Bob Carrasca Email & Phone Number

West Seattle

Pillar Product Design works in the following industries: action sports,back country gear, professional sports NFL, MLB & NHL gear, game & toy, professional camera gear, house hold consumer, infant / baby products and green based industries. Our team provides the following services: Project Planning, Product Identity, Industrial Design, Mechanical Design, MFG Liaison, Out Sourcing, Project & Design Consultant, Project Management, Packaging, Logos, Branding, 3D solid modelling and FEA analysis.Our Goal is to implement sustainable closed loop processes, materials and designs that outputs a low to no carbon foot print on the enviroment. We look at the project or product holistacally to take advantage of green based technologies or opportunities.

Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro – Renton, WA Technical Program Manager• Manage technical individuals within digital team to achieve key project objectives and goals. The team was mainly composed of digital 3D artists, technical artists and project engineering.• Qualify overseas vendor thru RFQ verification process to determine prize vendor for a host digital based projects.• Manage digital teams and work flows to produce quality 3D assets for Magic Online, D&DI and miniatures programs.• Set –up and manage the communication, archiving and process pipeline between internal teams and external vendors.

Manage multiple miniatures product lines, production schedule and process development, over-seas vendor relations, responsible for detailed product specifications, optimizing manufacturing process, initiate new business programs.Product Engineering, New Business Development • Create manufacturing process and engineering specifications.Using Attask and Perforce software I was able to organize and effectively meet critical production schedules.• Key organizer and program facilitator between creative, brand, engineering and Senior Management.• Prepare and present new product concepts to Brand, Marketing and Senior Management teams.• Manage Lucas Licensing “Star Wars” line to meet the licensing team’s requirements.• Develop and organize projects with overseas vendor to meet critical production schedules and cost goals.

Self executed start-up company, that provided deisgn and engineering resources for a variety of action sports industries.In a 2-month time frame, my business accounts included: Wizards of the Coast/ Hasbro, Flow Snowboards & bindings, Hidden City Games, Verve Line and Drag-strip Design. After doing my contract business for nearly 2 years, I was offered a full time position with Wizards of the Coast.

Developed 6 new models of strap and 3 new models of step ins. Managed this program thru 2003. Set-up and qualified factories in China, Taiwan and Korea to meet brands production demands. I recieved (3) design patents as it related snowboard binding functionality.Responsibilities:• Managed, developed and organized new hard good product lines to meet consumer expectations. • Organize teams and manage products from inception through final production. • Coordinate projects with overseas manufacturing to meet target production releases.• Implemented a detailed business plan which included a complete financial budgets as well as ROI analysis for Senior Management’s approval. Planned product lines to meet budgetary constraints• Led and executed training seminars for marketing and sales as it related to the annual product lines.• Focus group, market study, product positioning and branding.

Custom plastic injection molding house that supplied vendors with engineering,manufacturing small assembly, secondary operations and production tool manufacting. My roles and responsibilities: • Develop comprehensive business plans to target new prospect and niche markets. • Technical Sales, Account Management, Product and manufacturing specifications.• Vendor and in-house production relations relations. Production scheduling and resource allocation for projects.

Bs, Mechanical Engineer Emphasis Plastics

Activities and Societies: SPE SME

Engineering & Advanced Material Science / Manufacturing Management, Plastics And Polymer Engineering Technology/ Advanced Composites