I'm open towards any freelance work opportunity. Feel free to visit www.coroflot.com/smistry to see more of my work, or if you wish, I can e-mail a .pdf version of my portfolio.
Experience:
6/2010-present: Monkey Syndicate, San Clemente, CA
-Fulltime industrial design contractor working for Microsoft, Cobra Golf, Flow snowboards and many other very interesting clients.
1/2010- 4/2010: Concept Engineering, Columbus, OH
-Contract industrial designer. Helped with design work for the Owens Corning Atticat insulation blower, accessories and other product offerings. Also assisted with the development of tradeshow demonstration exhibits for Belron US.
5/2007- 11/2008: Fitch/Sabic Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Industrial design consultant for SABIC Innovative plastics (formerly GE plastics). Responsible for creating designs for a variety of clientle ranging from the healthcare, electronics and appliance fields. Design solutions often involve collaboration with engineers in the use of the teardown process to learn about assembly and how innovative materials can be utilized within a product.
6/2005- 8/2005: Camp, Cleveland, Ohio
- Internship. Oversaw project for Waxman Industries from design ideation through prototype modelmaking. Also participated in a number of brainstorming sessions generating new product ideas.
5/2004 -8/2004: Diebold, North Canton, Ohio
-Internship. Collaborated with designers and engineers in concept development, ideation and modelmaking for testing.
6/2001- 5/2004: Nottingham-Spirk Design, Cleveland, Ohio
-Internship. Assisted in prototype development for a variety of companies, during summer and throughout the school year.
Skills:
Design Process:
-CAD development (Alias Studiotools, ProEngineer, Modo)
-3D rendering (Alias Studiotools, Alias Imagestudio, Modo)
-2D rendering (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter)
-Photomanipulation/editing
-Ashlar Graphite
-Rapid ideation/sketching (digital and manual)
-Prototyping/modelmaking
Design Research
-Competitor/Consumer research
-Trend mapping
-Visual/Oral presentation
-Understanding of manufacturing process
-Material selection
San Clemente, CA