Resumé

Stephen Glen Brown
Vancouver WA 98686
Email: stevebrown3of7@gmail.com cell phone (360) 903-3469

Summary:
Passionate customer advocate with extensive experience in new product development. Enjoys a fast-paced, creative team environment. Strong in visual, written and oral communications. Fluent in Spanish.

Skills:
Visualization
Customer Research
Product Definition
Innovator/futurist
Creative Process (team/individual)
Management of Partner entities
Interface design & testing
Hands on design techniques/tools

Experience:
Syncro Design (ID at HP Vancover) 2011 – present

Volt Workforce Solutions (ID at HP Vancouver) 2009 - 2011

Design En – Vancouver, WA 2003 - 2009
Product development consultant for:
Hewlett-Packard (Printers/Copiers)
Gerber Legendary Knives
ScanWorks (3D scanners)


Polyvision/Steelcase – Beaverton, OR 2000 - 2002 Industrial Design/Product Brand Manager
Unified the product lines of three acquired companies under one brand
Created form of CopyCam and other Polyvision products
Managed contract manufacturers and research firms
Conducted customer research for Beaverton R&D
Created future products concepts


Design En – Vancouver, WA 1999-2000
Product development consultant for:
Intel (PDA/Mobile phones)
adidas (electronic performance measure devices)
Coleman (beverage coolers)

Hewlett-Packard – Vancouver, WA 1991-1999 Industrial Designer
Designed 3 printers that generated over $20,000,000,000 in revenue.
Predicted product packaging direction change, implemented in new platform.
Managed R&D and Marketing customer research.
Pioneered use of Alias Studio (surface modeling CAD) within HP.
Developed rapid concept modeling for HP product development.
Managed external firms in customer research, usability, brand management and industrial design for over $500,000 in services.
Saved $20,000,000 in localization costs through intuitive usability solutions Co-chaired the steering committee for the HP International Industrial Design Council.
Sponsored and managed two BYU Design student printer projects.

Automated Video Systems -- Cupertino, CA 1987
Consultant Interface designer

Hewlett-Packard – Systems Technology Div, Cupertino, CA 1984 - 1991
Industrial Designer/Product Designer
Created modular computer systems packaging design and sold to HP divisions saving millions of dollars

Tandem Computers – Cupertino, CA 1984
Industrial Designer
Refreshed old designs and produced appearance models


Education:
Brigham Young University, Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design


Organizations:
CHIFOO, (Computer User Interface Forum of Oregon)
National Eagle Scout Association
IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America)
Secretary of Oregon Chapter 2000/2001


Distinctions:
Curriculum Advisory Board – Design Dept., Brigham Young University
Industrial Design Council – (HP Corp. Engineering) 1998/99
Trusted Advisor Forum – Presenter to CoCreate customers 1995-98
Wood Badge Trained, BSA WE-1-492-1-03-44
Advisor to HP CAD tools developers, HP Germany
14 Patents awarded

Projects by Steve G Brown