Eric Groner

Industrial Designer / Product Designer

Chicago, IL

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PORTLAND & CHICAGO

Current: Product Designer at California Innovations / Arctic Zone & affiliated brands

Previous: 3+ years as an Industrial Designer at FUSE (Fusion Industrial Design Inc.)

Freelance Industrial Designer & Concept Artist at Propulsion Designworks

Specialties:

- Concept Sketching & Marker Rendering

- 3D Modeling [Rhino, Solidworks]

- Photo Realistic Renderings [Keyshot, Photoshop]

- Adobe Creative Suite [Ps, Ai, Id,]

- Client Interfacing and Presentations

- User Research / Case Studies / Trend Analysis
Education
- Bachelor of Arts Product Design
  
  University of Oregon
  
  2008 - 2013
Experience
- Product Designer
  
  California Innovations
  
  Chicago, IL
  
  Feb 2017 - Present (4 years 11 months)
- Industrial Designer [Freelance]
  
  Propulsion Designworks LLC
  
  Portland, OR
  
  May 2016 - Present (5 years 8 months)
- Industrial Designer
  
  Fuse
  
  Portland, OR
  
  Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 11 months)
  
  Industrial Designer
  I work with a small team of designers and engineers. We take ideas from concept to production, and have a lot of fun along the way.
  
  Accomplishments:
  - Designed ABOM Anti-fog Ski Goggles
  - Designed standing work and control stations for HP
  - Designed and fabricated displays for ORP Smarthorn: Interbike, IDSA, Sea Otter (bike expo)
  - Worked on graphics, rendering, and marketing for ORP Smarthorn
  - Played major roll in the design and development in a broad base of consumer products
- Freelance Designer / Concept Artist
  
  Freelance
  
  Portland, OR
  
  Mar 2013 - Jan 2014 (10 months)
  
  Contract ID work for a rage of clients local and long distance.
  
  Work varied from ideation / concept art, to CAD, engineering, and model making.
  
  Accomplishments:
  - Designed Vehicle concepts for Imaginactive.org
  - Worked on concepts for the pet industry
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2015 - 2016 Pillar Control Station

2015 - 2016 Pillar Control Station from Eric Groner

2015 - 2016 PILLAR CONTROL STATION

The Pillar Control Station is designed to control, monitor and make minor adjustments to operations for large formate web press printers.

Credit:
FUSE (Design, Engineering)

Concepts

Context next to T1100 Web Press: Pillar Control Station On

Context next to T1100 Web Press: Pillar Control Station Off

Standing work / control station for HP T1100 web press

4 bar linkage hide away keyboard

Cabinet Exploded

2015 - 2016 PILLAR CONTROL STATION

The Pillar Control Station is designed to control, monitor and make minor adjustments to operations for large formate web press printers.

Credit:
FUSE (Design, Engineering)

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