Industrial Designer

Derrick Tan

Irvine, CA

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Relentless tinkerer and natural problem solver with an eye for style that lead me to satisfying career 7 years and counting.
Education
- Bachelor of Science Product Design
  
  Art Center College of Design
  
  2012
- Pensole
  
  Shoe design program Anza College
  
  2011
Experience
- Senior Industrial Designer
  
  Fox Head Inc
  
  Irvine, CA
  
  Responsibilities: Helping Fox push the boundries and continue leading the market in Moto and Mountain Bike as well as help manage team members.
- Product Design Associate
  
  Tesla Motors
  
  Hawthorne, CA
  
  Responsibilities: Designed lifestyle brand products, architecture spaces both interior and exterior, special projects dealing with Model S/X and delivered vehicles to the customers and gave them a run through about their new investment.
- Product Design Intern
  
  Bradshaw International
  
  Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  
  Responsiblities: Research, concept developement, rapid visualization, mock-ups, rebranding of Touch line, packaging and field research.
- Toyota and Saatchi & Saatchi Art Center Design Storm
  
  Chosen to participate in a multy-disciplinary, three-day design workshop to create a new car-purchasing experience.
Awards

2019 Design & Innovation Award Winner for Flux Helmet

2018 Employee of the Quarter at Fox Head, Inc

2012 IDSA Bronze Medalist Winner for Link: a collapsable recurve bow design for upper limb amputees. It bridges the gap between special-needs users and performance athletes.
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Skills
- 3D Modeling
- DIY
- Ideation
- Model Making
- Photoshop
- Product Design
- Prototyping
- Rapid Prototyping
- Sketch
- SolidWorks
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Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)