Mike Lohse
CTO XR & Hardware Product Manager, Commercial XR at Lenovo
- Role
- CTO, Xr at Lenovo
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mike Lohse
Innovative product design and technology development professional who thrives in a chaotic, creative, multi-disciplinary, integrated work environment. Agile leader of cross-functional teams. Thought leader in AR and smart glasses space. Strong innovator and problem solver, driving key strategic projects at the C-suite level. Proven track record in managing relationships with strategic customers and vendors. Specialties in highly integrated design, high volume manufacturing, augmented reality, smart glasses, ergonomics, and IP generation. Named on over 20 issued patents and 70 pending patents that I share with my co-inventors and team members.Specialties: Product Innovation, Strategic Partnerships, Product Management, Invention, IP Generation, High Volume Manufacturing, Tooling, Prototyping, Project Management, Product Development, Hardware development, System Architecture, Smart Glasses, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Augmented Reality, Thought Leader, Business Development.Patents: https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Robert+Michael+Lohse & assignee=Osterhout+Group%2c+Inc. & status=GRANThttps://patents.google.com/?inventor=Robert+Michael+Lohse & assignee=Mentor+Acquisition+One%2c+LLC. & status=GRANT
Experience
CTO, Xr
Jul 2025 — Present
Serving as interim-CTO within the XR business unit, shaping product technology strategy, aligning broader Lenovo XR initiatives, and leading the XR product team.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSOE, Ocean Engineering
Northwestern University
BS, Mechanical Engineering
1988 — 1993
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS/MEng, Ocean Engineering
1994 — 1997
Northwestern University
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
Skills
- Engineering
- Contract Manufacturing
- Sheet Metal
- Product Design
- Manufacturing
- Rapid Prototyping
- Electronics
- Product Development
- Engineering Management
- Simulations
- Cad
- Mechanical Engineering
- Design for Manufacturing
- Medical Devices
- Injection Molding
- R&D
- Embedded Systems
- Solidworks
- Testing
- Consumer Electronics
- Product Management
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