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🚀 Need a mechanical engineer who can turn your idea into a real product? I'm a Mechanical Design Engineer with 9+ years of experience, 43 successful Upwork projects, a 100% Job Success Score, and 5-star client reviews. I help startups, inventors, and companies design products that are functional, manufacturable, and ready for prototyping or production. 🛠️ Services ✔ Product Design & Development ✔ Machine Design ✔ 3D CAD Modeling & Assemblies ✔ Design for Manufacturing (DFM) ✔ Sheet Metal Design ✔ Plastic Part Design ✔ 3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping ✔ Reverse Engineering ✔ Technical Drawings & Manufacturing Files 💻 Software • SolidWorks • CATIA V5 • AutoCAD • Abaqus (FEA) 📌 Project Experience • Industrial machines • Consumer products • RC vehicles & mechanisms • Automation equipment • Laboratory machines • Custom fixtures & tooling • Functional 3D-printed parts ⭐ Why Clients Hire Me ✔ Strong engineering knowledge, not just CAD modeling ✔ Designs optimized for manufacturing and assembly ✔ Clear communication and regular updates ✔ Attention to detail and on-time delivery 📩 Have an idea, sketch, or existing design? Let's discuss your project!

Do you have an idea or concept you'd like to bring to life? I'm here to make it happen. I'm a Mechanical Engineer, Product Designer, and Co-Founder of Kilo Brewer, an innovative hand-powered espresso machine that we developed from an initial idea into a fully functional commercial product. I was involved throughout the entire process, including design, engineering, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing. With over 8 years of experience in mechanical engineering and product design, I specialize in transforming ideas into functional, manufacturable products. From concept sketches to production-ready CAD models and technical drawings, I provide complete design solutions tailored to your project's needs. What I Can Do for You: • 3D CAD Modeling (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CATIA) • Mechanical & Product Design • Consumer Product Development • Sheet Metal & Welded Structures • Assembly Design & Motion Analysis • Prototyping & Design for Manufacturing (DFM) • 2D Drafting & Technical Documentation Why Work With Me? ✔️ 8+ years of hands-on experience in mechanical design and product development ✔️ Co-Founder of Kilo Brewer, taking a product from idea to market ✔️ Strong background in turning concepts into working prototypes and manufacturable products ✔️ Attention to detail, clear communication, and reliable delivery Let's Build Something Great Together Whether you need help refining an idea, creating production-ready models, or solving a complex design challenge, I'll bring both practical product development experience and engineering expertise to your project.

I am an experienced motion designer with a specialty in Rive Animation and Lottie Animation, crafting compelling and exciting animated videos and assets for various industries and platforms for over 6 years. Whether you want to create advanced clickable prototypes or create custom UI animation or animated videos for your product, I am here to support you in achieving your goals. Skilled in: - Producing 2D & 3D animated videos for mobile apps, web apps, and websites. Tools: - Adobe After Effects - Rive - Lottie - Spline 3D

I help companies turn ideas and electronics designs into fully working and reliable devices. I am a Hardware and Firmware Engineer with 10+ years of experience developing real products, with hardware designed for 70+ successful projects, many of which are currently on the market. Unlike many freelancers who stop at schematic and PCB design, I support projects through board bring-up, firmware integration, and system debugging in a hardware lab, ensuring the device actually works and meets the expected specifications. I also work directly with PCB manufacturers and assembly partners, helping clients avoid production issues and ensuring designs move smoothly from prototype to manufacturing. My approach focuses on building functional systems, validating them through testing, and identifying issues early before they become expensive problems in production. Two client Products I Have Developed: ✅ Smart home devices ✅ Corrosion monitoring sensors ✅ Drone and boat controllers ✅ Gimbal control systems ✅ BLDC motor controller for medical beds ✅ Muscle stimulators ✅ Medical scales ✅ Smart irrigation and weather monitoring systems ✅ Smart camera systems What I Deliver: ✅ Hardware architecture and PCB design ✅ Embedded firmware development ✅ Functional PCB prototypes ready for testing ✅ Board bring-up and hardware validation ✅ Hardware debugging and troubleshooting ✅ Reliability design reviews (ESD protection, thermal stability, power integrity, signal integrity, EMC, UL, CE) Typical Projects I Help With: ✅ Bringing up new PCB prototypes ✅ Debugging boards that are not working or unstable ✅ Hardware and firmware integration ✅ Reviewing schematics and PCB layouts before manufacturing ✅ Reliability audits to improve product lifetime ✅ Fixing power stability, ESD protection, and thermal issues During my career, I have used various technologies and components. Below are some of them: ⭐RF modules: LORA, WIFI, BLE, GPS, GSM, LTE, ZIGBEE, NRF52840, ESP32, SARA-R510, CC2530, CC2538, SIM9001, SIM800, Quectel, Arduino_IOT... ⭐Microcontrollers/Microprocessors: STM32 ( F and L family), ATAMEGA, ESP32, MSP430, MSP432, ATSAM, NFR52840, PIC32, PIC24, NXP, ARDUINO, IMX8... ⭐ Sensors: Temperature, humidity, O2 sensor, PH sensor, Light sensor, motion sensor, water leakage sensor, Nitrate sensor, current sensors, Voltage sensor, distance sensors, corrosion sensor, Scale sensors, accelerometers, Magnetometers, Rain sensor, Air quality sensors... If you are looking for someone who can design, bring up, and debug your hardware until it works as expected, please send me a message, and we can discuss your project.

