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Greg Burlingame

Engineering leadership for products that need to work at scale

Woburn, Massachusetts

Overview 

Greg Burlingame is a seasoned engineering leader with a track record of success in scaling products, demonstrated by roles such as Vice President of Engineering at Elemind Technologies, Inc. and VP of Hardware at Superpedestrian. Currently based in Woburn, Massachusetts, he excels in technical leadership, product innovation, and leading project teams to drive organizational success.

Work Experience 

  • Vice President of Engineering

    2022 - Current

    Elemind is a startup spun out of MIT, developing novel closed-loop neuromodulation technology. I lead the hardware and software engineering teams responsible for building Elemind’s first product.

  • VP of Hardware

    2021 - 2022

    Led the advanced development of a next generation scooter platform and later stepped in to lead hardware engineering

Superpedestrian is a venture-backed robotics company that develops lightweight electric vehicles with integrated online platforms.

Raised $261,700,000.00 from General Catalyst, Jefferies, Spark Capital, Antara Capital, Citi and FM Capital.

  • Director of Engineering

    2019 - 2021

    Led the advanced development of a 3D printer that was unlike anything the company had developed before. Appointed by company founder to lead COVID-19 response, including the production of 250,000 nasal swabs to help with relief efforts.

Markforged is a manufacturing company that invents a new 3D printing process to build parts with the strength of Continuous Carbon Fiber.

Raised $346,800,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Wasatch Ventures, Miller Value Partners, Porsche Automobil Holding, Wellington Management, Baron Capital and BlackRock.

  • Vice President Of Engineering

    2018 - 2019

    Led the hardware and software engineering teams for a division of Yamaha that develops audio and video conferencing products for the unified communications market.

  • Director of Product Creation

    2016 - 2018

  • Product Creation Leader

    2011 - 2016

    Product Creation Leader for PLAY:1 Product Creation Leader for PLAY:5 The Product Creation Leader directs the efforts of all Sonos functional engineering managers and engineers (i.e. wireless, acoustic, software, mechanical, etc...) from concept through production for the latest smart speaker products. Led very successful teams through positive and effective influence. Was responsible for facilitating innovation and pushing the limits of design while tightly managing resources and schedules, managing product cost, making technical trade-off decisions, and communicating decisions, issues, risks, and status to the larger Sonos organization. As the project owner, was the voice of the development team outward to the entire company. Interacted with people across the company to bring new products into high scale mass production.

  • Principal Systems Engineer

    2010 - 2011

    Developed the audio platform for the PLAY:3, including the sound tuning for the product

Sonos is a wireless multi-room music system that enables users to play music anywhere in the house and control it using a smartphone.

Raised $455,150,000.00 from EquityZen, Index Ventures and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

  • Senior Systems Engineer

    2006 - 2010

    Worked on the research and development of a new type of audio transducer. Conventional audio transducers ("speakers") use voice coils, permanent magnets, and cone shaped membranes to produce sound. Emo Labs' transducers were fundamentally different; they use piezoelectric actuators and curved membranes to convert electrical energy into sound waves. Emo Labs was a small VC funded start up. (approximately 15 people) The company was later re-branded ClearView Audio.

  • Director of Integrated Product Development

    1996 - 2006

    Led a multi-disciplinary engineering team developing audio products with integrated electronics and acoustic systems

  • Project Engineer

    1992 - 1996

    Two of my fondest memories of working at EAW were the two times I watched a couple of live shows (LIVE and Hootie and the Blowfish) at the mix position. We were testing a new speaker control system known as the MX8000 and I had developed the software to control it. Being right in the middle of the show was AWESOME.

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