10 Bose engineering leaders
Kevin Manzolini, SVP and Chief Engineering Officer at Bose Corporation, heads this list of Bose engineering leaders, alongside people who hold or have held R&D, systems engineering, audio, electrical and manufacturing engineering roles at the company, two of them former. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Bose from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Chris Olszewski
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Systems Engineering & Architecture · Bose Corporation
Chris Olszewski has been Vice President, Systems Engineering & Architecture at Bose Corporation since January 2025, based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, with a headline that adds global platforms. Chris Olszewski was Director of Engineering Advanced Driver Assistance Systems at Aptiv from 2020 to 2024 and held audio infotainment and displays engineering roles at Ford Motor Company.
Kevin Damon
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Development and Engineering · Bose Corporation
Kevin Damon is a former Director, Product Development and Engineering at Bose Corporation, a role held from November 2020 to March 2023 that the profile describes as leadership of a 100 person, global, software and hardware engineering team. Kevin Damon has been VP, Product Development and Engineering at Bose Professional since April 2023, based in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Kevin Manzolini
LinkedInExperience: SVP and Chief Engineering Officer · Bose Corporation
Kevin Manzolini has been SVP and Chief Engineering Officer at Bose Corporation since October 2021, based in Greater Boston. Kevin Manzolini was VP, Consumer Electronics Division at Bose Corporation from 2019 to 2021, VP, Consumer Electronics Division Engineering from 2018 to 2019 and Director, Wireless Speaker Product Engineering for home products from 2015 to 2018.
Mari Muthuswamy
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Development, Electrical Engineering · Bose Corporation
Mari Muthuswamy has been Director of Product Development, Electrical Engineering at Bose Corporation since April 2025, based in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and the profile describes leading a global team of 60+ engineers and managers who design and deliver premium consumer audio experiences.
Michael Daley
LinkedInExperience: Director of Research · Bose Corporation
Michael Daley has been Director of Research at Bose Corporation since September 2022, based in Framingham, Massachusetts. At Bose Corporation Michael Daley was also Head of Acoustics, Bose Health from 2019 to 2022 and Technology Strategist, Acoustics Engineer - Bose Health, Applied Research and Concept Development from 2014 to 2019, and was Technical Program Lead, Acoustics and Audio - ATAP at Google from 2012 to 2014.
Richard Pyatt
LinkedInExperience: Director of Audio Engineering · Bose Corporation
Richard Pyatt has been Director of Audio Engineering at Bose Corporation since April 2025, based in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Richard Pyatt was Technical Manager - Audio Engineering at Bose Corporation from 2016 to 2025 and Senior Acoustical/Electrical Engineer there from 2005 to 2010, and was Electrical Engineer at Motorola Mobility from 2000 to 2005.
Tony Matias
LinkedInExperience: Director of Mfg Development Engineering - New Products · Bose Corporation
Tony Matias is a former Director of Mfg Development Engineering - New Products at Bose Corporation, a role held from 1997 to 2015 in Framingham, Massachusetts, where the profile describes leading a group of over 200 engineers and technicians, full time and contractors. Tony Matias was Director at Consulting from 2015 to 2016.
Travis Nicholson
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Systems Engineering & Architecture · Bose Corporation
Travis Nicholson has been Sr. Director, Systems Engineering & Architecture at Bose Corporation since January 2019, based in Pepperell, Massachusetts. Travis Nicholson was Category Engineer, Home Products at Bose Corporation from 2015 to 2018, Category Engineering Lead, Mobile Audio from 2012 to 2015 and Product Architect Lead Engineer there from 2000 to 2012.
Tucker Carlmark
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Audio Engineering, Global R&D · Bose Corporation
Tucker Carlmark has been Senior Director, Audio Engineering, Global R&D at Bose Corporation since August 2022, responsible for audio system design, playback, voice pickup and noise reduction across consumer products. Tucker Carlmark was Acoustics and DSP Engineering Section Leader, Consumer Electronics Division from 2018 to 2022 and Transducer Engineering Section Leader from 2015 to 2018.
VK Shankar
LinkedInExperience: Global Vice President R&D - Premium Consumer Products · Bose Corporation
VK Shankar has been Global Vice President R&D - Premium Consumer Products at Bose Corporation since September 2025, based in the Greater Phoenix area. VK Shankar was Vice President of Technology - Digital and Robotic Surgery at Johnson & Johnson MedTech from 2022 to 2025 and, at Intel, Director / Principal Engineer - Industrial IoT Platforms from 2018 to 2022 and Director / General Manager - Consumer IoT Product Lines from 2014 to 2018.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your engineering role, and why?
- 02How do you balance audio performance against cost and schedule when a new product is in development?
- 03What has your own work taught you about building hardware and software teams that ship together?
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