Michael Keer

Founder & Managing Partner

Michael Keer has over 30 years of high technology New Product Introduction experience in development and manufacturing. As founder of the Product Realization Group (PRG), Michael created a solutions based team of consultants that help companies make the leap from concept to full market scale. We are a mission driven company dedicated to helping companies bring products to market that positively impact both people and the planet. Our clients include medical device, consumer electronic, and high-technology start ups, SMBs, and large companies such as Intuitive Surgical, Mentor Graphics, and NTT. Prior to the PRG, Michael served in senior management roles at SofTEQ, Paramit Corporation, SemiPower Systems, and Ericsson, where he supported bringing over 100 new products to market in both OEM and CM environments.

Michael received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Masters in Manufacturing Engineering from Northwestern University, and has mentored at Stanford University’s StartX, Berkeley Foundry, and Lemnos Labs. He is currently a mentor at the CleanTech Open and Sustainable Ocean Alliance. He has lectured at Stanford University, Northwestern University, Santa Clara University, SME, IEEE, ASME, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs.

Shirish Joshi

Operations, Supply Chain and Manufacturing

Shirish is a seasoned industry veteran with 35+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Operations. He has worked at and with companies that produce a broad range of products and market segments including consumer electronics; medical devices; network infrastructure products; computer systems; and large industrial equipment.

He specializes in working with a diverse array of geographical areas, especially Asia, in supporting product development from conception to high volume production to market. During his career, he has helped to transition many new products from low volume production in USA and then transferring to low-cost geographies for higher volumes and lower costs.

Prior to joining the PRG team, Shirish worked in senior operations management roles for large companies such as Sun Microsystems, Apple Inc.,
Silicon Graphics, Magellan Navigation and Pluribus Networks. He has also worked for several startups in robotics, networking, security products, and wearable safety devices.

Jay Feldis

Product Development and NPI

Jay has over 30 years of experience leading the development of consumer electronics products in Silicon Valley. As a founding member of Logitech’s webcam product group, Jay helped to create and define webcams and video communication as consumer products.

His experience includes key roles building and leading hardware, software, and program management teams through all stages of development from product conception and system design to manufacturing and launch.

Since joining PRG, Jay has helped numerous companies successfully commercialize new products and improve their product development processes. Jay holds a BSEE from Cornell University.

Wayne Miller

New Product Development and Introduction

Wayne Miller is a seasoned executive with decades of experience designing and manufacturing products in the robotics, clean-tech, semiconductor, and consumer industries. He held leadership roles at companies including Bossanova Robotics, Ubiquiti, and Apple Computer. He was responsible for setting up internal and external manufacturing sites and supply chains at Skydio, Solyndra, and Greenvolts. Wayne specializes in designing products for scale, cost reduction, and new product introduction. In addition to holding 35 patents, Miller has also lectured on entrepreneurship at Northeastern University and UC Berkeley.

Scott Weinstein

Quality / Regulatory

Scott Weinstein is a hardware development and manufacturing veteran with 25+ years of experience leading quality and reliability engineering programs at global companies, including Roku, Ford, Whirlpool, Keurig, Sonos, Harman, and Johnson Controls. A quality leader, Scott specializes in product design and operations for high-tech hardware companies. Scott has an MBA from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.