About Paul

Paul Newby has developed highly respected products, including the iconic TiVo remote control and PacBio™RS gene sequencer.  Paul rapidly builds interdisciplinary teams of design, human factors, and engineering talent for technically challenging projects. He is a steadfast champion of solution design, human factors, brand identity, engineering rigor, and product reliability. Paul and his teams have delivered concept-to-revenue solutions in consumer, bioscience, outdoor sports, and other markets.  He is appreciated by executives for creativity, cost and schedule accuracy, inspired program leadership, and enduring supplier relationships.

Specialties: Design Engineering Leadership, Interaction Design and Human Factors, Cross-Functional Team Building, Hardware Design for Manufacture, Prototype and Production Tooling, Line and Program Management

Education and Awards

B.S. Mechanical Engineering; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

Joint design patent for Pacific Biosciences SMRT™Cell 8 Pac chip design.

iF Design Award, and IDSA IDEA Finalist for PacBio™RS Instrument design.

Consumer Electronics Association Design Excellence Award for TiVo Remote.

Six joint design patents for TiVo remote control and set-top enclosures.

Business Week & Museum of Modern Art awards for multiple Bell Sports products.

Joint design patent for Silicon Graphics Indigo2 enclosure.