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Industrial Designer in Research, Development and Design @ Blue Marble

Allen Wilson

Medford, OR
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  • About

    Interview: https://studiored.com/interview-with-allen-wilson-lead-product-designer-studiored/

    Simply stated; I love to make useful products visually and functionally alluring.

    I thrive on the challenge of melding the mechanical and aesthetic.

    An "Engineer's Designer".

  • Education
    • BS Industrial Design
      San Jose State University
      2003 - 2007
      • Dean's scholar • with honors • 2 design scholarships... • SJSU School of Art and Design Scholarship (2001) • SJSU School of Art and Design Scholarship (2002) Herman Miller + SJSU • Worked closely with HM and SJSU anthropology • Starbucks seating: using induction for wireless public computing and heating beverages NCIIA Bangladesh + SJSU • National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance • Harvard grant proposal • humanitarian effort • Neat Ideas Fair • San Francisco Chronicle • San Jose Mercury
    • AA Fine Arts Art
      Columbia Community College
      2001 - 2003
      • Dean's lists • with honors • 6 art scholarships... • C.C. Foundation Scholarship • Adam Dyken art-against-drunk-driving Scholarship (2) • Rich Miller Photography Scholarship • Women of the Moose Scholarship • Patricia Harding Memorial Scholarship • Concert poster design for Alsadar Frasier concert • Proposed children’s playground design concepts to gain grant money
  • Experience
    • Industrial Design Manager
      Blue Marble
      Ashland, OR
      Nov 2018 - Present (4 years 10 months)
      STEM Toy Industrial Design Engineering
    • Industrial Designer
      WilsonDesign
      Mar 2010 - Present (13 years 8 months)
      Focus Product Design- Senior Industrial Designer (5 years)
      Aquatic AV- Water Sports Devices
      Excell Scientific, DT Engineering: Hand-powered Medical Lab Equipment
      Covidien, Venus, Ingnenio Medical Group- Hand-powered surgical tools
      Marchuck Design- Mechanical Pet Toys
      Sports Equipment

      Contact: 209-247-2045

      SPECIALIZED SKILLS
      • Human Factors
      • HP/PCT CoCreate CAD,
      One Space SolidDesigner
      • Solidworks
      • Rhinoceros
      • Digital/Hand Sketching
      • Adobe Illustrator
      • Adobe Photoshop
      • Adobe InDesign
      • Mechanical Solutions
      • Research and Development
      • Photography and Editing
      • Visual & Working Prototype
    • Lead Industrial Designer
      Studio Red
      Menlo Park, CA
      Apr 2016 - Nov 2018 (2 years 7 months)
      Medical and Lab Equipment, Consumer Electronics
    • Lead Industrial Designer
      Focus Product Design and Manufacturing
      Aug 2010 - Apr 2016 (5 years 8 months)
      Invention Illustrator, CAD Sculptor and More

      "Focus Product Design is a Full Service Product Design and Manufacturing Services Firm Located in Palo Alto, CA in the center of Silicon Valley.

      Focus Product Design will quickly take your idea from concept to detail design to prototyping and manufacturing. Focus Product Design has developed best in industry design methodology following a concurrent engineering design model allowing Focus engineers to design products in less time and money than the competitors.

      Focus Product Design is staffed with Silicon Valley’s top engineers turning concepts to quality designs fast and efficiently while maintaining the highest standards in the industry.

      Focus Product Design engineers are driven to innovate unique solutions in the areas of Product Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical and Hardware Engineering, Software Development and Design Validation including both FEA and CFD analysis.

      No matter the stage of your project, Focus Product Design engineers can help you get to the next step quickly. At Focus, we have a complete set of service offerings to meet any project needs.

