MEET Mitch

What is your background?

I am an embedded electrical engineer with a background that is all over the map, including environmental science, landscaping, various construction-related activity, as well as music, outdoor sports, and family.


What do you do at HiViz?

Job title: Embedded Systems Engineer
Start date: February 12, 2024
Describe your work/day-to-day: My role is in the development of the “smarts” of the HVC products at the electrical and firmware level. On a day-to-day basis this might mean I am writing code, reviewing schematics, taking measurements in the lab, or troubleshooting a device.


What drew you to HiViz?

The main thing that attracts me to HiViz is the awesome team of friendly, interesting people. The second main attraction is the opportunity to apply creative problem solving to interesting products and build something that helps people.


Where are you from originally?

I’m from the Southwest United States. I consider myself originally from Albuquerque, NM because that is where I grew up. I was born in Tucson, AZ, moved to Albuquerque, then moved to Colorado Springs, CO for college, back to Albuquerque, then to Austin, TX before ending up in Asheville.


Tell us a fun fact about yourself!

I can play at least 6 different stringed musical instruments, and probably more if I had them.


Is there a quote you live by?

“Repetition is the mother of skill.” – Fortune cookie


Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or be a dinosaur?

Pet dino