Johan Overby

VP Engineering @ Vivax-Metrotech Corporation

About

* Successful engineering executive with over 25 years of hands on software and hardware development experience. * Solid track record of delivering cutting edge products optimized for best possible profit margin and ease of manufacturing. * Constantly showing an outstanding ability to think outside of the box and create new technologies and improvements on existing designs.SKILLS* Experience taking multiple products through the full product life cycle.* Introduced Agile product management methods. * 19 years of experience in designing battery operated embedded systems.* Experience working in a global organization with off-shore manufacturing.* Collaboration with the sales team to come up with products aligned with the customers needs.

Country

United States

City

Milpitas

Industry

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Skill

C++, C, C#, VHDL, Simulink, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Programming, Signal Processing, DSP, Algorithms, Optimization, .NET, Software Engineering, Subversion, Product Management, Problem Solving, NetBSD, Windows, Linux

Experience

VP Engineering

Vivax-Metrotech Corporation

2016-10 - Present · 10 yrs

Santa Clara CA

Managing world wide Engineering operations.

Software Instrumentation Engineering Lead

Apple

2016-2 - 2016-9 · 8 mos

Cupertino, CA

Managed the development of a fully automated robotic test system.

Software Instrumentation Engineering Manager

Apple

2014 - 2016-2 · 2 yrs

Cupertino, CA

Built and managed a team of 8 engineers. The team was responsible for sensor testing and calibration throughout the Apple supply chain.

Director of Engineering

Vivax-Metrotech Corporation

2009-10 - 2013-12 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Santa Clara CA

Managed the CA engineering team. The team developed world class rugged measurement equipment. * Increased the output from one product every two years to three products per year. * Introduced Agile product development practices. * Managed project planning/schedule as well as staffing. * Implemented major parts of the company’s software framework. * Main software contributor for a number of active projects. * Outlined hardware system designs and feature requirements. * Worked with the management team to provide guidance for sustaining production engineering. * Experienced working within a global engineering organization. * Collaborated with the Sales Team to come up with products aligned with the customers needs.

Consultant

Optimal Ranging, Inc.

2009-8 - 2009-10 · 3 mos

* Wrote DSP test software for an indoor asset tracking system.

Project Manager Engineering

Metrotech

2003-4 - 2009-8 · 6 yrs 5 mos

Manager of one of the engineering teams. The position included close collaboration with sales and marketing to create requirements for current and future products. * Planned and executed all steps of the product development life cycle from marketing request to product mass production. * Developed detection algorithms and simulations. * Implemented signal processing algorithms in DSPs and FPGAs.