Upwork Expert Vetted (top 1%) | Senior AI/ML Architect with Google funded AI projects | Fractional CTO/Director/SVP | High Volume Engineer | ex IBM, CDW, JP Morgan | 7+ years of hands-on AI/ML | 16+ years in Cloud and Software Architectures | Best Practice and Regulated Environments | Certified Multi Cloud Architect | Cybersecurity Incident Responder Hi, I'm Don, a senior level AI/ML Architect and Fractional CTO. Since 2011, I have been driving transformations for successful startups, scale-ups, SMEs, and enterprises like TELUS, Google, IBM, JP Morgan, CDW, and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. If you need expedited high quality work or an individual who an solve the unsolvable, I will preserver and succeed I have hands-on technology daily, and continue to work as a lead AI/ML engineer/architect, expert web and software designer/developer, security specialist, consultant, and director who can effectively design, build, plan, and lead using methods that bring true value. Several smaller orgs have depended on me to launch their business, or prevent the collapse of an existing one, and I've delivered every time. I've been leading full-projects across industry and government regulated environments, cloud, AI/ML, data, web, SaaS, InfoSec, networking, and systems since 2011. I've also worked with orgs specializing in industry firsts in AI, government, finance, energy, eCommerce, CRM/ERP, blockchain and crypto, environmental, construction, facilities management, education, data processing, GPU data centers, enterprise SaaS, cyber security,--and a variety of Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS Partners. Come and find out why so many clients trust me.. Your project done right --it matters to me too. 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ‧ Mini-MBA in AI from Rutgers University (2025) ‧ Deans Honor List grad from ITAS at VIU (2012) ‧ IEEE Member & TrueNorthCTO contributor ‧ Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect ‧ Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert ‧ Original founder of Cloud Pathfinder Services Inc. ‧ Awarded with the Upwork Expert Vetted label (Top 1%) in 2020 ‧ Offered a co-founder role during existing employment on two separate occasions ‧ I have more written work recommendations then you'll have time to read 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 I give back to our local community through volunteering to feed the homeless, was formally recognized by the Salvation Army for volunteer work supporting marginalized communities. My aim is to be supportive and create an environment where people can feel they are truly cared about. After being hand selected by my professors to be a board member for a nationally recognized First Nations conference at Vancouver Island University in 2011, I was also given the opportunity to assist the Governor General of Canada during the conference. I'll bring this same drive for excellence to your organization or project, should you want it. . ******* Key terms: 14 programming languages, Google Workspace, Office 365, Anthos, Lovable.dev, CFO, CIO, Incubator, Pytorch, Pinokio, LM Studio, Orpheus TTS, voice agents, PBX, Vertex AI, AIOps, MCP, RCA, xAI, ITSM, ITIL, SRE, DevSecOps, LLMOps, LLM, Vector, federated learning, neo4j, CNN, DNN, RNN, Jupyter, NLP, OCR, Textract, Pyspark, Yuma consensus, Apache Spark, Hadoop, TensorFlow, LangGraph, MLOps, Claude Code, Clawdbot, Moltbot, Anthropic, mask2former, transformer models, graph neural network GNN, CAD recognition, roboflow, huggingface, Graph DB. base44, CVat, spec driven development, foundation models, Bittensor, validator, Windows, Linux, Apache Nutch, API, AWS, Active Directory, App Service, Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, Asynchronous, Firewall, Functions, IAM, Key Vault, Azure Kubernetes, AKS, Logic Apps, Azure Policy, PostgreSQL, Site Recovery, Azure SQL & SQL MI, Synapse Analytics, Full-stack, senior architect, principal senior engineer, CentOS, ChatGPT, Cloud Armor, TCP/IP, Cloud Vision, Cloudflare, CIS, COPA, CRM/ERP, Cursor, Data Warehousing, database architect, Dataprep, Dataproc, Dataflow, Datastore, Debian, DNS, Document AI, Elastic, ETL Pipelines, ELT, EventArc, Exchange, F5, Firebase, Financial strategy, Funding, Data Room, Gantt, Cloud API integrations, Landing zone, GCP, Google CLI, IAM & Identity, Instance Groups, ISO 27001, IIS, Kubernetes Engine, DevOps, Jira, clickup, LangChain, LAMP, low code, Lucid, Marketing, MLOps, Mobile, Monday, no code, Nginx, Compliance, GDPR, HIPPA, EU AI Act, Pub/Sub, RAG Model, Rafay, Red Hat, Security audits, VC funding, SharePoint, SOC 2, SOP, SoW, Spanner, Stackdriver, Streamlit, Terragrunt, Terratest, Ubuntu, vNet, Vibe Coding, Visio, VMware, VPN, VPC, Web development, Wireshark, Windows, DCs, Zabbix, Obsidian, Perplexity, Jeeva, Google Labs, Gumloop, Gamma , loop prompting, loop based development,

