AAU graduate currently working part time at Alchemy Labs and 1977 mopeds, life is grand.
Background:
Born in New York City, raised in rural Latrobe PA.
Jobs: Camp counselor, day care assistant, Lacrosse coach, snowboard instructor, soccer coach, short order chef, moped mechanic
Education:
Valley school of Ligonier K-9
Greater Latrobe High school
Academy of Art University 2003-2008
Project Experience:
Product1: sports equipment (climbers knife) "Lite Wave knife"
Product2: Hand-held electronics (mp3 player) "Sony scratch"
Product2: Kids toy (snow tubes) "Sea Doo Rip Cord"
Product 3: Electronics Family (digital media hub/gaming system) "Nintendo Dragon"
Product 4: Footwear (athletic free running shoe) "Nike Tracuers"
Product 5: Green electronics (laptop) "Bonsai"
Portfolio Enhancements: Transportation (scooter) "cargo"
Furniture 1: Exhibition design (car showroom) "Scion Fusion showroom"
Furniture 1: Public seating (natural materials) "Alcove"
Furniture 2: Residential spot table (laser cut steel) "Binary"
Internships:
Samsung Design America: summer 2007 worked on a special communications project, gained in-house experience and attended Samsung global design membership conference (Seol Korea)
DCA design International: summer 2008 worked on a variety of projects, gained consultancy experience and cultural skills. (Warwick, England UK)
Honors:
2006 Academy of Art IDS spring show selection (dragon)
2007 Scion Foorplan Competition 3rd place winner
(www.scionfloorplan.com)
2007 IDSA Student mixer and IDS spring show selection (cargo)
Skills:
Rapid sketching
Hand rendering
Physical prototyping
Problem solving
Software skills:
Alias Studio tools
Alias Image studio
RTT real time imaging
Rhinoceros
Bunkspeed Hypershot
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustratior
Corel Painter
Ashler Vellum
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premier
Power point
San Francisco, CA
2006 Academy of Art IDS spring show selection (dragon) 2007 Scion Foorplan Competition 3rd place 2007 IDSA Student mixer and IDS spring show selection (cargo) 2008 Auto Desk Alias "build something" student design competition runner up "cargo scooter concept"