Terence Tang

-I had the honor of being recruited for the FINAL season of The Mythbusters.

-Fabricate and facilitate the mechanical systems that allows the "magicians", hosts/Executive Producers Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, to conduct their mission.

-Directly facilitate needs of Director, Producers, Camera and Lighting crew, that requires fabrication, safety requirements for scene and crew.

-Accountable for assembly, stowage, transport, installation of props/sets, material, tools and equipment when filming offsite.

-Responsible for organization and maintenance at M5 studio and prop storage units.

-Most of all, had FUN creating havoc and cleaning up chaos and destruction

skills used: wood working, machining (mill and lathe), soldering/wiring, plumbing, RTV mold making, vacuum forming, polymers & elastomers, hand and machine tools

-Certification:


CPR & AED (Automated Electronic Defibrillator )
Genie scissor lift
Genie telescoping boom lift
Airtrax Sidewinder forklift
Gradall forklift

2016 Season Episodes:

Episode 238 – "The Explosion Special"
3.1 MacGyver Cement Truck
3.2 Hovercraft Hijinks

Episode 239 – "Tanker Crush"
4.1 Tanker Crush

Episode 240 – "Cooking Chaos"
5.1 Instant Shrimp
5.2 Smoothie Blast

Episode 241 – "Driven to Destruction"
6.1 Pancake Car

Episode 242 – "Volunteer Special"
7.1 Axe vs. Gun Revisit
7.2 MythBustStore

Episode 243 – "Failure Is Not an Option!"
8.1 Drift Turn
8.2 What Is Bulletproof?

9 Episode 244 – "Rocketman"
9.1 Rocketmen

Episode 248 – "Duct Tape: The Return"
13.1 Duct Tape Trebuchet
13.2 Duct Tape Seat Belt

-Responsible for procurement and implementation of NPI, materials, product line, marketing & brand strategy, vendor relations, sales sheets, manufacturing, web content shopping cart, packaging and production.

-Creating & reviewing spec packages and samples (outbound and inbound) from suppliers to assure execution of original spec and design intent and provide feedback on recommendations

-Lead vendor liaison for CNC machined components in US, MX and Asia (Taiwan, China), First Article inspection/approval and getting vendor into production based on delivery schedule.

-Industrial Design, concept development of iOS/Android mobile access.

-Designed, R&D, created cut & sew prototypes, created tech package and manage production of iPhone soft good pouches/sleeves

-Created instructional product illustrations for packaging

-Lead developer for “Tactical” and "High-End/Luxe" product line of iOS/Android cases, BOM, packaging content

-Key decision-maker for manufacturability, design direction

-Lead vendor liaison for materials & CNC machining: aluminum, stainless, titanium, phenolic, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, FR4/G10 and exotic woods.

-Monitoring developments, anticipating problems, and addressing / facilitating solutions in a timely manner to minimize quality problems and production delays.

-Planning and tracking the development schedule of assigned products and packaging to ensure timely execution according to the product development calendar

-Managed $100-350 MRP high-end product line consisting of 3 core iPhone cases, 2 soft goods, 18 SKUs

-Responsible for overseeing progress of design team (graphics, packaging, product developers and ID)

-Responsible for planning and managing schedules, defining scope, critical dates

-Key decision maker design for manufacturing direction

- Responsible for managing ECO and document control, risk, strategic influencing, monitoring and reporting progress, cost and time estimation, BOM and budget development

-Responsible for problem solving, streamlining design & manufacturing for increase production yield, cost reduction and maximizing profit

PLM for Tactical and Lux line of iPhone case and accessores

Tactical: Sector 5 Black Ops, Sector 5 Black Ops Elite, Sector 5 Spec Ops line, Sector 6 Pro, Sector 6 Black Ops, Black Ops tactical case, Black Ops Ripcord, Softcase, Ronin sleeve, Eclipse Tactical and Tactical Elite series for Samsung S4

Lux: Ronin2 Titanium, Ronin2 Bamboo, Ronin2 Cocobolo, Ronin2 Gold/CNY, Ronin DLC, Ronin Rose Gold, Ronin Platinum, Ronin G10/Titanium, Ronin G10/Stainless, Ronin G10/Al

Solace Epiphany Collection: Tiffany inspired LUXE collection with precious metals: platinum, rose gold, DLC

-Created & implemented company-wide quality standards

-Created inspection process/criteria and documentation for quality

-Created & managed CFM specs for CNC machined & anodized components, IM plastic components

-Managed vendor relations: machining, anodizing, painting/powder coating, injection molding, hydrographics/water transfer surface coatings/PVD, soft goods, materials suppliers

-Created unique solutions with defective parts

-Designed, constructed and implemented fixtures to aid in streamline product assembly/production

-Created and implemented fixtures for production laser engraving

-Conducted onsite QC inspection at vendors

-Created documentation and reviews of defective product, corrective action plans

-Manage daily QC inspection, production issues, problem solving

Projects: Liquid, Alloy, Ion3, Ion4, Vapor4, Vapor4 Chroma, Vapor4 Stealth, Vapor4 AR, Vapor4 AK, Vapor4 CF, Vapor Pro, Vapor COMP, Vapor COMP Patriot, Vapor COMP Tactical, Joule, Joule Chroma, Joule Nickel, Joule II, dock, Vapor Pro Black Ops, Vapor Pro Black Ops Elite/VZ, Formula Skate Legends, Sector4, Sector5, Sector5 Black Ops, Sector5 Spec Ops, Sector6 Pro, Sector6, Sector6 Black Ops, Ronin line, Ronin2 line, Ronin 6 line,

-Industrial Design Lead and POC (point of contact):

MPC Marine Personnel Carrier- crew station layout (driver, commander, crew), hull nose structure, indirect/direct vision analysis (up-look, periscope, cameras), ingress/egress

JLTV Joint Light Tactical Vehicle V-hull electronics, plumbing and stowage mockup

TDS Traction Drive System and Phase Lead-- electrical plumping mockup of hybrid-electric power plant

-Concept design, crew station design and development of amphibious, wheeled, tracked, and remote vehicle: weapon turret station and platform, dashboard, yoke steering, LCD display, rifle & stowage mounting provisions, handheld optics

-Human Factors & User Interface analysis: HCI/vehicle displays, seating, stowage, vision, weapon stations, ingress/egress

-Vehicle Vision Analysis & Plots: vision from vehicle, periscope, cameras, DVE, RDS sensors

-Fabrication of full scale wood/aluminum vehicles & sub system mockups used for human factors & US Army /Marines live data collection & evaluation, ingress/egress study, volumetrics, electrical/pneumatic plumbing, tradeshow presentations

-Presentations for proposals, concept reviews, HF analysis using sketches, CAD, Adobe, PowerPoint

-projects include:
-Lancer,

-FCS Future Combat Systems (CCS Common Crew Station, ICV Infantry Carrier Vehicle, MV Medical Vehicle)

-CTV TD Combat tactical Vehicle Technical Demonstrator, CTV+,

-JLTV A/B/C Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

-MRAP Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP, MRAP II, SOCOM, HAGA, MATV),

-MPC Marine Personnel Carrier

-AAV Assault Amphibious Vehicle

-Bradley M3

-TDS Traction Drive System

-Gladiator

-Chariot

-Pathfinder

-SEOR Systems Engineering Operations Research