Greetings!
Thanks for taking the time to visit my site. I am a product design professional. My experience hails from both corporate and consulting work in industrial design, meeting product development and concept art work for industries ranging from aerospace, semiconductors, computer technology, jewelry and unique private entrepreneurial ventures, to name a few. The design and development philosophy I use is a holistic view beginning with the end-user in mind: their needs and expectations; then aesthetics and human factors in line with manufacturing and maintenance opportunities. My preference is to involve and evolve design thinking from beginning to end of product life cycle.
My best work is expressed in collaborating with all professional parties, starting with marketing and their needs and then working through human factors and engineering teams to develop realistic R&D milestones to push innovation in the market. I'm well versed in negotiating design through all facets of the product development cycle, that includes material procurement costs, supply chain set up with vendors and manufacturing constraints for high volume production. In addition, my expertise also extends to liaising with IP attorneys and reviewing legal contracts to ensure product development partners' business interests are always considered.
I'm as comfortable being an individual contributor doing principle design work as I am managing a product development program with a team of designers who bring it. Thank you again for your consideration and I look forward to helping you and your team on your next product development project.
My best work is expressed in collaborating with all professional parties, starting with marketing and their needs and then working through human factors and engineering teams to develop realistic R&D milestones to push innovation in the market. I'm well versed in negotiating design through all facets of the product development cycle, that includes material procurement costs, supply chain set up with vendors and manufacturing constraints for high volume production. In addition, my expertise also extends to liaising with IP attorneys and reviewing legal contracts to ensure product development partners' business interests are always considered.
I'm as comfortable being an individual contributor doing principle design work as I am managing a product development program with a team of designers who bring it. Thank you again for your consideration and I look forward to helping you and your team on your next product development project.
Notable Skills
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Pertinent Work History
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Senior Industrial Design Contractor
Kickr Design LLC - Atlanta, GA, USA - Full-time remote from Boise, ID, USA |
May 2021 - Current
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- Developer of product design solutions as a consultant for Kickr Design's clientele, working with multi-disciplinary teams translating ideas through visual concept discovery, mechanical design solutions, and aesthetic options.
- Improved human factors engineering/UX standards for Kickr Design project kickoff requirements for new projects. This greatly improved UX results for required prototype features.
- Contributed to improved customer satisfaction ratings through the creation of product development education articles for level setting expectations to first time product innovators/entrepreneurs.
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Senior Design Researcher
HP, Inc. - The Kohl Group, Boise, ID, USA |
May 2018 - July 2020
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- Lead industrial designer on new series of touch and mechanically actuated control panels for laser printers.
- Greatly improved interdepartmental relations as a liaison between the engineering and the UX/UI departments due to outstanding collaborative efforts to sync up DFM milestone goals that had not been aligned in the previous two years.
- Successfully advocated for design language changes decided on by the UX industrial design team, by negotiating human factors and aesthetic requirements in line with cost reduction strategies in collaboration with manufacturing partner Canon.
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Director of Research, Design & Development
Origami Owl LLC, Chandler, AZ, USA |
August 2012 - June 2016
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- Design leader contributed to planning more focused SKU development schedules with Merchandising team
for an improved sales result during my last year. - Managed and executed design to enhance user‐centered product performance validated by positive customer feedback.
- Successfully directed planning for design systems of over 100 interchanging jewelry SKUs for thousands of customization combinations.
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Art Director
Pitchblack Games, Chandler, AZ, USA |
September 2009 - April 2012
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- Due to preproduction and production nearly running in parallel, I was able to enhance the performance of our small art team for our demanding massively-multiplayer online production by creating a turnkey style guide repository system to keep digital asset requirements updated and ahead of principal character and environment artists. This nearly eliminated production downtimes.
- As director I worked with the art team to create a system for streamlining the digital asset library through interchangeable modular character parts that improved data recall for lower performing computers.
- Graphic UX architect, collaborated closely with software engineers for an intuitive, quick gameplay result.
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Design Principal
Quantum Pixel, Mesa, AZ, USA |
February 2005 - May 2018
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- Performed industrial design for physical products, graphic design and UI mock-ups for websites and apps for small to mid-class businesses.
- Assisted entrepreneurs to work within a scheduled phases and gates product development process; saved clients
cost overruns by guiding design objectives for primary user needs and market objectives. - Liaised with clients' patent attorneys to ensure preservation of design intent throughout IP protection.
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Industrial Designer
Concept Designworx, Inc., Mesa, AZ, USA |
May 1998 - January 1999 & March 2001 - January 2005
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- Was a fast learner at model shop fabrication techniques and improved the company's revenue by producing quality in-house cosmetic model prototypes for clients that used to be hired out about 50 percent of the time.
- Application of engineering principles, human factors, aesthetic design, technical requirements of internal
components and manufacturability within a variety of consumer electronics industries and aerospace. - Created original product designs for companies as an industrial and graphic design consultant, collaborating closely with tooling engineers to mitigate costly tool revisions.
Formal Education
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Systems Engineering (non-degreed)
Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Bachelor of Science in Design Arizona State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design |
January 2009 - December 2012
May 1998 |