      Focus Product Design works with dozens of manufacturers in the US and Asia to offer low cost and quick turn manufacturing to our customers."
    • Industrial Design Contractor
      Ingenio Group Inc.
      May 2010 - Sep 2010 (4 months)
      Hand-Held Mechanical Surgical Devices
      for Mid-Labs and Covidien/VNUS

      website: http://www.ingeniogroup.com/index.html
      Regular Contract Work
    • Industrial Designer
      WAGIC, Inc.
      Apr 2006 - Feb 2010 (3 years 10 months)
      Industrial Designer specializing in in-house product-to-manufacturing and telecom industry consulting.

      • Developed ID and key components in the multimillion dollar Giraffe product line
      • Hold multiple co-inventor patents for hand and reach tools sold at Home Depot, Target, Pep Boys and Frontgate / Sky Mall
      • Created visual models and renders for Polycom / Sipod's wireless VOIP
      • Modeled and built working prototypes & tooling for above using CoCreate CAD, SLA, FDM & RTV molding
      • Traveled to China to oversee manufacture and quality control
      • Successfully brought the Netflix "Amoeba" project form Idea, through sketching to CAD for a winning bid for 200 prototypes
      • Conceptualized and re-designed Topcon's future GPS user interface in conjunction with i.solve inc.

      SPECIALIZED SKILLS
      • HP/PCT CoCreate CAD,
      One Space SolidDesigner
      • Solidworks
      • Rhinoceros
      • Digital/Hand Sketching
      • Adobe Illustrator
      • Adobe Photoshop
      • Adobe InDesign
      • Mechanical Solutions
      • Research and Development
      • Photography and Editing
      • Visual & Working Prototypes


      see website: http://www.wagic.com/
    • Industrial Designer
      San Jose State University
      2003 - 2007 (4 years)
      • Dean's scholar • with honors • 2 design scholarships...
      • SJSU School of Art and Design Scholarship (2003)
      • SJSU School of Art and Design Scholarship (2004)

      • Worked closely with HM and SJSU anthropology • Starbucks seating: using induction for wireless public computing and heating beverages

      • National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance •
      Harvard grant proposal • humanitarian effort • Neat Ideas Fair •
      San Francisco Chronicle • San Jose Mercury

      SJ IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America San Jose State Student Chapter)
    • Park Ranger & 1st responder
      USBOR New Melones Reservoir
      May 2002 - Oct 2005 (3 years 5 months)
      STEP Park Ranger seasonal: full time summers + weekends throughout the school year

      • Graphically designed their first brochure while meeting federal standards
      • Worked within ADA standards- redesign accessible campsites & fee-box
      • Authored and led community interpretive programs
      • 1st responder
    • Guest Service Office, Visuals and Logistics
      Mervyn's California
      2000 - 2003 (3 years)
      • Earned multiple cash awards for innovating new efficiency and safety ideas
      • Implemented in-store visuals and graphics
      • Customer service and employee relations, front desk
    • Volunteer Service Worker
      Oregon Eugene Mission
      1998 - 2000 (2 years)
      • Full time community service in Oregon public school reading program,
      • Winston Wildlife Safari volunteer program
      • Oregon Eugene Mission: direct person to person interaction, motivation and teaching, public speaking, community and personal services • and much more
      • Artist for Lighthouse Publishing greeting cards
    • Cashier
      SaveMart Supermarket
      1997 - 1998 (1 year)
    • Shift Manager
      Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
      1994 - 1997 (3 years)
  • Awards

    17 co-inventor patents and many pending (hand and reach tools)

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    8 design related scholarships from

    San Jose State University

    Columbia Community College

    and Local artists

    Sonora Women's Shelter Grant: for playground concept art

    Multiple Safety and Efficiency cash awards from Mervyn's

  • Affiliations

    IDSA

    BSA

    LDS

  • Industries
    • Commercial Equipment
    • Consumer Electronics
    • Toys & Games
    • Medical & Scientific Equipment
    • Outdoor Equipment
  • Skills
    • 3D Modeling
    • CAD Design
    • Engineering
    • Keyshot
    • Toy Design
    • Industrial Design
    • Product Design
    • Product Development
    • SolidWorks
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