​We're back for another Hardware Meetup!

​This month we're meeting at Expertise Engineering in Sorrento Valley! Expertise Engineering has an in-house staff of mechanical, electrical, FW and SW engineers. Product design, both mechanical, electrical and embedded systems is their specialty. They also work on manufacturing tooling where their full complement of engineers is very useful. They offer their customers these engineering services in the context of great engineering documentation. Check them out here.

​Our guest speakers

​Kaheawai Kaonohi is the founder of The Disabled Soloist, a hardware company re-engineering non-motorized personal mobility devices such as canes, crutches, and walkers. The company’s mission is to empower independence by changing how these devices are designed, built, and perceived. Its first product is a premium forearm crutch, currently in development with industrial designers, advisors, and early users ahead of launching a prototype and fundraising.

​Young Lee is an industrial designer with 15 years of experience in consumer and medical industries. He’s currently working on the Global Product Design team at Dexcom where he focuses on hardware product design. His work centers on creating meaningful user experiences through the integration of design and engineering.

​Brian Coullahan is Director, Market Development at Element Biosciences, a company focused on advancing high-performance genomics and multiomics through innovative and flexible sequencing technologies. In his role, he works at the intersection of life sciences, technology, and commercial strategy to help drive adoption of next-generation sequencing solutions and enable scientists to unlock deeper insights from complex biological systems.

​Agenda

​6:00-6:30 pm - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments

​6:30-6:35 pm - Welcome and introduction

​6:35-7:30 pm - Guest talks and audience Q+A

​7:30-8:00 pm - Community open mic

​Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.

​8:00-9:30 pm - Mix + mingle

​Thank you to our partner

​informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in the hardware ecosystem. With expertise in a diverse range of industries from consumer electronics to automotive, climate tech to medical devices, informal members work with clients at every stage to design, manufacture, and scale top-quality physical products. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job.

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