Ian Fung

Footwear/Industrial Designer — Los Angeles, CA

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Product Management • Product Design • Product Development

Experience:
9 years
Education:
Carleton University

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Resumé

HIGHLIGHTS::
• Directed, Design and Developed Rome Snowboard Boot Line
• Designed the best-selling shoe 200,000+ in the history of Power Athletics
• Extensive Asian development experience
• Experience from an in-house or consultant perspective


EXPERIENCE::

Boots Product Manager • Rome Snowboards • 2007 to Present
• Directed entire snowboard boot line from line building to execution
• Worked closely with internal marketing and sales teams as well as external production partners and rep force
• Designed feature rich snowboard boots for performance and aesthetics
• Managed junior designers as company wide resources for all categories
• Involved in the creative direction of the outerwear line as part of the Outerwear Design Committee
• Design involvement in other categories for fun

Industrial Designer • Apparatus Inc. • Feb 2006 to Dec 2006
• Designed housewares for Umbra
• Designed gloves and protective gear for Demon Snow
• Designed gloves for Level Gloves
• Designed apparel for Smart Wool
• Designed and developed snowboard boots and bindings for Rome
Snowboards

Designer/Developer • Power Athletics Ltd • May 2002 to Jan 2006
• Acted as category manager for soccer, training and women's footwear accounting for 50% of sales
• Created original designs based on marketing briefs and specific target prices
• Created the new dance footwear program for introduction into the US market
• Held weartesting sessions with collegiate level athletes

User Interface Design Intern • Corel Corporation • May 2000 to Aug 2001
• Analyzed the workflow of graphic applications in usability studies
• Redesigned the user environment and tool interactions for Corel KnockOut
• Involved from feature specification through to implementation of applications with developers

EDUCATION::

Bachelor of Industrial Design • Carleton University, Ottawa • 2002
Minor in Business • Carleton and York University, Ottawa, Toronto • 2002


AWARDS::

• Power Athletics Achievement Award, highest award conferred to an
individual employee. 2005
• Barrington Nevitt Memorial Award, School of Industrial Design award for best design essay. 2002


SKILLS::

Adobe Creative Suite
Microsoft Office Suite
Drawing and Rendering
English, Mandarin and Cantonese



Projects by Ian Fung