Jules Sherman

Human-Centered Designer & Entrepreneur

Palo Alto, CA

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I have designed hundreds of products for companies such as Limited Brands, Costco, Macys, Walmart, Martha Stewart Home, Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware, Target and TSUM. My focus prior to graduate school was house-wares, home and fashion industries.

In 2012 I completed a graduate degree at Stanford to learn design thinking methodology which emphasizes interdisciplinary teams, empathy development, rapid prototyping, and user testing to create meaningful products and services. During my studies, I began development of a medical device that supports human lactation, a health-related mobile app, personal emergency response system concepts and a toy that promotes family communication.

I started my consultancy in June 2012 which has a focus on health and wellness products. I also started "Maternal Life LLC," A company focused on developing products to improve safety in labor & delivery. Maternal Life's first product, Primo-Lacto®, launched in 2016 after a clinical trial, and FDA clearance. Primo-Lacto® was acquired by Lansinoh Laboratories, a subsidiary of Pigeon Corporation March 2018. I'm working on my next products now which address delayed cord clamping, pelvic exams and postpartum pain.
Education
- MM AND
  
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- MD Allison McDonald
  
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- Ph.D Audrey Lyndon
  
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- MD Hamsika Chandrasekar
  
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- MFA Empathy, Values + AI
  
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- MD Naola Austin
  
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- MD Wannasiri Lapcharoensap
  
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- MFA An International Journal
  
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  2018
- MFA Industrial Design
  
  Stanford University
  
  2012
- BFA FIELD OF STUDY
  
  Rhode Island School of Design
  
  1994
Experience
- Furniture Designer
  
  Parisi Interior Design
  
  Del Mar, CA
- Designer
  
  Marjorie Baer Accessories
  
  San Francisco, CA
- Product Designer
  
  Restoration Hardware
  
  Corte Madera, CA
- Senior Product Designer Limited
  
  Reynoldsburg, OH
  
  Brands/Bath & Bodyworks
- Contract Designer
  
  Cambridge Silversmiths
  
  New York, NY
  
  Contract Designer
- Contract Designer
  
  Riviera Van-Beers
  
  San Francisco, CA
- Contract Designer
  
  Newell-Rubbermaid
  
  Baltimore, MD
- Design Director
  
  Olde Thompson/Leeds Engineering
  
  Oxnard, CA
- Maternal Life LLC
  
  Development of Primo-Lacto + other products
- Lecturer
  
  Hasso Plattner Institute of Design
  
  Lecturer
- design projects for Stanford Medical School
  
  which has a focus on health and wellness products. I have since been working on biotech mobile health, personal care and PERS (personal electronic response system) industries. My clients include: Stanford Medical School, Lansinoh Laboratories, The Clorox Company, QMedic Health, Whole Biome, Great Call, Salutron, Suning and Orlando Healthcare Foundation. In parallel I founded Maternal Life, LLC, a company that is dedicated to improving postpartum care and infant nutrition in hospitals through user-centered product innovation. Maternal Life's first product, "Primo-Lacto" was funded through three different grants from the NEPDC and the National Capital Consortium For Pediatric Surgical Innovation (NCC-PDI Award) and was recently acquired by Lansinoh. Lastly, I have been designing curriculum and co-teaching healthcare design classes with physicians at Stanford's d. School for over 6 years. Positions and Honors
- User-Centered Product Design Consultancy
  
  JS Design Group Inc.
  
  current contract client: Stanford Medical School (focus on human factors research, patient experience, physician experience and designing new products/systems for improving safety in L&D)
- Stanford Medical School Design Consultant
  
  Stanford University www.redesignhealthcare.org
  
  Stanford Medical School Design Consultant. 5-year project focused on improving safety in labor and delivery. Funded by the AHRQ.
Awards

1994

Alexander Graham Bell Award for Design & Invention

presented by the RISD ID Dept.

2007

Outstanding Packaging Design Award for Costco Private Label Spice Program presented by Graphic Design USA

2011

Carmen Christensen Fellowship in Fine Arts by the Stanford Institute for Creativity & the Arts (SiCA) Full Scholarship to pursue my MFA in The Graduate Program in Design at Stanford.

2011

SiCa Grant (Stanford Institute for Creativity & the Arts)

Independent project to explore data visualization

2014

New England Pediatric Device Consortium Pre-Seed Grant

Selected for a "Pre-Seed Grant Award" and up to 40 hours of direct NEPDC support for the development of “Primo-Lacto: A Closed System for Colostrum Collection”.

2015

New England Pediatric Device Consortium Full-Seed Grant "Full-Seed grant Award" to support pilot studies for Primo-Lacto in hospitals.

2016

National Capital Consortium For Pediatric Surgical Innovation (NCC-PDI Award)

Children's National Health Systems & The University Of Maryland

Maternal Life won a $50,000 grant supported by Award Number P50FD004895 from the Food and Drug Administration.

2016

Stanford Med X Medical Product Design Award
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Certified WBENC, Women's Business Enterprise
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