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Education
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
MASTER OF FINE ARTS Industrial Design

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN



EXPERIENCE

RedEnvelope
Product Designer

Smithsonian Institution
Environmental/Industrial Designer Smithsonian Enterprises
Washington, DC '06-'09
-Designer and project manager of new retail and cafe spaces as well as renovations of existing amenities from concept to completion within the museums of the Smithsonian Institution
-Designer in the renovation of two retail stores and two cafes in the National Museum of American History that reopened November 2008 -Successfully designed and coordinated construction and installation of a new store in support of the Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History which concluded under budget
-Experienced in environmental graphics, space planning, sustainability and interiors
-Standardized the presentation of design materials to internal and external partners
-Experienced in managing project budgets, developing and reviewing construction documents, and coordinating construction/installation

American Ingenuity
Freelance Industrial Designer Baltimore, MD 1.07- present
-Design and development of a wide range of consumer and health care products
-Conceptual design, ideation, form development, and presentation

Meyer/Glass Design
Toy Designer/Inventor Chicago, IL 9.05-4.06
-Invented and designed toys and games for Mattel, Fisher Price, Hasbro and a number of other toy and game companies in the US -Brainstormed ideas, fabricated concept models and presented ideas and concepts to key stakeholders
-Managed and collaborated on multiple projects at once in a team environment

Whirlpool, Whirlpool Global Consumer Design
Master's Design Intern Benton Harbor, MI Summer of 2005
-Responsible for concept generation, development, and refinement of new and existing products within the Whirlpool brand
-Cross disciplinary experience with engineering, marketing, branding, graphics, human factor and ergonomic specialists
-Experience in maintaining and advancing Whirlpool�s brand identity and visual brand language

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2004-Spring 2005
-Graduate Teaching Assistant for two Industrial Design Studio classes
-Taught form development, ideation, aesthetics, design research methods, design emotion
-Leadership and presentation skills developed through studio sessions, lectures, and shop time

Start-up Company
Freelance Champaign, IL 2003-2004
-Conceptual designer for leisure products
-Sketch and form development
-Working prototype and presentation materials

Benza Design Brooklyn, NY
Intern Summer of 2002
-Product designer/conceptual developer of new products within the Benza home accessory line
-Responsible for ideation, concept development, model making and presentations
-Product quality control


HONORS
Product featured in the Designer Magazine, a UK monthly kitchen and bath publication, Notebook section September 2008 issue p21

2008 American Inhouse Design Award Winner for environmental graphics, Graphic Design USA Magazine, August 2008 issue

Published in IMPACT: The Synergy of Design, Technology, and Business, article entitled Experiences: Modeling Behavior in the Design Process 2005

Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2005

Brodie Tuition Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2003 & 2004

National Third Place Design Award, Cradle to Cradle Electronics Design Challange, GreenBlue�s eDesign Competition sponsored by the EPA 2004

Brodie Materials Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2003 & 2004

Professional Practice Honor, North Carolina State University May 2003

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, North Carolina State University 2002-2003