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Creative Genious - Bentonville

David Valentini

Bentonville, AR
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    I love to invent and to problem solve. I'm too stubborn to know when to quit so I don't stop until I get the job done. I love to push the envelope and try things that seem impossible. Invent, POP, displays, Creative project management, Industrial Design, packaging, marketing, problem solving, client interaction, challenges, Marketing at-Retail, Ideation sketchs, Brainstorming. Love a team effort.

  • Education
    • Baseball
      Scottsdale Community College
      1993 - 1993
    • BSID Mechanical Engineering
      George Brown College
      1990 - 1993
      Mechanical Engineering
  • Experience
    • Assistant Coach, Men's Ice Hockey
      University of Arkansas
      2012 - Present (14 years)
    • Creative GO TO guy
      Vanguard Companies
      2007 - Present (19 years)
      Design and 3D Render POP displays out of various materials, corrugated, plastics, metal and wood. Produced concept drawings which led to working prototypes of temporary, semi-permanent and permanent floor, counter and other POP displays and signage. Worked with the ArtiosCad system and the Kongsberg and Data Tech cutting tables. Worked with the Adobe programs and Strata 3d. Ran the Roland large format printer and produced full colour mock-ups. Interacted directly with customers, account managers, estimators and purchasers. Took ownership of all jobs and made sure they went smoothly from concept stage to delivery.
    • Packaging Design Engineer
      Pine Valley Packaging
      2006 - 2007 (1 year)
      Designed returnable and expendable packaging for the automotive and
      electronic industry. Prepared and created prototypes for customer approval. Monitored packs from sales through shipping.
    • Owner
      The Northern Mash Baseball Co. - Mash Bats
      2003 - 2005 (2 years)
      Started this wood bat making company in 1999 as a hobby and have grown it into a full time job. Cover the full range of producing a baseball bat from sales and marketing through to packaging and shipping. Selling bats to little leaguers right up to over 106 MLB players.
    • Accounts Manager - Sales
      Hughes Decorr
      2001 - 2003 (2 years)
      Managed several accounts and gained new accounts. Worked directly with clients their marketing departments to better understand their
      needs. Gained a great knowledge in sales and in working with tight deadlines in the POP industry.
    • Senior Structural Designer
      Protagon Display Group
      1999 - 2001 (2 years)
      Designed POP displays out of various materials, corrugated, plastics, metal and wood. Produced concept drawings, which led to
      working prototypes of temporary, semi-permanent and permanent floor, counter displays and other POP displays and signage. Worked with the ArtiosCad system and Kongsberg cutting table along with other computer applications. (Cimex, CapePack, Illustrator…) Interacted directly with customers, account managers, estimators and purchasers. Scheduled all of the design projects for 3 designers
      and produced estimated completion dates for all of the projects in the design department.
    • Structural Designer
      Smurfit-MBI
      1996 - 1999 (3 years)
      Designed corrugated floor and counter displays. Produced concept drawings which led to working samples of displays and specialty containers. Worked with the Laserpoint Cad system and other various computer applications. Interacted directly with customers, sales people estimators and purchasers.
    • Structural Design Engineer
      Hughes Container and Decorr
      1995 - 1996 (1 year)
      Designed corrugated floor, counter displays and regular brown box containers. Produced concept drawings which led to working samples of displays and containers. Worked with the Laser Pak Cad system. Interacted directly with the senior engineer, sales people, estimators and purchasing personnel, as well as dealing with established accounts.
    • Packaging Design Engineer
      Pine Valley Packaging
      1993 - 1995 (2 years)
      Designed returnable and expendable packaging for the automotive and
      electronic industry. Prepared and created prototypes for customer approval. Monitored packs from sales through shipping.
  • Awards

    Little Indian, POPAI, OMA

  • Skills
    • 3D Modeling
    • Point of Purchase
    • Design Management
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