WORK EXPERIENCES
OPTIMAL DESIGN, A DELOITTE BUSINESS October 2018 - Present
Director of Industrial Design
Lead, mentor, and inspire our Industrial Design team from early research efforts to developing beautiful and comprehensive visual design languages, strategies, products, and user experiences. I strive to provide manufacturable designs that offer a meaningful experience to the end user. My team works in tandem with our engineers to ensure that every deliverable is realistic, cost-effective, and ready for manufacture.
NEWELL BRANDS January 2018 - September 2018
Design Manager
Responsible for building, nurturing and inspiring the Industrial Design and Engineering team on a daily basis; personally contributed to and oversaw the development of all projects within the Contigo, Bubba, Rubbermaid, and Coleman portfolio; worked directly with the Product Marketing Manager, Sr. Engineering Manager and Sourcing Manager to spark and create highly innovative market-winning solutions for this portfolio; drove innovation and delivered high quality development programs that were on time and on budget.
NEWELL BRANDS January 2016 - January 2018
Lead Industrial Designer
Closely collaborated with cross functional teams including: Program Management, Marketing, Brand, Research, Usability, Engineering, Supply Chain, and external Suppliers to lead design intent (leveraging input from the design team) from concept through mass production; aligned concepts to Visual Brand Language and Business goals, always focused on the end user; interpreted and translated complex technologies into simple and beautiful products and user experiences; managed all issues that impacted design, understanding and rationalizing feedback and issues that arose from the above teams; led by example and showed an exceptional eye for detail in the creation of world class product design and experiences.
IDEO September 2015 - January 2016
Industrial Design Expert in Residency
MOTOROLA MOBILITY June 2011 - September 2015
Design Lead - Wearables
Led a team of designers in the development of future programs; maintained design vision through manufacturing, worked daily with engineering and other cross-functional teams; visited with multiple suppliers across China to provide onsite production support; developed all production assets to clearly communicate CMF; communicated design & experiences via brainstorming, storyboarding, photo-realistic renderings, and 3D CAD.
IA COLLABORATIVE March 2010 - June 2011
Senior Designer
Led brainstorming sessions; created research stimuli (sketches, storyboard illustrations and rough 3D mock-ups); conducted research observations; and applied research findings to develop designs through 2D concept ideation, 3D surface modeling, and photo-realistic rendering.
INSIGHT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT January 2001 - March 2010
Senior Designer
Led multiple fast-paced programs which involved all aspects of the design process: strong client interaction; market and design research; brainstorming; scenario building and storyboarding; rapid 2D sketch visualization; 3D surface modeling; CMF exploration; physical model form development; and design for manufacturing.
SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) September 2007 - December 2007
Part-time faculty
Co-taught Introduction to Designed Objects. Gave multiple sketching and design software demonstrations, developed challenging yet interesting projects, and guided students through in-class critiques.
HASBRO, INC. March 1999 - December 1999
Design Intern for Vehicles and Nerf Teams
Assisted two separate design teams with concept ideation, 2D computer rendering, and 2D graphic illustration.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 1994 - 2001
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP)
B.S., Industrial Design
Mechanical Engineering major for 3 yrs.
SKILLS
Project + Design Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Market + Design Research
Design for Manufacturing
Brainstorm/Innovation Planning
Storyboarding
Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, XD
2D Sketching (Analog + Digital) - Corel Painter, Sketchbook Pro
3D Modeling - Rhinoceros, Solidworks (basic working knowledge), Alias Studio Tools
3D Rendering - Keyshot, Alias Studio Tools, V-Ray
Rapid Prototyping
CMF Exploration
RECOGNITION
2015 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) - Motorola Moto 360
2015 GSMA Global Mobile Award, Best Wearable Mobile Technology - Motorola Moto 360
2011 Red Dot Design Award - DibKit Diabetes Management System (concept)
2009 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) - Hill-Rom Wound Surface Controller
2008 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) - Xoran Technologies xCAT Computed Tomography Scanner
2007 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) - Sync Public Washing System (concept)
Multiple Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards
Multiple Design Patents
DaimlerChrysler Corporation Scholarship
DaimlerChrysler Sponsored Automotive Studio