Trip Vest
Product Innovation Lead
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTrip Vest is a product innovation leader with 11+ years of experience launching hardware and software products that have reached audiences of over a million and helped secure $60M+ in funding. At DoorDash he built an internal innovation lab, grew the team from 3 to 35, and ran 20+ experiments to vet autonomous solutions and scale winners through clear OKRs and roadmaps. He combines deep technical fluency in embedded systems, ME/EE design, and cloud backends with human-centered design—bridging silos to find opportunities between disciplines. A founder and consultant, he has shipped IoT fleets, patented IP strategies, and grown a community-focused mental wellness venture using GenAI-informed growth experiments. Trained at MIT and Stanford, Trip pairs rigorous engineering chops with a focus on psychological safety and personal care in team culture.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Dual B.S., Aerospace Engineering and Physics, Dual B.S., Aerospace Engineering and Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster's of Mechanical Engineering, Design Methodology, Master's of Mechanical Engineering, Design Methodology at Stanford University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (32)
sensor9
semantic8
platformio7
javascript7
esp82667
barrage7
vue7
energy7
arduino7
bluetooth-low-energy7
esp327
nodejs6
bluetooth6
typescript6
java6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
SymmetryLabs/Bionics-Embedded
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
cppunitsrunsbionicembedded
SymmetryLabs/Bionics-Python
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:22 pushes, 2 branches in 14 days
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