Mary Beth Poandl

• Consistently produced top-selling products for iHome, Hotel Technologies and timex brands within budget, generating business vaalue and increasing market share.
• Superior ability to drive comprehensive product development from research, ideation and prototyping to execution and launch
• Tracked new market trends, competitive products and identified new growth opportunities
• Collaborated daily with product development teams inn Engineering, Sales and Marketing
• Proactively identified areas for process improvement and cost reduction
• Led weekly team meetings documenting actionable items for internal and overseas staff
• Defined packaging/gift sets for new products, comps through approval

• Key team member involved in the creation and development of iHome brand
• Design of innovative products and packaging that made iHome the #1 market leader
in docking accessories
• Managed several products simultaneously from concept through production
• Mentored and provided direction to design staff

• Led brainstorming and reseqarch activities, explored form studies and created age appropriate
toys from ideation through mass production for popular licensed brands such as
Mattel, Fisher Price and Disney
• Influenced and developed user interface, play patterns and bitmap animations
• Defined procedures, technical documentation and established color matching standards for newly
formed department
• Wrote and illustrated three talking children's books for Fisher Price

• Developed package structure, die-lines and artwork from concept through approval
to production
• Created gift box prototypes for presentations and in store display fixtures
• Provided art direction for layout and photography of product catalog