation into a standing structure, start to finish.
Open to senior and director-level manufacturing engineering roles across the New York metro area. Always happy to talk shop.