Kevin Beller's guest appearances

Kevin Beller

MacroFab Engineering Podcast

Tom Anderson

James Lewis

Mike Kahn

Scott Hansen

Leeroy Jenkins

Jason Cerundolo

Joe Grand

Benjamin Jordan

Chris Carter

Greg Paulsen

Seymour Duncan

Brian Kaczynski

Kyle Dumont

Valentina Toll Villagra

Phil Bresnahan

OwlTail

Kevin Beller of Seymour DuncanKevin BellerHeads up the Engineering and New Product Development Departments at Seymour DuncanDoes the electronic and mechanical design, pickup design, tooling and fixture designHe  has worn a lot of hats in his 40 years at Seymour Duncan by starting out  as production supervisor and manufacturing engineer in 1979How does an engineer sell a creative idea?Idea generationTurning sound into a design. What drives the product?SpecificationsValidationAudience? Use Case?Rigid design vs Playful experimentationDesign iterationWho says go/no go to new designs?When or how do you say that you are complete?What happens if you just don’t like it?How much input is too much on a creative design?Trust – engineers/marketing/sales?Announcements!KiCon 2019  is a user conference for the popular open source CAD program KiCad.  Happening April 26th and 27th 2019 in Chicago IL, this is the first and  largest gathering of hardware developers using KiCad. Talks at the  conference will span hardware design, revision control, scripting,  manufacturing considerations, proper library management and getting   started developing the underlying tools. All announced talks have been  listed on the conference site.Visit our Public Slack Channel and join the conversation in between episodes!

<h3><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep-168-kevin-beller-of-semour-duncan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Beller of Seymour Duncan</a><br/></h3><h3><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/company/get-to-know-us/kevin-beller" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Beller</a></h3><ul><li>Heads up the Engineering and New Product Development Departments at <a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Seymour Duncan</a></li><li>Does the electronic and mechanical design, pickup design, tooling and fixture design</li><li>He  has worn a lot of hats in his 40 years at Seymour Duncan by starting out  as production supervisor and manufacturing engineer in 1979</li></ul><h3>How does an engineer sell a creative idea?</h3><ul><li>Idea generation</li><li>Turning sound into a design. What drives the product?<ul><li>Specifications</li><li>Validation</li><li>Audience? Use Case?</li></ul></li><li>Rigid design vs Playful experimentation</li><li>Design iteration<ul><li>Who says go/no go to new designs?</li><li>When or how do you say that you are complete?</li><li>What happens if you just don’t like it?</li><li>How much input is too much on a creative design?</li><li>Trust – engineers/marketing/sales?</li></ul></li></ul><h3><strong>Announcements!</strong></h3><p><a href="https://kicad-kicon.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">KiCon 2019</a>  is a user conference for the popular open source CAD program KiCad.  Happening April 26th and 27th 2019 in Chicago IL, this is the first and  largest gathering of hardware developers using KiCad. Talks at the  conference will span hardware design, revision control, scripting,  manufacturing considerations, proper library management and getting   started developing the underlying tools. All announced talks have been  listed on the <a href="https://kicad-kicon.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">conference site</a>.</p><h4><strong>Visit our Public <a href="http://macrofab.com/slack" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Slack Channel</a> and join the conversation in between episodes!</strong></h4>

MEP EP #168: Kevin Beller of Seymour Duncan