Design Leaders in Tech. featuring Howard Rideout, VP of Engineering at Mysa Smart Thermostats
In this presentation, Howard will discuss how Mysa approaches designing products, and how their designs have evolved over time to meet user needs. He will also discuss some of the challenges the Mysa team faced during the early phases of product development.
Howard received his B.Eng - Electrical Engineering from Memorial University (Class of 2004) and went on to get a M.A.Sc. degree from the University of Ottawa in 2006. Since then, he's worked with companies varying in size from over 100,000 people to start-ups of under 10. He's worked at three separate start-ups in several different industries, including optical telecommunications, aerial drones and smart thermostats. His roles have ranged from developer to manager of a small team of developers to now overseeing a team of 35 people as VP of Engineering at Mysa.