Amy Martin

Spanner Product Development specializes in exquisitely crafted consumer products. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, we provide our clients both the expertise for creating powerful development strategies and the experience to produce effective tactical solutions. With a thorough understanding of the demands of time to market, we drive time-tested development processes for the successful launch of great products.

Accountable for managing several product lines and supervising multidisciplinary product development teams to bring superior products to market on time and within budget.

Established creative design platforms utilizing world class manufacturing techniques.

Compared fit and form of helmets using athletes and human head scans to better understand how human and testing head forms compare; this research lead to the standardization of fit and product certification testing.

As lead engineer, designed ground-up helmets and mechanical components from concept using Solidworks and rapid prototyping, and developed them with vendor.

Generated a project management workbook and implemented across the company to improve the product design and development process.

Collaborated with others in the helmet industry through ASTM to improve and create new test standards and protocols.

Project Manager, Mechanical Design Engineer, and Product Developer for all Bell Powersports, Bell Bike SRD and Bell Bike CRD Helmets.

Mechanical Engineer and Product Developer of Bell Full9 Downhill Helmet and Piston/Octane/Strut- an entry level Recreational Bike In-Mold Helmet.

Lead development of all helmets and protective body armor, as member of the New Product Design Team.

Collaborated with the entire product team in the creation and maintenance of new and existing products for the entire product lifespan with focus on product quality, innovation, user comfort, timeliness and margin.

Managed and supported overseas contract manufacturers in China, Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan.

Created an R&D team, which was responsible for researching new materials, manufacturing processes and design trends.

Primary Development Engineer-
Helmets: V4, V2, V1, Rampage Pro Carbon, Striker, Transition HS, V3R
and Protective Body Armor.

Graphics Developer for all Helmets and Protection.

Member of the New Product Development Team which assisted in design and documentation of new product designs to meet the functional, cost, reliability, manufacturability and safety requirements.

Implemented lean manufacturing techniques and other process improvement strategies on the commercial EFX assembly line resulting in cost savings and improved efficiency.

Designed and developed tooling, to meet functional, cost, reliability, manufacturability and safety requirements.

Active member of Product Issues Team, which identified and solved potential problems that affected Precor’s ability to deliver a quality product on schedule and within budget.

Primary mechanical design engineer and project manager of consumer electronic products for a small start-up company.

Responsible for all phases of product design cycle, including concept development, market research, design, prototyping, cost estimation, vendor selection (China, HK, Taiwan, and Brazil), manufacturing, QC, and documentation.

Assisted in setup of a supply chain management and procurement system.

Primary mechanical design engineer of precision oceanographic instruments and systems using Solidworks.

Assisted in setup of in-house CNC prototype machine shop.

Sales of Bikes, Helmets, Protection, and Clothing.

Primary mechanical design engineer of an award winning 17-axis automated align & epoxy attach platform for photonics component assembly.

Primary mechanical design engineer of an award winning 19-axis automated laser welding platform for photonics package assembly.

Assisted in operations set up, including the implementation of lean assembly and concurrent manufacturing processes.

Supervised the repair and maintenance of the Caster and played an active role in continuous improvement efforts.

Coordinated the efforts and safety of seventy experienced technicians, craftsmen, and project planners as they used mobile, laboratory, and field equipment to keep productions running at maximum efficiency.

Sales of Bikes, Helmets, Protection, and Clothing.

Co-op with Penn State