About
MIT-trained. Ex-ASML. 10+ years building hardware that has to work in the real world — not just in a simulation.
Quick Facts
My Story
I've spent more than a decade inside some of the world's most demanding engineering organisations — from MIT's research labs to ASML, where the margin for error in semiconductor lithography equipment is measured in nanometres.
What I noticed, over and over, was that the engineering firms serving startups were fundamentally misaligned with founders' needs. They over-promised on timelines, under-delivered on quality, and treated accountability as optional. Founders — who were betting their companies on getting the hardware right — were left exposed.
I started this practice because I believe that senior engineering talent, structured accountability, and genuine skin-in-the-game can change that equation.
When I take on a project, I'm not handing it to a junior team and checking in monthly. I'm directly involved — reviewing every design decision, pushing back when something won't work in manufacturing, and treating your product timeline with the same urgency I'd give my own.
The money-back guarantee isn't a marketing tactic. It's how I hold myself accountable to the standard I set every time I agree to work with a founder.
Background & Credentials
Trained at one of the world's foremost engineering institutions, with deep grounding in mechanical systems, thermodynamics, materials science, and computational methods.
Worked on semiconductor lithography equipment at ASML — machines that must achieve nanometre-level accuracy in volume production. This instils a precision mindset that's hard to acquire elsewhere.
From concept sketches to production-ready designs across medical devices, consumer electronics, robotics, and industrial systems. Real products, shipped to real customers.
Deep hands-on experience with injection moulding, sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, and PCB manufacturing. Designs that are beautiful on screen and buildable in the factory.
Structural FEA, thermal analysis, CFD, kinematic modelling. We simulate before we build, catching failure modes before they cost you tooling money.
Worked with VC-backed hardware startups at every stage — pre-seed to Series B. Understand investor timelines, milestone pressure, and the urgency of getting to market ahead of competitors.
Engineering Philosophy
Every hardware product is unique. That means the engineering approach has to be unique too. I don't apply cookie-cutter solutions — I start from the physics, the manufacturing constraints, and the commercial reality of your specific situation.
The best engineering is invisible. A product that works, ships on time, and costs what it's supposed to cost — that's what we're aiming for. Not engineering theatre.
Requirements define everything. We spend more time than most clients expect in the requirements phase — it saves multiples of that time later.
A simulation run costs nothing compared to a failed prototype. We use analysis to de-risk before metal is cut or plastic is moulded.
The best design in the world is worthless if it can't be manufactured reliably and affordably. DFM is not a phase — it's a constant consideration.