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John Lio has over twenty-one years of experience in electronic product design and manufacturing in the embedded control, professional video and irrigation industries. Having worked at several successful start-up companies, Lio most recently served as the general manager of the Controls Manufacturing Division at Rain Bird, a privately held company and the largest manufacturer for the worldwide irrigation industry. His responsibilities included new product design, the development of innovation strategies for diverse business units, plant operations in Tijuana Mexico, and OEM manufacturing relationships in China and Europe. Prior to Rain Bird Lio was executive vice president/COO for ZF Micro Devices, a Silicon Valley startup that introduced the first PC-based system-on-a-chip to the embedded control market. Lio also worked at Scitex Digital Video/ImMIX as part of the management team that introduced the first desktop non-linear digital post production editing system to the professional video editing industry.
Lio brings to Kaleidescape a combination of product development and manufacturing experience working primarily in partnership with contract manufacturers to deliver high quality electronic products to diverse markets.
Lio holds bachelor and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. | 