Stonelake Consulting

i offer consulting and advising services to early stage startups (pre-seed, seed, a). having launched products through both in-house and contract manufacturing, i can quickly help identify the right model fit for a given team (license/obm, oem, jdm, in-house), as well as help author development, validation, and launch plans. project framework, milestones, cm advice, and acceptance criteria - for hours a week. my business also specializes in contract diligence for vcs looking to make an initial investment, or substantial reinvestment, in hw startups. i bring 17 years of experience spanning d2c & b2b companies (lutron, bose, latch), with a focus on product, design, hw engineering, and manufacturing. as a department leader, i have directly managed teams of mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and quality engineers (both in-house and contract), and will be able to efficiently interrogate designs and processes for maturity and feasibility. as both a pm and lead engineer, i have wor