Industrializing Premium Sports Gear & Hardware on the Taiwan Factory Floor
Bridging the gap between global sports & hardware brands and Taiwan-based manufacturers, all along the product lifecycle.
Based on the ground in Taiwan since 2015, I operate as a structured, transparent, and immediate extension of your engineering team. I deliver objective, data-driven, un-hyped on-site diagnostics and hands-on solutions, empowering you to make critical production decisions with absolute clarity from anywhere in the world.
Bridging the execution gap
Manufacturing bottlenecks are not only engineering challenges. They are also failures of good communication.
The technical solutions usually already exist on the factory floor. The real challenge is aligning them with Western brand expectations.
My career has been intentionally tailored to solve this exact friction point. Where I excel is acting as your high-fidelity bridge: translating complex technical specifications into the local linguistic and cultural context so that execution happens seamlessly, correctly, and on time.
Hands-on support, all along the product lifecycle
From the first supplier audit to full-scale production, with a quality assurance layer running underneath every stage.
Design & Sourcing
- Supplier Scouting & Auditing
- DFM (Design for Manufacturing) Review
- Material Strategy Support
- RFQ and Cost Engineering
Development & Prototyping
- Tooling & Mold Opening
- Process optimisation (Carbon Layup / Machine setup, etc.)
- Optimisation
- Jig & Fixture Engineering
Industrialization & Validation
- Validation Test Setup
- Lab equipment auditing
- Test protocols (Impact & fatigue, etc.)
- SOPs and trainings
- Pilot run supervision
Mass Production & Scaling
- Asset setup (tools, machines)
- Capacity & Capability enhancement
- Process optimization
Quality Assurance Layer
runs under every stageAn engineer who happens to love the outdoors
A solid technical expertise
I am an engineer by training who happens to love the outdoors, meaning I look at sports gear through a lens of quality, scalability, and efficiency, not just hobbyist enthusiasm. Holding a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification, my approach to hardware development is inherently structured, data-driven, and systematic.
My technical foundation was built directly within high-consequence industries, managing end-to-end development for elite global brands like LOOK Cycle, DT Swiss, and SHL Medical (a world-class market leader in advanced drug delivery systems). My hands-on manufacturing expertise spans a comprehensive suite of industrial processes.
Precision Metallurgy
Managing forming, tooling, machining, and thermal processes.
Advanced Composites
Optimizing layup sequences, curing parameters, and structural integrity.
Technical Polymers
Overseeing high-precision molding, tool design, and complex material formulations.
Business professionalism and work ethic
Established in Taiwan since 2015, I have spent more than a decade on the ground working directly with local Taiwanese and Chinese suppliers. Over the years, I have deeply immersed myself in the local business culture and dedicated the effort required to become completely fluent in Mandarin.
I firmly believe this linguistic and cultural fluency is non-negotiable for building genuine connection, mutual respect, and absolute trust with local factory management.
A lifelong outdoor enthusiast
Living and working in Taiwan is not a compromise for me, it is the ideal ecosystem to combine a passion for the outdoors with world-class, high-end manufacturing. Being based here has allowed me to deeply pursue intense outdoor disciplines that I practice frequently: technical scuba diving and macrophotography, mountaineering across Taiwan's 3,000+ meter peaks, and endurance cycling across the island.
This active lifestyle ensures that I maintain a deep, instinctual sensitivity to the products I help industrialize. I don't just look at hardware on a computer screen. I understand how equipment must perform when subjected to real-world environmental stress, fatigue, and extreme conditions. This critical user perspective allows me to bridge the gap between abstract engineering data and the uncompromising safety, tactile feel, and performance expected by the end consumer.
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A structured, transparent, and immediate extension of your engineering team, on the ground in Taiwan.