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Joe Lessard
Manager, Product Design - Materials Engineering
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Location: Greater Chicago AreaApprox. Years of Experience: 14
Joe Lessard's Current Workplace
Apple
Company Size
2500+
Amount Raised
$6.2B
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Notable Investors
Berkshire Hathaway, Sequoia Capital, Microsoft, Matrix Partners, Venrock
Sustainability
Product Design
Product Research
Industrial Design
Product Management
Innovation Management
Experience
Apple
Jan 2016 - Present
Manager, Product Design - Materials Engineering
Nov 2021 - Present
3 yrs 7 mos
Environmental progress through materials engineering and informatics: - Technology development to reduce the environmental impact of materials used in Apple products - Integration of material data systems and informatics into materials engineering and product design processes for better material selection and development
Manager, Environmental Metrics & Design
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
9 mos
- Early engagement with product design, operations, and procurement teams to support Apple's Closed Loop environmental initiative in hardware products - Novel recycling technologies development to enable the use of more recycled materials in Apple's products and the recovery of more materials from scrap and end-of-life devices - Built data systems and analytics capabilities to support the accounting and modeling of Apple's carbon and material footprints
Recycling Technologies Engineer
Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
4 yrs 2 mos
- Developed technologies to enable increased use of recycled content in Apple products - Created material footprinting program for comprehensive accounting of materials used in Apple products to inform environmental strategy and track progress towards company's Closed Loop goal
Environmental Technologies Intern
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
8 mos
https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Liam_white_paper_Sept2016.pdf
Orchard Material Technology
Sep 2012 - Dec 2015
Consulting Engineer
Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
5 mos
- Subject matter expert on ore sorting and associated technologies - Led research activity and implementation strategy to bring ore sorting technologies to refractory metals industry in partnership with equipment manufacturer - Demonstrated direct energy savings >60% through high ROI capital equipment expenditure
Project Engineer
Sep 2012 - Aug 2015
3 yrs
- Developed, designed, and managed multiple mineral processing projects for global client portfolio - Specialized in refractory metals (Mo, W, Ta, Nb, V, and Re), base metals (Cu, Ni), and specialty metals (rare earths) processing technology development and thermochemical process modeling - Increased client's plant throughput by >100% through pilot plant study and flow sheet design - Implemented research and development plan to commercialize Looping Sulfide Oxidation, hydrometallurgical processing, and refractory metals recycling technologies - Grew firm's public technology portfolio by more than 800% through publication in peer-reviewed research journals
Research Assistant, Nano Catalysis & Energy Lab
Tufts University
Sep 2009 - Jun 2012
2 yrs 10 mos
- Studied gold-based catalysts for hydrogen fuel reforming in fuel cell applications - Identified a hydroxylated gold species responsible for catalytic activity in the low temperature water-gas shift reaction on a Au/La2O3 catalyst
Research Assistant, Sinskey Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 2006 - Aug 2007
1 yr 4 mos
Assisted PhD students and post-doctoral fellows in research focusing on the use of bacterial systems to express genes for the production of bioplastics
Education
  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
    Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.M., Engineering and Management
  • Sep 2010 - May 2012
    Tufts UniversityM.Sc., Chemical Engineering
  • Sep 2007 - May 2011
    Tufts UniversityB.Sc., Chemical Engineering