I began my professional journey over 50 years ago as an electronics design engineer. I progressed to managing a development laboratory developing Professional Electronics products. Further on the way, I shifted to managing development of software products. I spent a decade building and leading a team of 250 software engineers and domain specialists, developing critical systems for the “Big Five” global leaders in analytical instrumentation. We tackled the complexities of Mass Spectroscopy, Genomics, and Electron Microscopy…
The tools of our trade have transformed—from manual drafting to AI-assisted CAD tools and software code—but the core principles of successful product development remain the same. I’ve seen how products succeed and, more importantly, why they fail. I am going to write a series of blogs to share my experience and learnings with the engineers and product developers of the future.