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Chief Designer/ Senior Manager/Program Manager/Design Studio Operations
Christopher Rhoades
Mission Viejo, CA
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About
Automotive Designer and Senior Manager with many years of Domestic and International Luxury Car Design experience ( almost 35 years) I hold degrees in both Product Design as well as Transportation Design. In addition to Industrial Design, I have extensive experience in Architectural Design and CAD Modeling software.
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Education
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BS Honors Trans Design Transportation DesignArt Center College of Design1984 - 1987Post graduate specialty degree following a Product Design BFA from the University of Washington
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BFA Industrial Design Industrial Design (product)University of Washington1981 - 1984General Product Design Degree with emphasis on consumer electronics and eventually Automotive/Aviation specialization.
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Experience
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Chief Designer/Assistant General ManagerCarlsbad, CASep 2004 - Present (20 years 3 months)Chief Designer at Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design of North America. Lead teams to create new Production and Concept Car proposals. Also directly responsible for Clay/CAD Modeling, IT, Engineering, and Design Studio Operations.
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Design ManagerMercedes-Benz AGSindelfingen, GermanyJul 1987 - Sep 2007 (20 years 2 months)First American Creative Designer hired into the Germany Advanced Design Studio. Created 9 Show cars in 11 years. Managed both Exterior and Interior Design for these cars.
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Senior Designer/Program ManagerDaimler Trucks of North AmericaPortland, ORAug 1998 - Aug 2004 (6 years)Commercial Truck Designer. Responsible for both Exterior and Interior Design programs. Most notably; created both the exterior as well as interior for the Gen1 Cascadia class heavy Semi- Truck
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Awards
Too numerous to mention
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Affiliations
AOPA,IDSA,UWAA
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@CRhoades, member since 2011