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21 years of combined interactive computer-aided industrial design and traditional ID experience

Jason Doctor

San Francisco, CA
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    I am an energetic, focused team player coupling analytical, computer & design experience with natural leadership, intuitive & interpersonal strengths.

    Through 21 years working professionally as an industrial designer— from furniture, medical instruments, consumer products, automotive to LED lighting, I have expert level knowledge of Alias Autostudio for digital sculpting from concept through the system development life cycle.

    My career in design began before graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Design from University of Cincinnati. The College of D.A.A.P (Design Architecture Art & Planning) is distinguished for its mandatory co-operative (CO-OP) education program where Industrial Design students work in their prospective field learning hands on the newest skills in design while in college.

    In 1995, SGI & Alias/Wavefront V7 developed a focused path in 3D modeling and I was nominated as the first student to participate in the pilot program. Before graduating I began working full time as an Industrial Designer in the furniture design industry, the medical instrument design industry & for a full-scale prototype production shop.

    This early success launched me on a fast-moving trajectory which lead to a new vast & exciting array of my design experience. Including some of my proudest work on the award winning 2018 Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects “Shapeshifter” & “Hidden House” designs.

  • Education
    • B.S.I.D. Industrial Design
      University of Cincinnati
      1993 - 1999
  • Experience
    • Founder / Alias designer
      Shine On LED
      San Francisco, CA
      Nov 2008 - Present (17 years 8 months)
      Shine On LED, a solid-state lighting “LED” company specializing in Class-A surface design, manufacturing & implementation of LED lighting for retail, commercial & residential lighting industries. Shine On LED creates custom LED lighting fixtures for high end clients, produces lighting solutions for strategic partners in the retail fixture industry. Shine On LED brings custom LED system solutions to life with a process from sketch to 3D model, to SLA working model, to final prototype.

      ALIAS SKILLS
      • Slab & Fillet Alias foundation. Bezier curves 1-9 degree, single span.
      • Sketch –> Alias Slab & Fillet technique –> Illustrator line work –>Formlabs SLA –> Keyshot 10 –> Photoshop.
      • Scan data to NURBS Class-A surface.
      • Conceptualization of 3D data interpreted from concept sketches & data scans.
      • Creation of Class-A production-ready automotive 3D CAD surfaces & shells across multiple projects & product categories.
      • Design of automotive parts with consideration for plastic injection molding, CNC machining, metal forming, casting, extrusion, stamping best practices.
      • Utilization of Alias Eval software for surface quality & design intent validation.


      DESIGN SKILLS
      • Standard Operating Procedure for LED fixture, power supply & wiring harness installation.
      • Trademarked, designed & manufactured Lightblade™ line of LED products.
      • Designed, developed & manufactured Lightblade™ flexible ribbon line card with 11 versions of LED Printed Circuit Boards.
      • Designed, developed & manufactured linear LED 6160 Aluminum extrusions profiles corresponding to LED Printed Circuit Board designs.
      • Developed Tunable Kelvin color temperature adjustable commercial, retail & residential solutions.
      • Customized LED end cap connectors & end cap solutions, UL listed.
      • Stereolithography printing for low production runs (SLA) of LED components.
      • Created photo-realistic Keyshot 10 renderings & environments for website & future products.

    • Founder /COO /Alias designer
      Elemental / Diode LED
      Reno, NV
      Jul 2006 - Oct 2008 (2 years 3 months)
      • Created Elemental LED initial concept, business name, branding, LED product line and inventory for business launch.
      • Developed Elemental LED P&L, Performa, Business Plan, Executive Summary.
      • Set up and categorized inventory.
      • Finalized investor details and deck for company launch.
      • Modeled Class-A surface data for LED product manufacturing.

    • VEHICLE QUALITY LAUNCH COORDINATOR
      Volkswagen of America
      Auburn Hills, MI
      Feb 2006 - Jan 2007 (11 months)
      * Modeled Class-A surface for OEM projects for conversion from European to U.S. standards.
      * Enabled inter-department vehicle launch strategy communications.
      * Developed, implemented & maintained Volkswagen Launch web site for wholesale organizations.
      * Created, implemented & lead quality management processes.
    • ALIAS DESIGNER,
      ASC INC
      Warren, MI
      Mar 2004 - Feb 2006 (1 year 11 months)
      Advanced Concepts Group for Specialty Vehicles
      • Alias concept design, modeling methodology & strategy.
      • Worked in a design studio developing Class-A surface for OEM projects.
      • Provided photo-realistic Alias renderings & 3denvironments.
      • Transformed designer-sketched ideas into 3D models for clay review.
      • Ability to take direction from designers to develop their sketches into 3d models.
      • Ability to work with engineering criteria to develop surface from concept through production.
      • Ability to develop Class A surface that can be used downstream for engineering/ production.
      • Knowledgeable of other CAD software ( ex. catia, etc for checking/ stitching surface for release to engineering).
      • Knowledgeable of Sub-D modeling tools in Alias.
      • Knowledgeable of polygonal tools such as Maya.
      • Knowledgeable of Vred visualization software for renderings/ VR presentations.

