Lockitron: Chief Product Officer
Lockitron was the first connected smart lock, drawing more than $4 million dollars in preorders. It was sold in 2018 to Chamberlain Group.
During my time there, I architected product strategy and coordinated teams and supply chains spanning the United States and China. My work included:
- Operations: Set up supply chains to support over 2000 units per week. Caught, diagnosed, and integrated process improvements for QC problems
- Engineering: Created state machine that maintains resilient device behavior, redesigned most parts for manufacture and performance including gearbox
I joined after the crowdfunding campaign and, largely as a result of the team being very small, personally redesigned and re-engineered almost every component including a ground-up gearbox design to increase strength and minimize noise.
I spent a while in China for the manufacturing debugging and QA setup, and have some great “you won’t believe…” war stories.
Lockitron has sold over 50,000 units and is available in Target.
