Last month, after 2 years with Goertek, I moved to work for a startup company based in Echo Park, Los Angeles, just off of Sunset Blvd., by the name of DropLabs. I made the move for several complementary reasons:
- I wanted to get back to working on products I could stand behind, from a brand and technical perspective, which isn’t easy to do as a supplier.
- I wanted to work on an audio product of a kind that is different than anything I’ve seen before, which presents high-level challenges and innovation opportunities I know I will enjoy diving into.
- I wanted to work on technology that will bring music into people’s lives in an all-new way, but also technology that has the promise of helping people live better lives. Being able to develop products which can help people is something I’ve never done before.
The team is small and full of energy, and I know the CEO from a long time ago, so felt comfortable stepping into this new role (and moving my family out of the SF Bay Area to Los Angeles). They’ve been working hard on the first product, which has just launched publicly this week (which is why I didn’t post anything here about my career change until now). I’m hard at work studying how to approach the next products on our roadmap.
Our plan is to relocate down to the Los Angeles area right around Christmastime. Until then, I’ll be on the road to the Los Angeles office for a couple of days each week.
I of course valued all my time at Goertek, and learned a lot from the experience, both technically and about myself, and worked with a great bunch of people there. This was just an opportunity that felt tailor-made for me.
Far North Electroacoustics 