Ralph Osterhout

[1] During his career he has developed a range of products spanning toys,[2][3][4] consumer electronics,[5] dive equipment,[6] furniture[7] to devices for the Department of Defense.

A pivotal point in Osterhout's life was at the 1969 boat show, where he showcased the first of a kind diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) named the MK I.

[16] [17] With the purchase of the DPV, Osterhout founded the scuba equipment company Farallon Industries and began a career in product development and design.

[27][28] Osterhout's first design for Tiger Electronics was the $20 Talkboy FX that had a tiny solid-state memory and voice-recording chip built into a pen.

[29] Tiger president Roger Shiffman said, "It was a breakthrough product in the industry, because it was the first to bring digital recording technology to low-cost toys."

Some of the clients of Team Machina included: Tiger Electronics, Brookstone, Specialized, Sega, Nike, Playmates Toys, Tonka, Yes!, Milton Bradley, Ray-o-vac, Lockheed Martin, Fisher-Price, Hasbro, Bandai, and Eddie Bauer.