Resumé

Note: An updated, online version of my resume is always available online at http://design.munky.net/content/view/26/51/.

EXPERIENCE

Product Design Engineer [Project FROG, www.projectfrog.com / June 2008 – present]

? Develop, model, and document a sustainable, modular building system used in schools and other buildings nationally, primarily using SolidWorks. Reduced steel kit complexity (number of unique parts) by 88%, weight by 60%, on-site construction time by 50%. Primary technical contact for steel manufacturer.
? Wrote in-house BOM and documentation extensions to SolidWorks in order to improve product design team’s workflow.
? Manage product design team’s PLM (Arena) and PDM systems; developed innovative BOM pipeline for rapid product deployment.
? Photorealistic product visualization for design and marketing support

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA / January 2007 – present
Lecturer

• Part-time faculty lecturer for courses including 3D CAD (SolidWorks), Intro Product Design, Rapid Prototyping, and Model Development Laboratory

Peter Stathis & Virtual Studio, San Francisco, CA / November 2007 - present
Design Contractor

• Performed all 3D modeling and visualization for an upcoming line of glassware and barware, due out Spring 2008

MSL Design (formerly TROI Institute), San Francisco, CA / January 2005 – Sept 2007
Sr. Designer and Project Manager

• Key member of the design team for continuing development of Reveal Imaging’s IDEA-award winning line of explosives detection systems
• Led design field research efforts, including quantitative/qualitative analysis and process modeling/simulation
• Primary author and manager of detailed design specification documentation

FinancialContent, Inc., South San Francisco, CA / August 2002 – March 2005
Sr. Software Engineer

• Designed, implemented, and maintained high-availability, data-driven applications for the company's financial data platform using J2EE, relational database, XML, and Flash MX 2004 technologies

Freestyle Interactive, San Francisco, CA / November 1999 - March 2002
Director of Engineering

• Led a team of 3-5 software engineers at award-winning digital marketing agency
• Managed organization-level tasks such as corporate strategy development, third party relationship building, R&D initiation/management in addition to working as a primary engineer on projects
• Led expansion of product offerings into handheld device development, web application development, and Flash/Director programming
• Managed corporate IT
• Key member of project team for clients including Hewlett-Packard, Palm, Microsoft, and Compaq


EDUCATION

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA / September 2004 – May 2007

• Master of Arts in Industrial Arts (MAIA), May 2007 with 4.0 GPA
• Continuing faculty lecturer for intro design, CAD, and model development courses

Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA / September 1991 - May 1995

• B.A. in Science, Technology and Society (STS)
• Graduated magna cum laude with a 3.9 GPA
• Graduation thesis examined the current state of Internet commercialization

PRIMARY SKILLS

• 3D CAD, modeling, and visualization 3 years (SolidWorks, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Maxwell Render, mentalRay, some Maya and 3ds Max)
• Project & front-line client management, 6+ years
• Industrial design, design research, rapid prototyping, CNC, 2+ years
• Software engineering (Java, Flash ActionScript, IT, Linux, database, web) 8+ years
• Japanese language, 10 years (spoken & written, intermediate business level)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)
• Recipient of the SFSU College of Creative Arts Master’s Hood
• Winner of the 2006 California State University Student Research Competition for design research work associated with TROI/MSL Design

Projects by Ryan Olson