Michael Tamaru is an interim CFO for connected hardware startups. He has consulted to startups in the connected home, kitchen, camera, audio, mobile accessories, and semiconductors segments. From his full time and consulting engagements, he has worked with over 20 hardware companies, in broad roles that drive finance, legal/contracts, HR and recruiting, supply chain, sales operations, fundraising, M&A transactions, and overall strategy. This places him among a select handful of CFO's in the world with deep domain expertise in the connected hardware segment.During the course of his career, Mike held CFO positions at companies such as Jawbone, BlueCoat Systems and finance leadership roles at Magellan GPS, Linksys, Philips Electronics.