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Industrial Design Manager
Aug 2021 - Present (3 years 3 months)
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Senior Industrial Designer
Seattle, WA
Dec 2017 - Aug 2021 (3 years 8 months)
Senior industrial designer with the Consumer Experience & Design (CXD) team for Collins Aerospace, Interiors, I help our business envision and execute the future of commercial aircraft cabin user experiences including seating, monuments, lavatories, galleys, etc.
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Senior Industrial Designer
Fond du Lac, WI
Jan 2014 - Dec 2017 (3 years 11 months)
Executed all phases of design throughout a program: research, synthesis, user studies, concept generation, refinement, development, CAD modeling, physical model making, design integration and Class A release.
• Lead Mercury's first user-centric design effort through HPPD process.
• Champion of craftsmanship initiatives
• Advanced visualization and systemic innovation training
• Fifteen patents issued
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Founder/Designer
Feb 2013 - Nov 2016 (3 years 9 months)
Freelance creative consultancy specializing in human centered industrial design.
Clients include:
• OKOH20
• ATC-NY
• Scott River Company
• FUSE Coworking
• The Riverside, Boulder
• Brothers Donuts
• The Agora Event Center
• Cinfinity International
• Numerous Projects on Elance
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Intern/Masters Thesis Sponsorship
Gothenburg, Sweden
Dec 2011 - Jun 2012 (6 months)
This sponsorship helped to envision a future trucker lifestyle in my research-focused thesis. Experience interviewing truckers, working with designers, guiding modelers and model-makers, and reporting to corporate design directors.
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Industrial Design Tutor
San Francisco, CA
Sep 2011 - May 2012 (8 months)
• Tutored students of various levels in industrial/transportation design, both onsite and online.
• Helped five failing students achieve passing grades.
• Conducted design workshops to enhance the design sensitivity and abilities for my students.
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Transportation Designer
San Francisco, CA
Feb 2011 - Dec 2011 (10 months)
Lit Motors is a Bay Area startup creating a future vision of commuter mobility by complimenting disruptive technologies with human centered design.
Responsibilities include:
• Industrial design of the C-1: a fully enclosed, self balancing motorcycle.
• Redesign of Kubo cargo scooter.
• Design and copywriting of company launch website.
• Creation of animations and visualizations for digital and print media.
• Participation in media events.
Gained invaluable experience working in an innovative and fast paced "startup" culture.