Coroflot

Resume

--------- Professional Experience ---------

:: MARS PETCARE - 2010 - Present
Industrial Designer - R&D Care & Treats, Product, & Packaging Development
--Drive new packaging development from concept through prototype
--Drive new product development from concept through prototype
--Create graphics for packaging concepts
--Research current trends and forecast future trends
--Attend focus groups and utilize insights to develop new product and packaging concepts
--Develop presentation materials for Marketing, Engineering, and Sales.
--Manage three 3D printing machines - Objet Connex 500, Z-Corp Z-510, & Dimension Printer


:: AMD Industries - 2008 - 2009 ::
Senior Industrial Designer
--Review and refine fellow designer's concepts, evaluate feasibility of design ideas based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
--Co-ordinate with sales, engineering, and prototyping model shop in the creation of product concepts.
--Review and target needed changes for cost reduction, efficiency programs.
--Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured displays.


:: Wirestone - Motorola - 2007 - 2008 ::
Creative Services - Designer III
--Designed POS Displays for "Dark Phones" for Motorola
--Critiqued and refined vendors design concepts.
--Assisted and co-managed Chinese and Israeli vendors in production level prototypes.
--Developed design department around 3D cad tools and implemented ID design process.


:: PACTIV / HEFTY - 2004 - 2006 ::
Industrial Designer II
--Assisted in ethnographic and generative research to discover new needs.
--Evaluated design ideas based on factors such as appealing appearance, design-function relationships, materials and methods engineering, application, budget, price, production costs, methods of production, market characteristics, and client specifications.
--Integrated discoveries into sketch concepts product solutions for internal (HEFTY) and external clients (McDonald's, Noodles and Co, Panda Express, Sara Lee, Wendy's, Pizza Hut).
--Designed and engineered highly detailed 3D models using Catia (akin to Pro-E and SolidWorks).
--Illustrated PDR materials, prepared detailed engineering drawings for mold/pattern makers.
--Designed prototype match molds and ran samples on in-house thermo-forming machines.
--Hand built product samples using wood shop, hand tools, and found materials.
--Traveled to manufacturing facilities to run production samples, work on cost reduction measures, and document production quality of product samples (internal audits).
--Researched and presented alternative materials for green/eco considerations and cost reduction.


--------- Technical Skills ---------

Adobe: CS5, Photoshop & Illustrator, Flash & Dreamweaver
Apple: OSX
Microsoft: Office Suite, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 64bit
3D CAD :: Solidworks, Keyshot, Catia, Rhinocerous, Solid Edge, Microstation J, Lightwave, Freeform sensible