Extracting the genius in you - Mike Haley

Experts in their Fields - The EITF project

Hello hello! We are back with episode 3 of season 2 of the EITF project! We’ve had so many good conversations this season, and this one is definitely at the top of our list!

In this interview, Karthik and I interview Michael Haley.

Mike started out as an electrical engineer, with a lot of experience at companies like scope communications, HP, Agilent technologies, ZymeQuest, Kross engineering, and Cooper Perkins! Whoa! This is a lot of experience, everyone, spanning over 16 years! You will find in this interview, that over the span of these 16 years, he was presented with challenges that are unheard of, for an electrical engineer.

But here’s the interesting bit, after spending almost 16 years as an electrical engineer, Mike took up a role as the director of engineering for a medical device company, Velico Medical. He says in his interview that this job was most challenging, because not only was the medical field completely new to him, this was also a management role, which comes with its own challenges.

Mike eventually joined octoscope as a principal design engineer. Mike and I have worked together for about 7 years now. Mike works on embedded software for one of our most popular wifi partner devices. I can say with a hand on my heart that, having worked in the QA department at octoscope, it is extremely hard to find problems with Mike’s code.

Mike talks about this in his interview - although he has faced many technical challenges, his approach to solving a problem has always been the same - find out what’s needed, and if there is no information, prototype something to get the conversation started. He also says that a lot of work decisions relating to advancing in your career, are personal to each individual. He doesn’t fail to give his point of view though, and it’s very unique.

Mike's answers are worth thinking about, and when you do, you will understand the genius behind the answers. A lot to learn, and a lot of simple ways to solve huge problems. An interview that will make you think twice, everyone! Enjoy and as usual, leave us your comments!

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