Tommy Holt

Background

About Tommy Holt

Entrepreneurial builder specializing in scaling hardtech in startups, having designed and built hardware that is in use in over 1,500 doctors' offices. Brings 6+ years of experience as a mechanical engineer, development lead, technical program manager, and business developer to the table. Adept in taking hardware products through the full product lifecycle. Recent areas of study include carbon dioxide removal (CDR), biomass utilization, marine CDR, business strategy, carbon markets, and scale up & commercialization of novel chemical processes. Key Skills / Adds Value In Navigating- Technical program management as pertains to hardware product development and managing technical risk - Emerging carbon markets and trends in technological progression of CDR - Hardware product design and development through full life cycle from ideation, to bench, manufacturing & quality control, to launch - Hardware Product Management - Business development, key partnerships, and navigating product-market fit - Product transfer from R&D to Manufacturing - Life Cycle Analysis and Systems Thinking - Design control - Company cultural and organizational management from pre-seed stage (~4 people) to growth stage (~150 people)- Prototyping and early product verification and validation