experience


Brad Short

Distinguished Technologist, R&D
Chief Technologist, SW Architect
HP Inc.
SW Print & Customer Services & Solutions, San Diego, CA 92127
2023 to present

  • Print/PC SW app front-end experience UI/UX and technology
  • Print/PC SW services roadmap and innovations

Distinguished Technologist, R&D
Chief Technologist, 3D Print New Business Incubation
HP Inc.
3D Strategy & Incubation Group, San Diego, CA 92127
2020 to 2022

  • Technology assessment and validation of over a thousand startups developing new 3D print technology and 3D applications.
  • Technical due diligence of a key acquisition.

Distinguished Technologist, R&D
Chief Product Experience Architect
HP Inc.
Immersive Computing Group, San Diego, CA 92127
2014 to 2020

Led SW and HW teams to successful commercial launch of three products. Drove the technology, HW architecture, and SW experience of the Sprout immersive experience.

  • Launched the HP Z 3D Camera immersive 3D camera.
  • Launched the Sprout G2 Pro by HP immersive AiO computer.
  • Launched the Sprout by HP immersive AiO computer.

Master Engineer & Technologist, R&D
Lead Product & Platform Architect
HP Inc.
Advanced Platforms Group, San Diego, CA 92127
2011 to 2014

  • Invented the virtual interactive projection scanning technology that became the foundational technology behind the Sprout immersive computer.
  • Led a team of over 100 to develop technology components of Sprout.
  • Led all technical disciplines as well as the industrial design exploration.

Expert Mechanical Engineer, R&D
Lead Product Architect
Hewlett Packard
AiO Division, San Diego, CA 92127
1996 to 2011

  • Product Architect of the novel HP Envy 100 series AiO Printer-Scanner-Copier.
  • Product Architect of 5 generations of consumer high volume HP AiO Printer-Scanner-Copier Products selling millions world-wide.

Mechanical Engineer, R&D
Hewlett Packard
AiO Division, San Diego, CA 92127
June 6, 1994 to 1996

  • Launched 1st consumer AiO flatbed printer, scanner, copier.
  • 1st AiO product with direct manufacturing launch in Singapore.
  • Worked with Industrial Design studios to architect the novel copier design to drive product price and size in half.
  • Designed the scanner sub-system.

Partner & Founder
Electro-Mechanical Engineer
Apropos Design Inc. (ADI)
Ithaca, NY
August 8, 1991 to August 8, 1993

Design and construction of a remotely operated robotic submarine (submersible R.O.V.) used to inspect raw water intake pipes for Zebra Mussel infestation.

  • Successful inspection of a 2,000 ft. intake pipe, Erie County Water Authority.
  • Conceptual/Configuration design of an underwater robot with autonomous obstacle avoidance and corner rounding capabilities.
  • Mechanism design of cable crawling, propulsion and release system.
  • Design of watertight electronic housings (pressure vessels).
  • Design of electronic, real-time telemetry system, long distance power transmission electronics, and high current motor control circuitry.

Instructor
Cornell University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY
August 1992 to May 1193
August 1993 to December 1993

  • Developed and lectured a new computer-aided design and drafting course for undergraduate students emphasizing team design and visualization using CADD software.

Team Design Leader
Cornell University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY
June 1993 to August 1993

  • Designed, organized, and led hands-on team design project for twelve teams of six undergraduate students.

Design Engineer
Cornell University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY
May 1991 to August 1991

  • Constructed a computer-controlled X-Y servo towing tank apparatus for a fluid dynamics research experiment.

Design Researcher
Cornell University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY
January 1991 to May 1991

  • Designed and constructed an inexpensive robotic laser pointing device to aid physically challenged individuals.

Team Design Project Engineer
Cornell University
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY
August 1990 to December 1990

  • Designed and constructed an electric, folding “suitcase” vehicle with a team of five.