I'M
Josh
Adams.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
TINKERER AND MAKER
INNOVATION LEADER
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I LOVE DESIGN. I am a results-oriented Mechanical Engineer and leader with strong background in all aspects of new product development. I have high level of experience in mechanical component design, project leadership, and technical team leadership. I am driven by fast paced innovation and my passion to continually create disruptive products.
I have been a tinkerer at heart since my days of taking toys apart as a 3 year old. Since those days, I have fostered my continuous curiosity to develop the skills for elegant and robust product design. My hands-on attitude sets me apart as a engineer that can deeply understand and drive real world results beyond just theory.
Experience
2022-2024
Kargo Technologies
Principal Engineer
My entrepreneurial spirit led me to take my experience into the world of my first true tech startup where I could drive all product design decisions from the ground up making cutting edge AI vision products with a real world impact on the global supply chain.
2022
Apple Inc
2020-2022
Engineering Manager
After multiple successful product launches, I moved into a leadership role within my team.
2019-2020
Apple Inc
Senior Product Design Engineer
After gaining a deep understanding of Apple as a program manager, I chose to get back to my technical roots and shift into a technical design role. In this position I was responsible for individual part design while also managing the inputs of other engineers into the full system integration.
Apple Inc
2018-2019
Engineering Program Manager
Retail and Events Product Design
My introduction into the tech industry came with my start at Apple Inc. In this role I managed multiple programs that are now in retail and channel stores around the world.
2017-2019
Milwaukee Tool
ARID Outdoors
President /Co-Founder
I spent almost 2 years developing a concept for a dry cooler before taking it into a full company. After defining our design direction, we went successfully completed a start-up accelerator program from gener8tor. We took the business from concept, through research, to a fully designed and production ready product.
Design Leadership
For 2 years as a technical design leader, I was responsible for the design of all products within my business unit. This also included managing and growing an engineering team from the ground up. As part of our growth, I was directly involved in global supplier analysis and selection.
2012 -2016
2016-2017
Milwaukee Tool
Project Leadership
I spent 2 years as a project leader solely responsible for the success of individual engineering projects. This included driving all cross-functional global team members as well as responsibility for the design and financial success.
Milwaukee Tool
Product Design
I spent the first 4 years of my career at Milwaukee Tool building a strong foundation for robust mechanical design of high volume mass production power tools.
2007-2012
MSOE University
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Business Management
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