Our Leadership Team

Made up of researchers from CEO Daniel Shaddock’s lab alongside experts from the test and measurement industry, our leadership team is making breakthroughs in test and measurement.

Prof. Daniel Shaddock
Chief Executive Officer

Prof. Daniel Shaddock

Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Shaddock is also a Professor in Physics at the Australian National University. His research focuses on precision measurements using advanced digital signal processing. Prof Shaddock led Australia’s involvement in GRACE Follow-on, a satellite mission launched on May 22, 2018 to track the Earth’s water movement. Prior to this work Daniel was a Director’s Fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he served as NASA’s Interferometer Architect for the LISA mission. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and his publications have been cited over 20,000 times. Daniel was a co-author on the paper announcing the observation of gravitational waves, an achievement that was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Danielle Wuchenich, Ph.D.
Chief Strategy Officer

Danielle Wuchenich, Ph.D.

Chief Strategy Officer
Danielle received a Ph.D. in Physics from the Australian National University for developing FPGA algorithms and instrumentation for satellite-based laser ranging systems. Previously she was a Senior Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto where she worked on interferometric imaging and metrology systems. Danielle leads US operations, strategy, and partnerships.
Timothy Lam, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer

Timothy Lam, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer
Prior to Liquid Instruments, Tim worked as a researcher focusing on precision optical sensing and signal processing. Tim was involved with various research collaborations with Australia’s National Measurement Institute, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Italy’s National Optics Institute. Tim leads Liquid Instruments technology development and oversees the planning and development of new products.
David Rabeling, Ph.D.
Chief of Hardware

David Rabeling, Ph.D.

Chief of Hardware
David received a Ph.D. in Physics from The Australian National University in 2009 before taking on a role as a research fellow at Nikhef, the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics in the Netherlands. At Nikhef, David led the RF spatial wave-front sensing R&D efforts for the Advanced Virgo Detector and was in charge of the site and infrastructure definition for the Einstein Telescope. David carries responsibility for all hardware R&D, product manufacturing, quality assurance and compliance for Liquid Instruments' hardware products.
Paul Altin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist

Paul Altin, Ph.D.

Chief Scientist
Paul earned his Ph.D. in experimental quantum physics at the Australian National University in 2012, before moving to Germany to take up an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for quantum optics in Garching. His research has spanned a range of fields across physics and precision measurement, including ultracold quantum gases, atom interferometry, precision gravimetry, dark matter, cavity quantum electrodynamics and gravitational wave detection. Paul has co-authored over 100 journal articles and was a member of the Nobel-Prize-winning team that made the first detection of gravitational waves from a pair of colliding black holes in 2016. At Liquid Instruments, Paul is responsible for designing the instruments and user interfaces that provide scientists and engineers with industry-leading usability and features.
Ben Coughlan
Chief Software Architect

Ben Coughlan

Chief Software Architect
Ben graduated with a degree in software engineering before beginning a Ph.D in Computer Science where his research centered on developing verifiable and radiation tolerant avionics for unmanned aerial vehicles. Ben gained valuable experience managing highly-technical software projects while working in the defense industry before discovering a passion for field-programmable gate-arrays and embedded software development. Ben is responsible for the design of the system architecture, device firmware and the quality practices of the software team.
Doug Phillips
VP Marketing

Doug Phillips

VP Marketing
Before joining the Liquid Instruments team in 2020, Doug spent 15 years at Texas Instruments where he successfully integrated the use of TI technology in engineering curriculum for universities around the world. Additionally, he managed a successful product line focused on integrated power management for small form-factor consumer electronics. Since joining the team, Doug has brought global market experience to Liquid Instruments by expanding our overall footprint and leading the company’s efforts to support engineering education with Moku:Go. Overall, Doug brings crucial insight into communicating value to a highly specialized market and how adapt to market demands.  
Laurie Chan
Chief Financial Officer

Laurie Chan

Chief Financial Officer
Accomplished hands-on finance leader with proven track record in driving financial and operational performance. Providing strategic business partnership in formulating and executing growth initiatives. Building innovative organizations and delivering on financial results to increase shareholders value. Proactively anticipating needs and problem solving. Continually supporting and driving key initiatives and goals. Strengths include the ability to organize, meeting deadlines, and multitasking. Proficient in all areas of finance, including financial planning & analysis, general ledger, accounting research, audit and contract interpretation.

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