David L. Schwartz
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About
Acquire a challenging position that will utilize my skillset and leadership experience in one or more areas of Product Design & Development, Marketing and Engineering with opportunity for growth.
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Education
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Zenger Miller Frontline Leadership TrainingNorthwest-Shoals Community College
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Certificate of Completion Kaizen/Toyota 3-P TrainningChihiro Nakao of Shingi-Jutsu LTD.1999 - 1999
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BS in Furniture Design and Manufacturing Field of study: Furniture Design, Manufacturing and Wood Technology.Kirby Studios School of Design1979 - 1983
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Experience
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Sales ConsultantSt. Louis, MO2001 - Present (25 years)Accountable to the President Liquicell Incorporated http://www.liquicell.com/ Liquicell produces a custom product that was developed through the medical industry to imitate the body's own bursa cell. Consultant: New Product Design & Market Development for Liquicell. Collaborated on developing new seating utilize LiquiCell technology with HermanMiller, Steelcase, HON and Hayworth. * Wilson Sports and GloveSmith incorporated this product into baseball gloves
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Manager - Development and EngineeringCorporate Engineering & Developmentreported to the President, (Managed Nine direct reports).
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Senior Product DesignerManufacturer of Ready to Assembly FurnitureReported to Manager of product Design
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Senior Product DesignerProduct Development and ResearchPresentDirect report to Vice President of Marketing Ameriwood Industries, Missouri: A Dorel Company http://www.dorel.com/ 150 million dollar Canadian owned subsidiary of Dorel. The second largest Manufacturer of R.T.A furniture, sold through mass merchants, Wal-mart, Target, K-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes and Best Buy just to name a few. Designed over 1500 products per year in metal, glass and wood, solid wood, particleboard, plastics and a wide variety of other materials. Created and presented new products for customers (WalMart, K-Mart, Target, Office Depot, Office Max, Lowes, and Home Depot) utilizing the newest 3d Cad programs and photo realistic rendering software available (AutoCAD Inventor and 3ds Max with VRay). Utilized in- house models shop and Asian suppliers to develop Prototypes for customer presentation. * Develop key relationships with US and Asian manufacturers that developed unique products that generated new business that were successfully sold through Wal-Mart, Office Depot etc. increasing market share and profitability. * Awarded multiple patents with others pending. * Utilized management experience to ensure and exceed all established goals.
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The EckAdams Company/ Vogel Peterson 86 million dollars, EckAdams produced high end commercial office seating Vogel Peterson made hospitality furniture, metal wardrobe storage and a line of lower end chairs sold to Office Depot. Multiple plants located in
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Arkansas and California.Manager of Product Engineering & Development: Includes manufacturing and quality assurance. Product testing that meets or exceeds all industry standards. Directed product liability issues, and II David L. Schwartz
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Mills PrideWest Palm Beach, United States500 Million Dollar Company, Corporate Offices located in West Palm Beach and Manufacturing in Waverly Ohio. Manufacturer of Kitchen cabinet sold through Home Depot and R.T.A Furniture. Responsibilities: New Product Design, 3d Cad Models, Computer Renderings, Prototype Development and complete specification. * Developed multiple products sold through Sears and Sam's Club: Computer desks, Storage units and children's furniture.
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Billion Dollar CompanyFlorence, United StatesHON/ALLSTEEL, manufacturer of Contract Office Furniture, Systems Furniture, Conference Room Furnishings, Hospitality, Training Room, R.T.A, Wood and Metal Furniture. Responsibilities: New product design, Bill of materials and structures, adherence to product standards and testing, Manufacturability, Prototype Development, Custom Products, Cost, Cost Savings, Manufacturing training, Engineering drawing, ECN Changes, adapting existing HON products into manufacturing. * Established and headed the first Product Design & Development team to be located outside of their corporate headquarters in Florence Alabama. * Awarded multiple patents and created a number of other successful products. * Part of a two-person team established to convert the Bevis AS400 product structures system, into HON product structure system. * Trained and perform multiple Kaizen's to improve manufacturing of products and reduce required manufacturing space.
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Manager- Product Development and Engineeringa division of Hunt Manufacturing Company.Florence, United Statesreported to the Chief Engineer, (Managed Three direct reports). Bevis 80 million dollar company, Bevis was part of Hunt Manufacturing until it was sold to HON/ALLSTEEL in 1997. Manufacture commercial grade office furniture and Hospitality, Conference Room Furniture, Training Room. III David L. Schwartz
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Sister company to Gusdorf Corporation Consultant ConsultantGusdorf CorporationSt. Louis, United StatesProduct development & Engineering. Manufacturer of Ready to Assembly Furniture, Reported to VP of Manufacturing
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Product DesignerIndustrial Wire ProductsSt. Louis, United StatesManufacturer of hospitality furniture Reported to VP of Engineering
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Falcon ProductsSt. Louis, United States
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Senior Product DesignerWright City, MOJul 2003 - Sep 2013 (10 years 2 months)Product Development and Research: Direct report to Vice President of Marketing
150 million dollar Canadian owned subsidiary of Dorel. The second largest Manufacturer of R.T.A furniture, sold through mass merchants, Wal-mart, Target, K-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes and Best Buy just to name a few.
Designed over 1500 products per year in metal, glass and wood, solid wood, particleboard, plastics and a wide variety of other materials. Created and presented new products for customers (WalMart, K-Mart, Target, Office Depot, Office Max, Lowes, and Home Depot) utilizing the newest 3d Cad programs and photo realistic rendering software available (AutoCAD Inventor and 3ds Max). Utilized in-house models shop and Asian suppliers to develop Prototypes for customer presentation.
Develop key relationships with US and Asian manufacturers that developed unique products that generated new business that were successfully sold through Wal-Mart, Office Depot etc. increasing market share and profitability. Awarded multiple patents with others pending. Utilized management experience to ensure and exceed all established goals.
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Awards
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IDSA/BUSINESSWEEK
2006 IDEA AWARDS
Bronze
FURNITURE
Belkin/Ameriwood Grommet Hub
CREDIT: Belkin IDG and Ameriwood Industries
CLIENT: Belkin Corporation
This USB Hub integrates USB functionality and cord management into one space-efficient device for home-office computer desk systems. Designers faced the challenge of creating a solution that would work with the existing paradigm of desk construction, which they addressed by using the cord pass-through grommet typically found in decks. The clients (Ameriwood and Belkin) wanted a product that featured Belkin's look and feel to leverage Belkin's brand identity as the leading manufacturer of USB hubs. Color and finishes were selected to further indicate that this is no ordinary cord grommet but a piece of technology. The hub is securely mounted to the desk so inserting and removing USB devices requires only one hand. The easy-to-reach angle of the USB ports also increases accessibility. Suspending the hub in the middle of the circular desk grommet visually cues the user that cords may still be routed through the opening. First introduced at Office Depot, the device is exceeding initial sales forecasts, and retailers have been asking for additional technology solutions that can integrate into the grommet.
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More on IDSA and the IDEA awards
This Hub has also been show on an NBC TV Show called Chuck Episode 5, multiple times. This image below is 15 second shot of the hub shown at time stamp code 00:26.00 / 0042:21.
Link to Show: http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/video/episodes/?vid=838461#vid=838461 -
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