Coroflot

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

- Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu, Japan 2007 - Current
Motorsycle Styling Desinger

- MILAI Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 2003 - 2007
Manager, Design and Business Development Group

- Kowan Reizo & Co., Ltd. Osaka & Tokyo, Japan 2001 - 2003
General Manager, Business Management Department

- NEBULAI Pasadena CA, USA 2000 - 2001
Industrial Designer

- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA 1999
Teaching Assistant

- Interior Design / Freelance 1999
Total design coodinate for Pressed Flowers Gallery in San Marino, CA


EDUCATION

- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
BS Degree in Transportation Design April 2000

- Art Center Europe, La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland
Transportation Design May 1995 - May 1996

- Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
AA Degree in Graphic Design and General Study July 1994


SPONSORED PROJECTS

- Mitsubishi, Future Vision of Mitsubishi, Spring 2000
Proposed a new sports car for the Generation Y

- Honda, Project-X, Fall 1999
Proposed new type of Sports utility vehicle based on a Civic chassis for the Generation Y

- Peugeot, 206 GT Coupe for the year 2015, Summer 1999
Designed 206 GT Coupe for the year 2015

- Ford, Taurus by the year 2000, Summer 1996
Proposed new design shape with a present Pratt form for the year 2000

- Caterpillar, Wheel loader / Team project, Spring 1996
Developed wheel loader for the use of emerging concept, system and material technology to offer a wider range of machine application and greater ease of assembly


Design Skills

- Freehand sketching, rendering , illustration

- Computer : Mac literate with Adobe PhotoShop / Illustrator, Flash, Proficient in Alias

- Modeling : CNC machine, form mock-up, clay modeling, vacuum form, and fiberglass modeling


LANGUAGES

- Japanese, native / English, conversational


RECOGNITIONS

- AOL AUTO IN FRANCE / Concept cars : "the car of tomorrow", Summer 2004
- Publication: World Design Education Series 1. ACCD published by Shou Z. Wang Beijing, China 2000
- ArtCenter Gallery / Honda Sponsored Project, Fall 1999
- Transportation Design Portfolio Sketches in ArtCenter brochure 1999
- Caterpillar Wheel loader exhibited in Switzerland, Belgium & USA corporate headquarters 1997
- Caterpillar official catalog 1997
- ArtCenter Gallery / Tricycle, Fall 1995 / Visual Communication Drawings, Spring 1996


ACTIVITIES

- Marathon / Participation in full Marathon (Best-time: 3 hours and 18 minutes in L.A. Marathon), and Traveling, Mountain biking

- Portfolio and references available upon request