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Industrial Designer, M.Sc. Industrial Design and Product Innovation - business accentuation

Leslie Olan

Monterrey, Mexico
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    Industrial designer with 10 years of experience in product development in industry and educational institutions. Creative, committed and with interdisciplinary collaboration skills and goal oriented.

    Professional objectives centered in deliver new and innovative products and experiences guided by people's needs and desires and adapted to the institution´s values.

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  • Education
    • Master's Degree Innovation
      Tecnológico de Monterrey
      2010 - 2011
      Excellence and Conacyt Scholarships Thesis: Experience Design in Mexican Gastronomy. Master courses related to: ergonomics, innovation, semantics, usability, marketing, accounting and business models.
    • Envapack
      2009 - 2009
      International Diploma in Packaging. (On-line) Envapack Company, Bogotá, Colombia. May 2009 to November 2009
    • Bachelor's Degree Industrial Design
      Universidad de Monterrey
      2000 - 2004
      Excellence Scholarship. (Academic Honors). 2000-2004 Monterrey, Nuevo León. Academic excellence in thesis: Design of urban furniture, Montemorelos, Nuevo León.
  • Experience
    • Professor
      ITESM Campus Monterrey
      Jan 2013 - Present (13 years 6 months)
      Development and imparting three courses:

      - Language and Meaning of Objects; related to product semantics, aesthetics and perception.
      - User Centered Design; topics related to ergonomics and usability.
      - Experience Design; topics related to sensorial design and emotional design.

      Achievements:
      - Management and coordination of linking projects in the course language and meaning of objects, working with the MARCO Museum, with its ENLACE program. Resulting in a methodological connection between art and design; successfully ending with the students exhibitions at the museum: "The Invisible Frontier" and "The language objects".

      - Linking Project Management in the courses Experience Design and User-centered Design, working with companies like Schneider Electric and Tierra de Artistas; resulting in a strengthening in students learning, by working in a real environment.
    • Product Development Engineer Jr.
      PROLEC GE
      Nov 2005 - Jan 2010 (4 years 2 months)
      Activities:
      • Optimum development of the internal distribution of the accessories that make a transformer and its external appearance.
      • Study of ergonomics and functionality of existing tools in the transformer.
      • Development of virtual and physical models (functional) and monitoring the development of prototypes and pilot runs in the assembly process.
      • Design rules and elaboration of manufacturing drawings of various products.

      Achievements:
      • Implementation and coordination of the concept generation methodology in the New Product Introduction System (validation plans, QFD, FMEA).
      • Patent: Underground Transformer (MX-F-2007-001142)
      • Leading industrial design for extra large power transformer
      • Certification of basic and junior Product Development Engineer
      • Member of a company's select group for the development and implementation of strategic projects.
    • Professor
      CEDIM México
      Aug 2009 - Dec 2009 (4 months)
      Development and teaching of a university course related to the study of packaging and crating.
    • Contemporary furniture Designer
      SKAN SA de CV
      Dec 2004 - Nov 2005 (11 months)
      Activities:
      • Contemporary furniture design for diverse clients and Avanti stores in Mexico (bedroom, dining room, etc.).
      • Supervision of furniture manufacturing at the factory

      Achievements:
      • Furniture design of the 2nd season 2005
      • Special furniture design for 2 houses in Monterrey
  • Skills
    • Creative Direction
    • Education
    • Service Design
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