Jonathan P. Zhou

Master of Science in Engineering & Management

2020 - 2022

Sloan School of Management

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Integrated Design Management fellow. Focused on product management and entrepreneurship related coures.

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

2009 - 2011

Tufts University, Medford, MA

Focused on FEM simulation-driven silicon chip package design.

Bachelor of Engineering, Automation

2005 - 2009

Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

Eletrionics and eletrical engineering with a focus on controls and AI.

Director of Product & Business Development

2024 - Present

JS (Joyoung-SharkNinja) Global, Hong Kong SAR

• I define JS’s robot roadmap to drive innovation and product competitiveness by watching market offerings, testing features’ user values, and gauging internal capabilities.
• I am the de facto VP business development & program manager to drive strategic collaborations with global partners with a focus in APAC and EMEA.
• I created a user research team of 3 to drive user-centered hardware and software designs to shift the organization from tech-driven to UX-driven, with a focus on Australia, Korea and Japan markets.

Head of Product & Advanced Development

2023 - 2024

Midea Group, Suzhou, CN

• I lead 4 product managers and 33 advanced development (AD) engineers to plan product roadmaps, platforms, and innovate technologies for Midea/Eureka/Toshiba cleaning robots, stick vacuum and upright vacuums. During my tenure Midea robot’s Chinese domestic market share rose from 0.8% to over 12%. The Eureka E10s robot I initiated is set to be the company's first robot to reach 100k internal sales volume (by July 2024) AND with a net profit. The Eureka W20 robot I sourced and initiated is the world's first crawler-sytle fresh water cleaning robot.

Co-founder, Product

2021 - 2022

Moshion Technolgoies, Cambridge, MA

• Moshion is a contactless privacy-preserving remote patient monitoring platform for hospitals and long-term cares to prevent pressure injury and falls.
• MIT delta v cohort 2022, MIT 100K Pitch audiences award winner.
• Primary market research, customer discovery, competition analysis, FDA regulatory strategy, patent-pending IoT wearable, AI system design with computer vision and machine learning, MERN full-stack prototype development.
• See our demo day pitch at https://tinyurl.com/mr3z8jwy. Check our website at https://moshion.care

Consulting Product Manager

2022

Midea USA, Remote

• As a PM consultant, I led sprints for customer and technology strategies, competitive strategy, GTM strategy for North America SKUs, and technology road mapping for FY2025 for self-cleaning robotic moppers for B2B and D2C applications.

Product Innovation

2016 - 2021

iRobot, Bedford, MA

• lead continuous hardware and software innovation for the Roomba i3, i7, and 900 series. My work includes interview guidelines brainstorming, user interviews, thematic analysis, competitive benchmarking, prototype building, Agile iterations, UX testing to improve Roombas’ competitiveness and usability.
• I invented the 2.5D anti-wedge bumper (#16/588575) used on all Roombas. It reduces 80% wedging with a $0 BOM increase.
• I worked on Roomba S9, e5, i3, and i7 product development, launch, and quantity ramping with contract manufacturers. Heavy usage of workshop rapid prototyping, 3D CAD modeling with Creo, injection molded part design and DFM/DFA, ANSYS workbench, BOM management with Windchill, ECR/ECN process, and contract manufacturer operations support.
• I co-invented the AeroForce extractors set (#10/595624), which balanced cleanability, cost, manufacturability, noise, durability, and aesthetics. It’s still industry-leading after five years and was a major stake in the iRobot-Ecovas $Xm strategic collaboration.

Product Development Lead, Project Manager

2013 - 2016

SharkNinja, Newton, MA

• As part of the “CORE” team initiative, I worked on the next-gen Shark floorcare and Ninja kitchen products by collaborating with marketing, ID, PM, legal, and contract manufacturers.
• I led the CAE team to optimize the Shark cyclone, wind tunnel performance, Ninja blender cut efficiency, durability, and thermal performance. We optimized Shark part strength, durability, and comfort by ABAQUS FEA and streamlined the testing process to reduce lab test cycles. I co-invented “walking on the cloud” wheels (#16/117934).