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Mattiene-Arienne Moustakas IDSA

Professional Member, Industrial Designers Society of America

Experience:

Vice President, Director & Consultant, Product Development Process
Patent-Prone-Product Inventor, Industrial & Dimensional Designer
Creator/ Directed of Three Corporate Design & Development Groups

Present:

Owner, Design/Mattiene, Concept & Development, North Las Vegas NV

“As a compulsive creative, with diverse interests in the visual & performing arts, I’ve always strived to create objects & “scenarios”, in images or words, that are essentially “non-derivative”; that is, with no immediately traceable roots, and therefore suitable for maximum copyright potential, or patent-protectability”.

Objective:

An association with a quality consumer product development function, to create & produce fresh, market-relevant offerings, in a variety of mass-use materials; plastics, woods, metals, paper & print.

“Hands-On” R&D Contribution:

-Member Senior Corporate Management Team
-R&D Facilities, Planning & Design
-Budgeting
-Product Conception
-Line PLanning
-Initial Sketching / Tight-Rendering
-Pre-Engineering Drawings
-Patent Submission & Follow-Through
-Naming & Tag-Lining
-R&D Flow Sequencing
-Innate Market Savvy

R&D Team Direction:

- Recuitment of R&D Team
-Coordination of Design & Development Functions
(Product Engineering / Package Design)
-“Brain-Storming”
-Competitive Analysis
-Model Building
-Component Sourcing
-Manufacturing Sourcing
-Costing & Margin Assurance
-Packaging & Display Development

R&D Staffers Directly Reporting:

-Concept Designer
-Product Engineer
-Prototype Modeler
-Industrial Designer
-Graphic / Digital Designer
-Competitive Market Researchers
-Freelance Contractors

Product-Market Emphases:

-Product & Lines Naming & Tag-Lining
-Desk Accents
-Lighting
-Stationery Products
-Toys & Games
-Wall Decor
-Gifts & Collectibles
-Logos & Corporate Identity
-Package Design
-Display Design
-Trade Show Boothe Design
-Promotional & Collateral Writing

Career Highlights:

-Created scores of products as senior-most corporate staffer & consultant.
-Created & Directed three Corporate Product Development departments.
(CBS Inc, Freelance Inc, Hallmark)
-Granted 18 U.S. Product Patents in Design & Mechanical classes.

Present Positions:

DESIGNmattiene, President, Concept & Design, North Las Vegas NV

Former Positions:

-Franklin Mint, Resident Term Consultant, Design Director, Philadelphia PA
-Reiley-Moustakas R&D, Co-President, Design & Marketing, Doylestown PA
-Freelance Inc, Vice President / Design & Development, Philadephia PA
-Hallmark Inc, Design Director, New Lines Dvelopment, Kansas City MO
-CBS Toys Division, Vice President / Concept & Development, Princeton NJ
-Parker Brothers Games, R&D Manager, Inventor & Designer, Salem MA
-USAF/Reserve, Group Leader, Graphic Training Aids, NATO Linguist, MS, NC

Consultant Project Development & Presentation:

Hallmark Inc. (MO) / Knickerbocker Toy (NJ) / Colorforms (NJ) / Pressman Toy (NJ) Milton Bradley (MA) / Parker Brothers (MA) / Binney & Smith (PA) / Cabbage Patch Project (GA) / Johnson Lighting (PA) / Park- Sherman (NJ) / Fetco Frames (MA)

Travel & Languages:

Extensive U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Greece.
Fluent in Modern Greek.

Academics: Most Recent to First:

-EdM, Columbia University, Product Design & Design-Program Creation
-MA , Columbia University, Dimensional Design, Architectural Studies & Sculpture
-Certificate, Architectural Form & Color, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-Graduate Study & Instructor, University of Kansas, Industrial Design
-BFA, Syracuse University, Industrial Design & Studio Arts
-Arts & Sciences, University of North Carolina

Corporate Training:

“Synectics” Creative Problem-Solving Emersion, Cambridge MA

CBS Finance for Non-Financial Executives, Tarrytown NY

American Management Certificates:
Product Selection, R&D Management, Atlanta GA, HR Management, Kansas City MO

Addenda:

Rapid, cost-effective, self-expense relocation for conducive assignments.

Contacts:

Suite 1011, 3949 West Alexander Road
North Las Vegas NV 89032

Cell: 315.383.3196
E-Mail: mattiene@gmail.com