Design Leader, Design Management, Furniture Designer, Industrial Designer

Joe Ruedinger

Toledo, OH

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About

Industrial designer and manager with extensive education and broad experience in new product design and development. Skilled in designing and managing projects to identify and meet the needs of all stakeholders including cost and manufacturing requirements. Partners effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and external consultants to create quality products. Passionately empathetic to the end user experience, assuming the voice of the end user in the development process.
Education
- MA Design Management / Industrial Design
  
  The Ohio State University
- BFA Industrial Design
  
  University of Michigan
- NA Design and Architecture
  
  The University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  
  Summer Program in Architecture and Design
Experience
- Principal Design Director
  
  Sauder Woodworking
  
  Jun 2018 - Apr 2023 (4 years 10 months)
  
  Led team of 6 in Concept Design, Tech Design, and Advanced Development
- Director of Design and Engineering
  
  Bush Industries
  
  New York, NY
  
  Jun 2006 - Jun 2018 (12 years)
  
  Led team of 10 in Design, Product Engineering, and Product Packaging and Testing
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Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design