Michael Kubba, Chief Operating Officer and VP Engineering at Shaper Tools, is our next guest on Oceanside Chat! Michael is a product development leader who has led hardware, systems engineering, and operations teams across multiple industries, including wearables, robotics, and consumer electronics. At Shaper, he leads overall product development, hardware, software, and operations, joining as an early employee and helping build out the product and company to launch into the market. Prior to Shaper, Michael led the product design team for Google Glass and various other wearables. As an early member of the Tesla powertrain team, he helped design and launch the Model S and was also the Product Design Lead for Apple TV, Apple Remote, and Mac Pro products.

[Part II: Designing Your Career] Michael advised applying the design principles to your career. “The most successful people and the most successful companies are the ones that can become experts in the new things as fast as possible... The best advice I can give in your career to stand out is whatever you are doing, become an expert in it.”