Allen Wilson Pro

Senior Industrial Designer
STEM Toy Industrial Design Engineering
National Geographic, NASA, Blockaroo, Bear Grylls, Barbie

Directed industrial design across 50+ licensed STEM toy and educational product SKUs, shaping cohesive product families that translated brand identity into commercially successful consumer experiences. Developed production-ready plastic part CAD, patent documentation, and collaborated directly with overseas manufacturing partners.

• National Geographic Light-up Air Rocket – Flagship product platform design; illuminated stomp-powered rocket system distinguished by bold form and engaging play value;
o Reaching ~400,000 annual online units at peak and approaching 2 million cumulative units sold with eight-figure retail revenue across online and big-box distribution. (2019-present)

• National Geographic Kids Pottery Wheel – Architected a guided throwing-arm interaction system, establishing repeatable, learner-centered experience for beginners within a refined consumer platform;
o #1 Best Amazon Seller, in category, with 135k units online, 97k units retail, $8M revenue (2022).

• NASA – Translated NASA’s iconic brand language into manufacturable STEM systems by designing high-powered air rockets, role-play equipment, and immersive STEM environments that balanced visual authority with production feasibility.

• Blockaroo Magnetic STEM Platform – Re-architected internal platform structure and sealing strategy to enable waterproof, compliance-ready bath play at scale; introduced sculpted form factors and optimized manufacturing processes for durability and tooling efficiency.

Design–Engineering Integration | Commercial Product Development | Inventive Product Architecture

Senior Industrial Designer (Lead) specializing in inventive, IP-driven product systems that balance form, interaction clarity, and visual refinement. Experience spans licensed STEM toy platforms, precision laboratory equipment, and rugged consumer hardware — delivering cohesive product architecture from concept through production with hands-on CAD ownership and manufacturing collaboration.

Expertise
Inventive Product Design | Form-Led Functional Systems | IP-Driven Design | Utility & Design
Patent Development | Design for Manufacturing | Production-Ready CAD | Platform-Based Systems
Regulatory Compliance & Product Markings | Cross-Functional Collaboration

Technical Skills
SolidWorks (CSWP) | nPower Surfacing | KeyShot | Vizcom | Rapid Visualization & Hand Sketching
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign | 3D Printing | Patent Disclosures & Compliance Artwork

Signature Achievements
• Toy of the Year (TOTY) Winner, Creative (2023) – Hobby Tumbler
• Toy of the Year (TOTY) Finalist, Outdoor (2023) – Volcano Bean Bag Toss
• Life Science Industry Award 2019 (Silver) – Gyros Protein PurePep Chorus
• Multiple #1 Amazon Best Sellers; Kids Pottery Wheel; Light-up Air Rocket; Learn to Draw Projector

Patents & Intellectual Property
Co-inventor on dozens of issued and patent-pending U.S. utility and design patents spanning educational toy platforms, creative mechanisms, and mass-manufactured consumer products. Representative patents include:
• Hobby Pottery Wheel – Guided learner-centered pottery system U.S. Patent 11,745,383
• Epic Fort Kits – Ultra-modular, reconfigurable structural building system. U.S. Patent 12,409,395
• Blockaroo Foam Magnetic Blocks – Scalable soft magnetic STEM platform U.S. Patent 11,557,414
• Giraffe Reaching Tools – Lightbulb changing devices, flex and vacuum grips U.S. Patent 9,679,760

Contact: 209-247-2045

Design & engineering consultancy focused on laboratory systems, medical-adjacent devices, and precision consumer electronics.

• Led enclosure architecture and integrated GUI development for Gyros Protein’s PurePep Chorus modular peptide synthesis platform (2019 Life Science Industry Award – Silver), aligning interface structure with physical system architecture and validating form within regulated,
precision-driven environments.

• Designed ergonomic consumer electronics for Hatch Baby (Listen and Rest), refining interaction clarity, enclosure detailing, and manufacturable snap-fit architecture through hands-on prototyping and
usability evaluation.

• Contributed concept direction for PremieBreathe (Yale BME project presented to the World Health Organization), integrating heating requirements and off-the-shelf components within strict cost and usability constraints.

Design & engineering consultancy serving inventors and early-stage companies across diverse industries.

• Senior designer within an 8-person consultancy team, leading design from early research and patent investigation through production-ready CAD, functional prototyping, and engineering collaboration.

• Contributed industrial design for rugged consumer hardware including marine-grade audio systems (Aquatic AV) and outdoor action-camera accessories (GoPole), evolving brand language while developing enclosure architecture, interface hierarchy, and durability-informed form for harsh environments.

• Contributed to development of the energy-generating Soccket ball, applying systems-oriented design thinking to power integration, geometry-driven foam patterning, and impact-resilient assembly within a spherical product architecture.

Hand-Held Mechanical Surgical Devices
for Mid-Labs and Covidien/VNUS

website: http://www.ingeniogroup.com/index.html
Regular Contract Work

• Contributed industrial design and mechanical concepts to the multimillion-dollar patented Giraffe reach-tool platform, supporting multi-year product expansion.

• Co-inventor on issued patents for hand and reach tools sold through Home Depot, Target, and Pep Boys.

• Developed production-ready CAD and extensive foam-core, SLA, FDM, and RTV-molded prototypes; traveled to China to support tooling validation and manufacturing launch.

• Dean's scholar • with honors • 2 design scholarships...
• SJSU School of Art and Design Scholarship (2003)
• SJSU School of Art and Design Scholarship (2004)

• Worked closely with HM and SJSU anthropology • Starbucks seating: using induction for wireless public computing and heating beverages

• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance •
Harvard grant proposal • humanitarian effort • Neat Ideas Fair •
San Francisco Chronicle • San Jose Mercury

SJ IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America San Jose State Student Chapter)

STEP Park Ranger seasonal: full time summers + weekends throughout the school year

• Graphically designed their first brochure while meeting federal standards
• Worked within ADA standards- redesign accessible campsites & fee-box
• Authored and led community interpretive programs
• 1st responder