S5E18 Joe Moak | Working at Apple, Premium Products, & Superior Project Management

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Joe Moak shares his experience with the podcast working at high-profile companies such as Apple & Sonos, and also gives us a glimpse into “the best place he has ever worked” (Maestro PD). Companies are always looking for those elusive “A” players to join their teams, and it is very clear that Joe qualifies under that definition.

Joe Moak earned his mechanical engineering degree at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

To sum up, Listen to this episode to learn all these!

Main Topics:

• Working at Apple
• Designing for manufacturing tolerance
• Product development challenges
• Interviewing techniques
• Design processes,
• Project management best practices

About the guest: Joe Moak, founder and chief engineer at Maestro PD, a product design and engineering firm. Joe also worked at Apple, Sonos, St. Jude Medical, and other companies.

Links:
Joe Moak - LinkedIn
Maestro PD

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