Darek Blackwell's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

iPhone Display engineering program manager at Apple The engineer responsible for the design and development of iPhone display technology. They work on the program budget and schedule, as well as managing the communication between engineers, customer service, and product quality. At Apple, they also work on developing the iPhone’s product quality. This is responsible for ensuring that products meet customer needs and expectations. They work with both customer service and product quality to make sure that products meet standards.

🎓 Education

Darek Blackwell has a background in engineering, having studied mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo. In his Honors and Co-op Engineering program at the University of Waterloo, he shone in his work withahan's mechanical engineering department, graduating with distinction in 2012.Since then, Darek has continued his studies and development through variousShort-short-term placements and temporary assignments in various engineering markets. On his current journey, Darek is currently completing his 3rd year of study at the University of Utah in Mechanical Engineering.As an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo, Darek was an active member of the student democracy organization and served as the Vice-President of the United Steelworkers. In his free time, he likes to play video games, read, and BBQ.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

In his most recent role as iPhone Display Engineering Program Manager at Apple, Darek Blackwell is responsible for developing the design life-cycle of phone programs. He also leads the engineering team responsible for product quality and overseeing the entire product line.Bl Blackwell’s professional experience includes having co-founded and CEO at a startup focused on redefining how construction companies price jobs using Machine Learning and incorporating it into a user-friendly pricing App (SaaS), efforts led to multiple companies tripling their profits. He also managed a full-stack software engineering team at an organization driving end-to-end product development cycle and customer relations and business process from conception to launch.While at Apple, he played a role in the identification and implementation of highly customized software engineering tools, systems, and processes including user testing, code reviews, bug burndown, and continuous integration. Blackwell is also responsible for the development of the iPhone Display engineering program.Bl Blackwell’s technical skills include experience inAutomation Engineering Program Manager at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada from May 2016 to September 2016 (5 months) in Cambridge, Canada. He also holds experience in iPhone Display Engineering Program Manager at Apple from August 2014 to August 2017 (3 years 1 month).