Gary Hinkle is a Principal Management Consultant at Auxilium, Inc., a company that provides effective solutions to executive product development leaders by applying agile methods to bring their products to market faster and more efficiently. Before joining Auxilium, Gary founded Citizens for Independent Candidates and held the position of VP of Engineering and Product Development (Consultant) at Niles Audio Corporation. With his 20+ years of industry experience, Gary has held senior management positions at aircraft communications company Airbus DS Communications and electronics manufacturer Laird. He has also worked as an Embedded Systems Engineering Manager at Tektronix and a Sr. Design Engineer at SAIC. Gary holds comprehensive knowledge in design engineering, product development and project management.