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One of the things I love about talking with people who are building the future is hearing how they turn imagination into execution. I had the pleasure of catching up with Dave Lyons, who joined Joby Aviation after a remarkable career including serving as Tesla's first Dir. of Eng., where he helped lay the groundwork for Tesla's powertrain technology.

During lunch with Orla Lacey, she shared insights on what it really takes to guide high tech hardware companies through the challenges of rapid growth and execution from a VP of Operations perspective.

As the year comes to a close, we’re grateful for the clients, partnerships, and personal relationships we’ve built with this incredible hardware community.

On a recent walk on West Cliff with Robert Shinno, a Sr. Enterprise Account Executive at Aras Corporation, he shared insights on how supplier collaboration is becoming a defining factor in product success. The need to “shift-left" , ie. engaging suppliers earlier in design and manufacturing is no longer optional.

In the previous chapter, the concepts of agile hardware product realization were introduced along with the idea of the ten best practices. Before diving into the details of these, there are a few basics to understand. In this chapter Product Realization will be defined at a high level as well as the ideas behind a New Product Development Introduction (sometimes written as NPDI) framework.

On a recent walk with Bob Machlin, Founder and Principal Consultant of GenAI Ignite, we discussed how AI is reshaping both operations and business growth for product development and manufacturing companies.

During a warm walk on West Cliff with Natan Saad-Lipshitz, Mike and Natan talked about his deep Technical Program Management experience, ranging from next-generation servers at Google to years leading Consumer Electronics programs at Amazon, Dell Technologies, and Microsoft.

During a clear walk on West Cliff with Mark Sloan, VP of Manufacturing at Mantle, we explored how metal 3D printing is evolving from a prototyping tool into a production enabler for hardware-based products.

When it comes to deploying technology in the field, reliability isn’t optional—it’s essential. Gridware’s advanced grid monitoring sensors promised a new level of visibility for utilities, but to deliver on that promise, the company needed a solid foundation for testing, validation, and performance. PRG helped Gridware design the reliability strategy and infrastructure to ensure every device [...]

During a sunny walk on West Cliff with Vish Iyer, we talked about how the battle for system security now starts the moment you press the power button.