Christopher Bourne
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About
Desirable, feasible, and viable products! The great end user experience of excellent design directorship. My way? Through building great relationships, collaborative communication, exciting work environments, and promoting calculated synergy across business groups and global units, amplifying a clearly defined business vision. And finding the passion and fun in the process.
Areas of Expertise:
Design Leadership - Global Design Strategy - Human Centered design - Exceptional Customer Experiences - Authentic Product Stories – Leveraging Design Methodologies, Research and Tools - Visual Brand Language – Consumer and Market Research – Design for Internal and External Customers – Managing External Design Resources – Market Research, Scope Definition and Design Synthesis – Managing Budgets and Individual/Group Dynamics - Creation of IP – Design for Cost, Trend and Market – DFM – DFA – Pro/E – SolidWorks – KeyShot – Adobe Creative Suite – Design For Structural Packaging - Molded Paper/Begasse - Injection Molded Plastic – Cast/Hydroformed Metal – Soft Goods – Consumer Electronics - Acoustics -
Education
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Industrial DesignBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY1995Cum Laude
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Experience
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Director of Industrial Design/R&D ManagerEnergizer HoldingsWestlake, OHJun 2016 - Present (5 years 11 months)Manufacturer of batteries, personal lighting, and automotive consumables.
• Introduced and engaged design/experience thinking methodologies, accelerating product innova-tion 25%.
• 4 breakthrough and 27 sustaining product designs in the first three fiscal years of the product de-sign group. On strategy and on time.
• Established a renewed focus on product design language to create a relevant and penetrating re-tail presence and reach 7% annual growth targets.
• Identified and managed design risks, expectations, project objectives, and deliverables for 18-24 new design initiatives annually.
• Innovative new products to retail with 24% shorter development times, and over $1.8 million in development savings. -
Design Director and Industrial Design managerHANDSTANDSDraper, UTDec 2012 - Jun 2016 (3 years 6 months)Manufacturer of automotive cleaning and scenting consumables.
• Accelerated the development process 27% by creating an open, trusting, and collaborative design environment with best practice design methodologies, and increasing fluidity/fluency of creative output 34%.
• Provided individual direction and mentorship to a multifunctional interdisciplinary team of 6 de-signers, driving process and team engagement in a fast-paced environment.
• Brought to market more than 30 successful new diversified products annually.
• Drove design passion and quality in graphic, packaging and industrial design fostering an environ-ment that allowed room for creative failure, creating 2 times the innovative output. -
Principal Industrial DesignerCLEARONE COMMUNICATIONSSalt Lake City, UTSep 2003 - Jul 2012 (8 years 10 months)Manufacturer of audio/video conferencing hardware/software.
• Led sales increase of 16% through 17 commercialized innovative personal/group audio device so-lutions, each with challenging acoustic criteria.
• 20% faster to market with market accurate products by catalyzing collaboration with Marketing, Electrical, Mechanical, and Software Engineering groups.
• Led risk management assessment through competitive product/market review, redirecting a $1.2M investment away from a failing and flooded category.
• Built 3 new strategic alliances with Cisco, Sony, and NEC, by generating focus on product aesthet-ics, and end user experience. -
Other PositionsVariousApr 1996 - Aug 2003 (7 years 4 months)Additional experience as Lead Industrial designer ZeroHaliburton (luggage and cases); Adjunct Professor University of Utah, ID studio (medical products); Senior Industrial Designer/Director of Illustration, Companion Systems (P.O.P.); Junior Industrial Designer, Big Toolbox Design Consultancy (wearables); and Design Consultant for American Laser, Aaron Group, Spectrum DNA; medical, soft goods, and consumer electronic products respectively.
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Awards
ZeroHallibuton Garment Sleeve design recognized in 2005 Gentlemen’s Quarterly Magazines yearly “76 Perfect Things” issue alongside designs from Nike, Alessi, Starck, Sony and Graves.
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On Coroflot@christopherbourne, member since 2006
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