A global team of consultants, with extensive experience in engineering leadership, product management, program management and business management in a wide range of product development environments.

Our Core Team

Gary Hinkle - Auxilium Principal

Gary Hinkle

Founder and Principal Consultant

Before consulting, Gary led engineering teams developing state-of-the-art products at Tektronix, Laird Technologies, PEI/Motorola Solutions and SAIC. His consulting experience includes product development leadership, process improvements, business start-up, training program development, and organizational restructuring. He created Auxilium’s Agile Engineering Leadership Program core workshops and co-founded the Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) framework.

Dorian Simpson

Principal Consultant

Dorian helps start-ups to Fortune 500 technology leaders improve their product management and innovation capabilities. His agile approach to product management and product innovation for physical products has helped teams at ABB, GE, Tyco, Owens Corning, Qwest, Technicolor, FEI, VTech, Freightliner, and many others. He is the co-founder of the Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework and author of The Savvy Corporate Innovator.

Leo Quintero

Senior Consultant

Leo is an experienced executive-level leader with demonstrated success developing innovative products in the PC, communications, and defense industries at Dell, Motorola, Martin Marietta & United Technologies. He has expertise in engineering, product development process, global engineering management, ODM outsourcing, organization design & transformation, program management, and leadership development.

Shailesh Patel

Senior Consultant

Shailesh has over 25 years of global experience in product development leadership including product management, program management and engineering executive leadership roles. With a reputation for delivering innovative products that solve customer problems, he has launched over 50 products serving various industries at companies including Amazon, Mueller, Newell, BD and Stryker.

Auxilium client projects range from building skills in key roles to agile project piloting support to leading enterprise agile NPD transformations.

Auxilium’s Journey

2002 Auxilium Launches with Engineering Leadership Focus

We started with a mission to help product development organizations achieve world-class productivity by guiding technical leaders, project managers and engineers to implement and sustain best practices, with focus on leadership development as a critical element.

2006 NPD Transformations

As we helped teams to achieve increasing productivity, clients became interested in assistance with a structured approach for holistically transforming their product development process and culture. This typically involved transitioning from ad-hoc methodology to a phased approach with continued focus on leadership development.

2010 1st Agile Project

With agile principles and methods becoming preferred for software development, we began applying the principles to help clients achieve productivity benefits for manufactured products. Through refining our approach we discovered that agile is generally a better way-of-working for product development than traditional waterfall methods.

2017 MAHD Framework Launched

After further refinement of our agile approach for manufactured products, we launched the Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework and published documents to help teams visualize how to apply the framework. Today, Auxilium utilizes MAHD elements to assist with the change management needed for successful agile product development transformations.

So, how can we help you?