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10 appliance engineering experts
These ten professionals have held engineering and product development roles at home appliance manufacturers, covering cooking, laundry, dishwasher, refrigeration and electronics engineering. A reader can learn how appliance engineering leaders run their teams and bring new appliances to market.
Professionals to explore
01—10Jeevan Yadav
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager Product Delivery Team Cooking appliances Asia · Whirlpool Corporation
Senior Manager Product Delivery Team Cooking appliances Asia at Whirlpool Corporation since 2024, and former Engineering Manager (2020–2023) and Lead Engineer (2016–2020) there. The profile describes leading product development initiatives for cooking appliances, including cooktops, hoods and BI ovens for the Asian and Australian markets, using OEMs and local suppliers.
Jonathan Crosby
LinkedInExperience: Director, Engineering - Refrigeration Mechanical Systems · GE Appliances, a Haier company
Director, Engineering - Refrigeration Mechanical Systems at GE Appliances, a Haier company since 2024, and former Director, Engineering - Refrigeration F&A COE (2019–2024), Principal Program Manager (2017–2019) and Lead Design Engineer - Firstbuild (2014–2017) there. The profile tags the current role at the Director level in Engineering and Technical.
Kyran Hoff
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Chief Engineer · GE Appliances, a Haier company
Executive Director, Chief Engineer at GE Appliances, a Haier company since 2017. Former Technology Manager, Dishwasher at GE Appliances, a Haier company (2016–2017), Technology Manager - Dishwasher at GE (2011–2016) and Platform Leader, Dishwasher at GE (2009–2011).
Onder Balioglu, PhD
LinkedInExperience: R&D Director - Dishwasher Technology Integration, Product Development, and Smart Manufacturing · Beko Corporate
Former R&D Director - Dishwasher Technology Integration, Product Development, and Smart Manufacturing at Beko Corporate (2021–2025), and R&D Director of Refrigerators there since 2025. The profile says the dishwasher role developed a new US dishwasher platform. Former R&D Manager - Cleaning Technologies Technology and Product Development, and Project Management at Beko Corporate (2016–2021).
Quentin Pollett
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director - Clothes Care Advanced Development · GE Appliances, a Haier company
Engineering Director - Clothes Care Advanced Development at GE Appliances, a Haier company since 2013, a role in which the profile describes leading a team of senior advanced development engineers. Former Lead Advanced Systems Engineer at General Electric (2010–2013) and Systems Engineer at GE (2009).
Rafael Melo
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Global Electronics · Whirlpool Corporation
Director of Engineering - Global Electronics at Whirlpool Corporation since 2021, and former Senior Engineering Manager - Global Electronics (2019–2021), Global Electronics Engineering Manager (2017–2019) and Global Motor Control Engineering Manager (2015–2017) there. The profile describes leading global electronics engineering at a large consumer products manufacturer.
Ron Deistler
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, New Product Introduction - North America · Whirlpool Corporation
Director of Engineering, New Product Introduction - North America at Whirlpool Corporation since 2019, and former Director of Engineering, New Product Introduction - Laundry (2016–2019) and Director of Engineering, Quality & Continuous Improvement (2013–2016) there. The profile describes Whirlpool as a manufacturer and marketer of home appliances.
Sanjay Gaikwad
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Product Architecture · Electrolux Group
Former Director of Engineering - Product Architecture at Electrolux Group (2021–2024), former Director Of Engineering at Alliance Laundry Systems LLC (2018–2021) and former Senior Engineering Manager-Electronic and Electrical system at Whirlpool Corporation (2013–2018). The profile says the Electrolux role focused on leading NPI and cost and quality initiatives in a global food preservation segment.
Sumit Joshi
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering -Structures , Cooking Products · Whirlpool Corporation
Director Engineering -Structures , Cooking Products at Whirlpool Corporation since 2019. The profile describes 27 years of global experience across consumer durables, aerospace and automotive industries, including leading global engineering and technology teams and platform strategy for multiple product families.
Timothy Mayberry
LinkedInExperience: Architecture Leader Built-In Ovens - Director · Whirlpool Corporation
Former Architecture Leader Built-In Ovens - Director (2020–2023), Cooking Subsystems and Technology Director (2018–2020) and Senior Engineering Manager (2016–2018) at Whirlpool Corporation. Senior Principal Engineer there since 2023, a role the profile describes as accountable for strategy, capability and delivery of crucial mechanical systems across all product platforms.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product category and subsystem to your question, since refrigeration, laundry, dishwashers, cooking and appliance electronics each raise different design and reliability problems. Also consider whether you need help with platform architecture and advanced development or with new product introduction and launch, and pick someone whose roles centered on that stage.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure an appliance platform so several models share parts without hurting cost or reliability?
- 02Which tests and reliability targets matter most before a new appliance goes into production?
- 03How do you balance energy, noise and safety requirements against product cost during development?
Reaching appliance engineering experts
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Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 4 companies, including Whirlpool Corporation; GE Appliances, a Haier company and Beko Corporate, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach appliance engineering experts?
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