Coroflot

Resume

Michael Metz
Industrial Designer
507-581-6514
m.w.metz@gmail.com

Objective: To provide professional, functional design, while fully considering the entire development process. Including asthetic, usability, engineering and manufactrability.

Work Experience:
Design Engineer: Bogdan Co, Palo Alto, CA, January 2010 - Present
Responsible for designing and modeling sheet metal parts, along with injection molded, cast urethane, and rapid prototyped plastic components for manufacturing in SolidWorks.
Research and analysis of current market trends, developing aesthetics, and engineering the functionality and manufacturability of product for the telecommunications, medical and consumer industries.

Design Engineer Contractor: Bogdan Co, Palo Alto, CA, October 2008 - December 2009

Industrial Design Contractor: Speck Design, Palo Alto, CA, August 2008 - November 2008
Responsible for assisting designers with making models, mock ups and other tasks.
Designed and built an exhibit to showcase designs in the lobby of the office.
Work with the marketing and sales group as a Graphic Designer to help bring the firm's visual identity to the next level, and incorporate this identity into all levels of their business.

Industrial Design Intern: Speck Design, Palo Alto, CA, February 2008 - August 2008

Industrial Design Intern: 3M SEMS Division, St. Paul, MN, June 2008 - August 2006
Received the 'Going the Extra Mile' (GEM) award from 3M management.
Responsible for designing aesthetics and user interfaces, testing them in the human factors lab and presenting the refined designs to the project division heads.
Worked with teams of engineers to creatively solve design and manufacturing problems.
Produced concepts, renderings and presentation models for a meeting with Marketing.
Responsible for heading up the initial style research, and working on form generation with the design team.
Produced properly weighted prototype models in their industrial design shop.
Designed a handheld device through sketches, CAD and working prototypes.
Created graphics for a company wide promotional conference and presentation.

Freelance Design:
Took second place in the weekly t-shirt design competition on www.Shirt.Woot.com on March 8, 2008.
Designed graphics for the Ramsey County District attorney office for methamphetamine abuse website.

Education:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY September 2003-February 2007
BFA Industrial Design with Honors
AAS Graphic Design with Honors
Environmental Studies Concentration
GPA: 3.460

2007 IDSA Student Merit Award Nominee, February, 2007
Dean’s list for 5 quarters
Vice President of student RIT IDSA chapter 2006-2007
IDSA Junior Representative 2005-2006
Participant in running "Thought at Work" student IDSA conferences, 2003-2004

Skills and Training:
Digital:
Proficient in: SolidWorks, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Windows and Macintosh Operating Systems
Physical:
3D sketching, Model Making and Prototyping, Typography and Page Layout, User Testing, Sewing, Brainstorming and Rapid Idea Generation