    • ALIAS DESIGNER
      GENERAL MOTORS
      Warren, MI
      Jun 2002 - Feb 2004 (1 year 8 months)
      Advanced Concepts Group for Specialty Vehicles
      • Alias concept design, modeling methodology & strategy using Class-A surface.
      • Deciphered two-dimensional & three-dimensional design into surface data.
      • Composed surface data for design review.
      • Modeled surface for final .igs output into Unigraphics.
    • ALIAS INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
      PIXE
      San Francisco, CA
      Jun 2000 - Jul 2002 (2 years 1 month)
      (UNIX/02) CO-OP
      • Assisted S.F. Bay Area clients; Astro, Lunar, IDEO, & NIKE with Alias models.
      • Created quick Alias concepts & computer renderings.
      • Class-A surface data development.
      • Developed SLA’s of designs for product testing & market research.

    • 3D SOFTWARE ENGINEER
      D.A.A.P PROTOSHAPE STUDIO
      Cincinnati, OH
      Dec 2002 - Jun 2002 (5 months)
      (CO-OP)
      • Knowledge of machine tools, IGS transfer, FDM, SLA.
      • 3 Axis Bridgeport, 5 Axis Tarus, Unigraphics data transfer.
      • Translated Class-A surface data scan from clients into product build.
    • ALIAS SOFTWARE ENGINEER
      ALIAS WAVEFRONT
      San Francisco, CA
      Jun 1999 - Sep 1999 (3 months)
      (CO-OP)
      • Assisted S.F. Bay Area clients with concept modeling methodology & strategy.
      • Designed & developed tutorials for area clients.
      • Assisted clients using class-A Alias for each stage of design & manufacturing.
      • Assisted with the integration of the end-to-end shape definition process.
    • ALIAS DESIGNER
      ETHICON ENDO SURGERY
      Cincinnati, OH
      Sep 1998 - Dec 1998 (3 months)
      (CO-OP)
      • Developed & completed Alias class-A 3D models for the medical industry.
      • Sculpted foam models & sketch development.
      • Presented concepts, design & engineering of products to design manager.

  • Awards

    PUBLICATIONS

    • “Vortex,” MARK 67, Poulin Publishing, 2016

    • “ShapeShifter,” GA, Reno Nv, June 2016

    • “Hidden House,” 159 GA, Feb 2016

    • “Vortex” SFC&G, Feb 2017

    • UK TV show- Secret Homes featuring “Shapeshifter” and Hidden House, April 2019

    • “More with Less”- Shapeshifter, Interni Magazine 2019.

    • PHAIDONS “Houses” Shapeshifter, June 2019.

    • Shapeshifter in episode 2 of “Ultimate dream homes”.UK TV. Oct 2019.

    • Shapeshifter 2018 American Architecture Award.

    • Dwell July/august 2018 featuring “Shapeshifter”.

    • Dezeen award 2018 “Shapeshifter”.

    • Wallpaper mag- Shapeshifter 2018.

    • Taschen’s “Homes for our times”. Oct 2018.

    • Dwell’s best of design awards in the outside. Shapeshifter Nov 2018.

    • Metropolis -Best house of 2018.

    • Haeuser Magazine-“Homage to the West”.

    • “The Plan” 2020 Design award- Shapeshifter.

    • “Design Boom” magazine. Aug 2020.

  • Affiliations

    •IDSA

    •Member of Big Brothers/Sisters

    •Member of Habitat for Humanity

  • Industries
    • Consumer Electronics
    • Desktop & Office products
    • Kitchen, Bath & Home decor
    • Lighting
    • Transportation
  • Skills
    • 3D Modeling
    • Architecture
    • CAD Design
    • Commercial Architecture
    • Concept Art
    • Design Management
    • Keyshot
    • Illustration
    • Industrial Design
    • Production Design
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