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Santa Monica, California, United States

Newbury Park, Ca

Lead designer on a multitude of product, transport, and automotive projects for both 3rd party clients as well as BMW group holdings including Mini and Rolls Royce.Creative lead / project manager for major third-party, Fortune 500, 50 million + revenue agricultural client / partner, managing the day-to-day design activities and deliverables as well as being a member of the partner’s industrial design council and strategy team. Involved in both the strategic formulation as well product development up to full-scale digital and/or 3D prototype build, working together with clients and internal management.

Los Angeles, Ca

Founder of boutique design consultancy serving a diverse array of clients throughout a wide spectrum of industries and fields both in the New York Metropolitan area and worldwide. Managing design projects both in house as well providing on-site consulting design services internationally.•Projects include:Brand identity campaign for UAE-based motorsports touring race team, TAM Engineering / House of Portier, for UAE and European circuit including 3 race cars, team trailer, race + pit crew suits, driver helmets, pit tent, merchandising, etc... Production series of universal car key remotes for Singapore-based car accessories company, Soxxi, which are scheduled for 2nd quarter 2010 release.Brand identity strategy and design ranging from market image and logo to website, product catalogue and flyers for a US based wireless solutions company, National Cellular.

Los Angeles, Ca

Lead designer for a high-end luxury athletic footwear and apparel label which merges the boutique fashion world with high performance sportswear for the 21st century progressive lifestyle.

Manhattan Beach, Ca

Lead designer for a billion-dollar global leader in the lifestyle footwear industry and a high-performance footwear brand. Skechers Performance includes product lines such as Skechers GOrun, Skechers GOwalk and Skechers GObionic footwear.

New York, Ny

Lead designer on multiple structural and graphic packaging projects for various global luxury beauty cosmetic brands.

New York, Ny

Lead designer and team creative director on a range of transport, consumer electronic, and packaging projects for high-profile clients including John Deere, Panasonic, Colgate, and more.

Dearborn, Mi

Exterior designer for both Ford and Lincoln brand products for US and global markets.Command in all aspects of the development process from initial brand DNA and concept generation to 3D CAD realization and overseeing full-scale and 1/4 scale clay and hard model development.

Atlanta, Ga

Contracted as a lead/mid-level designer for Philips Electronics' consultancy division working alongside Philips staff designers on an assortment of product and packaging projects. Reporting directly to senior project managers, Creative Director, and Design Director of all North America.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Design team member and lead designer on a diverse assortment of product-driven ventures for Bombardier, X-Force, Ikea, Stelton to name a few.Involved in strategic planning and internal restructuring of consultancy as well as sales and marketing including promotional materials, recruiting clients and generating projects.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Working primarily within Volvo Trucks on future production release products, focusing primarily on exterior design solutions from envisioning future brand language and concept generation to surface detailing, parts and accessories. Working within Volvo team of 2-3 designers, in cooperation with engineers and suppliers, answering directly to senior project leaders, Director of exterior design, up to Volvo Trucks Director of Design.

New York, Ny

Provide total product solutions from ideation sketches to final presentation renderings, designing all aspects of product and packaging. Alternating daily within a significant flux of client projects, participating in any given development phase of a given design from research to manufacturing. Working along side a team of 4-6 designers, as lead designer depending on project, reporting directly to the Creative Director and President for weekly reviews. Traveling for consumer and product research as well as client presentations for Fortune 500 Companies such as Pepsi Co., SC Johnson, Church & Dwight.

New York, Ny

Provide furniture design concepts ranging from bedding to lighting for Emporio Designs’ Modern Collection. Produce full 3D CAD model of all concepts as well as reproduce individual client residences.Illustrate final presentation images for client sales.

Maranello, Italy

Finalist in Ferrari: New Concepts for the Myth competition: Ferrari 650 Berlinetta Sportiva. Group (3 persons) project exploring new 4-door, 4 seats, mid engine V12 sports saloon concept.Full length project covering interior & exterior concept generation, sketches, 3D alias & clay models, and animation.Final presentation in Turin, Italy, in collaboration with Ferrari & Pininfarina chief designers.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Design a new seat concept based off of Bridge of Weir’s Colour Odyssey III line of leather textures and colours.Full design of seat from structure to materials & trimming and consideration of seat’s vehicular context. Final presentation to Bridge of Weir executives, including concept generation, sketches, alias model, and animation.

Ma, Transportation / Automotive Design

Activities and Societies: • Attended weekly Life Drawing classes as an extra curricular activity.

Diploma, Transport Design & Consumer Product Design

Ba, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: • Member (Activities’ Chairman) of the National Society of Black Engineers (UCSB chapter). • Co-Captain of UCSB.

High School Diploma, Economical Sciences

Activities and Societies: Received High School Diploma within a French scholastic establishment. Played Varsity Basketball (Starting.