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Senior Industrial Designer
Fond du Lac, WI
Jan 2014 - Present (7 years 3 months)
Mercury Marine is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of marine engines, vessel controls, and displays. Industrial designers at Mercury Marine execute all phases of design throughout a program: research, synthesis, user studies, concept generation, refinement, development, CAD modeling, physical model making, design integration and Class A release.
• Current design team leader for 7 programs
• Lead Mercury's first user-centric design effort through HPPD process.
• Champion of craftsmanship initiatives
• Advanced visualization and systemic innovation training
• Two patents issued, fourteen pending
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Founder/Designer
Feb 2013 - Present (8 years 2 months)
Freelance creative consultancy specializing in human centered industrial design.
Clients include:
• OKOH20
• ATC-NY
• Scott River Company
• FUSE Coworking
• The Riverside, Boulder
• Brothers Donuts
• The Agora Event Center
• Cinfinity International
• Numerous Projects on Elance
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Globe Trekker
Gone Trekking
Jun 2012 - Jan 2013 (7 months)
Global travel experience helped me understand the diverse human landscape. I travel as often as I can to gain better insight into the human condition.
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Intern/Masters Thesis Sponsorship
Gothenburg, Sweden
Dec 2011 - Jun 2012 (6 months)
This sponsorship helped to envision a future trucker lifestyle in my research-focused thesis. Experience interviewing truckers, working with designers, guiding modelers and model-makers, and reporting to corporate design directors.
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Masters Thesis Sponsorship
Gothenburg, Sweden
Mar 2012 - Jun 2012 (3 months)
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Industrial Design Tutor
San Francisco, CA
Sep 2011 - May 2012 (8 months)
• Tutored students of various levels in industrial/transportation design, both onsite and online.
• Helped five failing students achieve passing grades.
• Conducted design workshops to enhance the design sensitivity and abilities for my students.
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Transportation Designer
San Francisco, CA
Feb 2011 - Dec 2011 (10 months)
Lit Motors is a Bay Area startup creating a future vision of commuter mobility by complimenting disruptive technologies with human centered design.
Responsibilities include:
• Industrial design of the C-1: a fully enclosed, self balancing motorcycle.
• Redesign of Kubo cargo scooter.
• Design and copywriting of company launch website.
• Creation of animations and visualizations for digital and print media.
• Participation in media events.
Gained invaluable experience working in an innovative and fast paced "startup" culture.
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Head Waiter
San Francisco, CA
Mar 2008 - Aug 2009 (1 year 5 months)
Consumer facing service industry experience enhanced my abilities to clearly communicate with consumers; a skill set that has been instrumental in all aspects of my industrial design career.