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San Francisco Bay Area

Lake Forest, California, United States

As part of my experience, I worked on a wide range of advanced and diverse design projects. I was responsible for taking projects from concept through development, ensuring they met established deadlines. I developed and delivered professional presentations outlining all personal design concepts. Collaboration was a key aspect of my role, as I worked with multidisciplinary product teams. I created compelling designs based on ideation, research, and product requirements, producing sketches… Show more As part of my experience, I worked on a wide range of advanced and diverse design projects. I was responsible for taking projects from concept through development, ensuring they met established deadlines. I developed and delivered professional presentations outlining all personal design concepts. Collaboration was a key aspect of my role, as I worked with multidisciplinary product teams. I created compelling designs based on ideation, research, and product requirements, producing sketches, illustrations, and visuals. Additionally, I led the exploration of concepts through competitive assessments, and ideation. Throughout the process, I maintained close engagement with the company CDO and design directors to consider cost, schedule, and performance trade-offs. Show less

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Senior level corporate-sponsored advanced design studio that enabled students the opportunity to take on a real-world design challenge of inter-airport transit for those with disability. I worked to mentor and advance the student’s visual communication skills by various demonstrations of manual and digital methods.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Instructor of undergraduate advanced visual communications courses ranging from sophomore to junior levels. During this advanced visual communications course I cover design visualization techniques such as story boarding, dynamic renderings, and explanatory views. Emphasis on developing the ability to efficiently communicate design ideas in a compelling way using various digital methods such as Sketchbook Pro, Procreate, Photoshop, and Keyshot.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Design lead for all Xenith soft-good & shoulder pad offerings. Worked closely with our design director road mapping and leading research on the shoulder pad market within all levels of football. Conducted focus group presentations to individual interviews across all major football market areas nationally. Self led research synthesis, and concept creation in all phases. Creating mock ups in both soft-good and hard-good categories for proof of concept to field testing. Handing off one of the most… Show more Design lead for all Xenith soft-good & shoulder pad offerings. Worked closely with our design director road mapping and leading research on the shoulder pad market within all levels of football. Conducted focus group presentations to individual interviews across all major football market areas nationally. Self led research synthesis, and concept creation in all phases. Creating mock ups in both soft-good and hard-good categories for proof of concept to field testing. Handing off one of the most pivotal and disruptive shoulder pad concepts within the football market to date. Show less

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Responsible for the design of Xenith LOOP, 5-star Virginia Tech rated non-tackle headgear. The companies first step into a new product category. The first headgear to feature a unique design silhouette driven from athlete insight, and extensive research into non-tackle football. Responsible for the design of Xenith PEAK apparel collection, another step into a new product category for the company. Leading the process on all products from research, concept creation, refinement, to development… Show more Responsible for the design of Xenith LOOP, 5-star Virginia Tech rated non-tackle headgear. The companies first step into a new product category. The first headgear to feature a unique design silhouette driven from athlete insight, and extensive research into non-tackle football. Responsible for the design of Xenith PEAK apparel collection, another step into a new product category for the company. Leading the process on all products from research, concept creation, refinement, to development hand-off. Mentor of all design interns. Show less

Cincinnati, Ohio

Aiding in industrial design efforts between medical device & robotics solutions groups. Responsible for conceptualizing new innovative solutions within multiple product categories. Execution of product renderings, and rapid prototyping/3D printing to validate all personal design solutions.