Design, Analysis, Customer and Market Research, Project Management and Engineering

Kirsten Luehrs

Palo Alto, CA

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Interests: Design, Design Process, Product Design, Arts and Crafts, Project Management, User Research, Market Research, Micro-Economic Decision Making, User Centered Design

Industries: Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Real Estate
Education
- MBA Business
  
  Columbia University - Columbia Business School
  
  2007 - 2009
  
  Double degree with UC Berkeley partnership. Interest in marketing, micro-economics/decision making and branding.
- MBA Business
  
  University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
  
  2007 - 2009
  
  Double degree with Columbia University. Interest in marketing, micro-economics/decision making and branding.
- MS Engineering, Product Design (JPD)
  
  Stanford University
  
  1991 - 1993
- BS Mechanical Engineering
  
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  1985 - 1989
Experience
- Market Research Associate
  
  Pacific Media Associates
  
  Sep 2011 - Present (13 years 3 months)
  
  Data manipulation, analysis and reporting of market data. (contract)
- Adjunct Faculty in Engineering (Instructor)
  
  Gavilan College
  
  Aug 2011 - Present (13 years 4 months)
  
  Teach engineering courses, including Intro to Engineering, Materials Science for Engineers and Engineering Graphics.
- Project Manager
  
  CIRTEC Medical Systems
  
  Oct 2008 - Feb 2011 (2 years 4 months)
  
  Project manager and client interface for contract product development in medical device. Strong matrix organization with PMO and technical engineering management responsibilities.
- Staff Engineer and Project Leader
  
  NDC (Nitinol Devices and Components) a Johnson & Johnson Company
  
  Dec 1999 - Jul 2008 (8 years 7 months)
  
  Mechanical engineer, front end design work, clinical builds, trials, prototyping
- Sr. Project Engineer, Project Leader
  
  Medtronic
  
  1994 - 1999 (5 years)
  
  Initially with start up, AneuRx, which was acquired in 1996 by Medtronic. Mechanical engineering, stent design, early prototyping, MFG, testing, reports, stent graft and catheter design.
- Design Engineer
  
  Fogarty Engineering
  
  1993 - 1994 (1 year)
  
  Design engineer, prototyping
- Engineer, Graduate Development Program (GDP)
  
  Westinghouse
  
  1989 - 1991 (2 years)
  
  Graduate development program. Design engineer, mfg eng, production planning, electronic packaging & weldment design
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Kirsten Luehrs

Design Manager

Visiting Instructor of Graphic Design/Visual Arts