paul thomsen

principal member

About

Location: Greater San Diego Area; Industry: Consumer Electronics ... Paul Thomsen. Relationship Manager, Vice President at JPMorgan Chase. United States...

Country

united states

City

tucson

Industry

consumer electronics

Skill

product design, user centered design, industrial design, interaction design, design strategy, user experience, user interface design, experience design, design management, product development, concept development, semiconductors, user interface, consumer electronics, rapid prototyping, product management, digital tv, product lifecycle management, product marketing, electronics, iptv, strategic partnerships, project management, program management, cross functional team leadership, management, systems engineering, testing, mobile devices, business development, circuit design

Experience

manager, new products development

conrac corporation

1978-4 - 1989-11 · 11 yrs 8 mos

Managed a full-charge design department for displays used by the professional broadcast, computer graphic, process-control and militarized markets.

principal member

pthomsen consulting

2009-3 - Present · 17 yrs 7 mos

Providing Regulatory, Environmental and Safety Compliance consulting support to the consumer electronics industry. 20+ years direct experience in developing and managing development of hardware, software, safety (UL) and collateral materials for high volume consumer products. Experienced in representing technical and policy positions to standards setting groups, consortiums and government agencies (e.g. the EPA, FCC and others) on behalf of CE companies.

project manager

hitachi

2011-4 - 2014-3 · 3 yrs

Project Manager with direct responsibility for U.S. Code of Federal Regulations compliance; safety (UL), EPA (and other states) environmental compliance for TV, TV wall mount, Blu-ray player and Sound Bar product categories. Position included representation of Hitachi corporate positions and technical matters to standards setting groups (CEA, DLNA, etc.) and federal and state agencies (EPA, FCC and others).

director, design and technology and standards

hitachi

1989-11 - 2009-3 · 19 yrs 5 mos

Managing the design and development of TVs under both Hitachi-brand and various OEM-brands. I controlled department, R&D and staff budgets including a full-charge, UL-certified safety test lab (one of only 11 such labs in the world - at that time).