I help established companies and ambitious founders clarify their positioning, build distinctive brand identities, and turn those brands into high-converting digital experiences. I’m the CEO and co-founder of The Branded Agency, a brand-first creative and performance agency with more than $1 million billed through Upwork. Our team combines brand strategy, creative direction, UX/UI design, Shopify and Webflow development, content, and performance marketing to build brands that drive measurable growth. We work with companies launching new ventures, repositioning existing brands, entering new markets, or improving underperforming ecommerce experiences. Every engagement connects brand strategy with practical execution—so your positioning, identity, website, content, and marketing work together rather than operating in silos. The Branded Agency is a Shopify Partner, Webflow Enterprise Certified Partner, and Klaviyo Partner. Our clients range from emerging startups to established organizations across DTC, CPG, healthcare, technology, AI, SaaS, supplements, oral care, beauty, food and beverage, hospitality, fitness, education, and professional services. Our proprietary Golden Spiral™ framework helps organizations align what they believe, what they offer, and what their customers genuinely value. We then apply our Brand-Backed Performance™ methodology to translate that strategic foundation into creative, digital experiences, and growth campaigns. Brand Strategy and Positioning We help companies establish the strategic foundation required for meaningful differentiation and sustainable growth. Services include: Brand audits and competitive analysis Brand positioning and repositioning Brand architecture and portfolio strategy Audience research and customer personas Brand purpose, mission, vision, and values Messaging frameworks and key messages Naming, taglines, and brand narratives Go-to-market and brand launch strategy Brand Identity and Creative Direction We translate strategy into distinctive, scalable creative systems that can perform across every customer touchpoint. Services include: Brand identity and visual identity systems Rebranding and brand modernization Creative strategy and campaign concepts Creative direction and visual direction Content pillars and storytelling systems Campaign briefs and production planning Packaging and ecommerce creative Paid-social and performance creative Shopify, Webflow and Digital Experiences We design and develop conversion-focused websites that balance brand expression, usability, performance, and business objectives. Services include: Shopify and Shopify Plus design and development Webflow website design and development Ecommerce strategy and website architecture UX/UI design and customer journey mapping Landing pages and conversion funnels Conversion rate optimization Website migrations and redesigns Analytics, testing, and performance optimization We also support projects built on Framer, WordPress, Squarespace, and Wix when those platforms are appropriate for the business. Marketing and Growth Our growth programs connect strategy, creative, media, and retention to improve customer acquisition and long-term value. Capabilities include: Growth and go-to-market strategy Meta, Google, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, and TikTok advertising Email and SMS marketing through Klaviyo Conversion funnels and landing-page optimization Content strategy and thought leadership Influencer, UGC, and community marketing Customer acquisition and retention programs Creative testing, attribution, and ROAS optimization SEO and AI Search Optimization We help brands improve how they are discovered, understood, and recommended across traditional search engines and emerging AI-powered platforms. Capabilities include: Technical, on-page, and off-page SEO Content strategy and optimization Entity-based SEO Answer engine optimization Generative engine optimization Digital PR and authority building Optimization for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI experiences AI Content and Automation We create AI-assisted systems that help businesses increase content output and operational efficiency without sacrificing brand consistency. Capabilities include: AI content strategy and production systems AI-assisted copywriting, image, and video production Content repurposing workflows Scalable advertising creative systems AI agents and marketing automation n8n, Zapier, Make, API, and workflow integrations Founder-Led Perspective Before launching The Branded Agency, I co-founded and scaled an international apparel company carried in more than 50 Equinox locations. My entrepreneurial ventures have been featured by Bloomberg Businessweek, GQ, Men’s Health, Gear Patrol, Cool Hunting, CBC, CTV, and Dragons’ Den. That experience means I approach every engagement as a founder—not simply as a consultant.