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Registration: 04.08.2025

Keith Alsberg

Specialization: Engineer
— My main creative passion lays in new product development, allowing me to employ both my technical engineering skills / experience with my creative / artistic side. — I've built and led all-star engineering teams from 3-50 engineers; I mentor and nurture a team’s personal and technical growth, keeping them motivated and inspired while still having fun. — I am an expert in mechanical new product development, dedicated to solving tough problems, and creating and developing superior products in a variety of industries - including medical devices, sporting goods, wearables, consumer electronics, office products, toys, industrial equipment, and more. — I also have the knowledge, technical strength, and industry experience to ensure solutions are viable, practical, and cost efficient. I can take ideas from "the back of an envelope" through to production ready parts in a smooth and efficient process.
Project Management Design Product Design Requirements Analysis Functional testing SolidWorks Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Problem solving CAD Technical support Project planning Microsoft Excel Test Planning Consulting Performance Testing Packaging Design
— My main creative passion lays in new product development, allowing me to employ both my technical engineering skills / experience with my creative / artistic side. — I've built and led all-star engineering teams from 3-50 engineers; I mentor and nurture a team’s personal and technical growth, keeping them motivated and inspired while still having fun. — I am an expert in mechanical new product development, dedicated to solving tough problems, and creating and developing superior products in a variety of industries - including medical devices, sporting goods, wearables, consumer electronics, office products, toys, industrial equipment, and more. — I also have the knowledge, technical strength, and industry experience to ensure solutions are viable, practical, and cost efficient. I can take ideas from "the back of an envelope" through to production ready parts in a smooth and efficient process.
Project Management Design Product Design Requirements Analysis Functional testing SolidWorks Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Problem solving CAD Technical support Project planning Microsoft Excel Test Planning Consulting Performance Testing Packaging Design

Skills

Project Management
CAD
SolidWorks
MS Outlook
MS PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Product Design
Requirements Analysis
Microsoft PowerPoint
Problem Solving
Technical Support
Test Planning
Consulting
Performance Testing
Functional Testing
Packaging Design

Work experience

President
since 12.2013 - Till the present day |Convergent Product Development
SolidWorks CAD, Bambu FDM 3d Printers, Misc Shop Equipment
● Expert product development engineering consultant for a variety of product categories and program requirements. ● Over 35 years’ experience engineering plastics, metals, soft-goods, mechanisms, and assemblies. Ideation, development, R&D, bread-boarding, prototypes, testing, DFMA, sourcing, and production liaison to take ideas from concept through to production.
Chief Hardware Architect
11.2022 - 03.2024 |Sindarin
SolidWorks CAD, Prototyping, Testing, Optics, Injection Molds, Electronics, PCB Layout
● Led and determined all the strategic design and mechanical development for the SOL Reader – design start to production in less than 18 months. ● DFMA of numerous precision parts and mechanisms in a first-in-class product. ● Collaborated closely with ID, EE, optical engineers, and overseas manufacturers to develop, create, and produce a beautiful and functional first-in-category system.
Director of Engineering
02.2014 - 10.2022 |MNML (Minimal)
SolidWorks CAD, Prototyping, Testing, Optics, Injection molds, Electronics, PCB Layout, Planning, HR
● Built and led MNML’s in-house engineering team. ● Managed, created, and accelerated the engineering development of many exciting and award-winning new products. ● Developed numerous diverse projects with demanding requirements, and supported MNML's sister manufacturing company Lunatik.
President
03.2000 - 12.2013 |Square 1 Product Development
SolidWorks CAD, Prototyping, Testing, Injection Molds, Electronics, PCB Layout, Planning, HR, Technical Writing
● Founded and ran all aspects of a full-service product development consulting firm - we designed, engineered, developed, and manufactured excellent new products in a variety of categories
Executive Director
08.1993 - 03.2000 |Insight Product Development
SolidWorks CAD, Prototyping, Testing, Injection Molds, Electronics, PCB Layout, Planning, HR, Technical Writing
● Started, built, and managed an engineering team of over 50 engineers in 3 cities. ● Developed a variety of products, with a strong focus on medical.
Senior Project Manager
01.1993 - 08.1993 |Herbst
Project Management
Director of Engineering
01.1992 - 12.1992 |Metaphase Design Group
SolidWorks CAD, Prototyping, Testing, Injection Molds
Senior Development Engineer
03.1986 - 01.1992 |Abbott Labs
SolidWorks CAD, Prototyping, Testing, Injection Molds
● Developed a wide variety of medical products and the supporting production equipment, including low-cost disposables, the first strip-based rapid assays, large immuno-assay instruments, and many new and novel diagnostic assays.

Educational background

Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree)
1981 - 1986
University of Illinois - Chicago

Languages

ChineseElementarySpanishElementaryEnglishNative