- Industrial Designer with extensive hands on experience. Experienced in the overall design process from initial brainstorming/ sketching, mechanical/ representational drawings, to the resulting product. Proficient with useage of various materials and processes be it to build representational scale models, functional prototype models, or manufacturing actual functioning useable product. - Extensive master model fabrication, mold making, and casting experience. fiberglass, plaster, rubber, urethane, etc. Mold making background started in Special Effects for Major motion pictures and continued with past position as the Vice President at Betonas Mfg Inc making high end custom concrete products that varied in scale and complexity including: Shower Surrounds/Pans, countertops, custom conference tables, fireplace surrounds, sinks, vessels, custom furniture, tile, sculpture, fountains, and more.- Management experience: Quotations and Estimates, Design work, R&D, Manufacturing plant floor plan and work flow, scheduling work plan, representative of company/ sales, allocated work to a employess to complete designated projects, quality control, ordered required materials needed for projects, hiring/ assessment of employees responsibilities.- Speaker: I was considered an expert in the field of Concrete Countertops. I was a guest speaker at the Concrete Countertop Industry Conference for 2 out of the 3 years that it begun it’s existence. - My goals are to continue utilizing my aptitude, experience, and expertise in 3D spatial visualization. I would like to expand my horizons in the design industry. What I enjoy most is problem solving and actually seeing a tangible finished result of the design process.Specialties: Expert in the field (all aspects) of Custom Concrete products including: countertops, sinks, bowls, vessels, fireplace surrounds, custom furniture, tubs, tile, cap stones, and much more for both interior and exterior applications. Problem Solver. Excel at Spatial Visualization. Design process (Sketching, brainstorming, prototyping, model building, finalized drawings, CAD, familiarity with various materials and processes).
Listed skills include Model Making, Sculpture, Carpentry, Product Design, and 23 others.