Chris Nunez

Experience

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  University of California Santa Barbara Materials Department

  May 2011 - Jun 2013

  Research Lab Technician

  Installed, redesigned, and upgraded a wide variety of research equipment including vacuum hot presses, an electron beam vaporizer, and thermocycling furnacesResponsible for CAD, machining, and testing of designs used to upgrade the efficacy and safety of the laboratory, improving the quality of research while maintaining a state of the art facility

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  Callaway Golf

  Nov 2013 - Jul 2020

  Doubled the utilization of structural carbon fiber in the head design, creating the primary selling featurefor the Paradym driver and fairway, the current highest selling products in their respective categoriesDeveloped several industry first artificial intelligence based structural design optimization processes,objectively improving product performance while saving several weeks in development timeIntegrated an electrical sensor assembly into a head design enabling wireless player swingmeasurement and analysis through an iOS application Show less

  • Principal R&D Engineer

    Feb 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Senior R&D Engineer

    Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  • R&D Engineer

    Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

  • Associate R&D Engineer

    Nov 2013 - Feb 2016
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  Topgolf Callaway Brands

  Jul 2020 - now

  Manager, R&D Performance and FEA

  Manage seven research and development engineers delivering performance focused structural FEA andCAD for the sporting good industry’s number one selling golf club product linesOversee the full product development of all driver and fairway wood models, 100+ yearlyFormulate the product and technology roadmaps through integrating the department’s engineering and testing research with sales metrics and consumer feedback for C-Suite and VP approvalInventor on 38 patents, most notably the Jailbreak distance technology which gave a 44% increase($92MM) in YOY product category revenue, securing a definitive number one market share position Show less