Manage and lead the design/engineering department

Founder of a small boutique design firm with an emphasis on great design that can actually be produced.New business development and client management of expectations, including proposals/contracts.Development and engineering of product designs for sourcing with manufacturer.Market research that helps define product strategy and new areas of opportunity.Coordination of color, graphics, brand language and product design within among numerous divisional offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia for successful global product launches.Responsibilities include market research, consumer insight, product planning, project management, trend forecasting, guiding of true product innovation, color and product graphics, creating patentable design/engineering solutions, design magic, final product surfacing, managing/mentoring young designers, managing vendors, directing brainstorming sessions and leading internal innovation projects.Successful collaboration with marketing, sales, market research, engineering, manufacturing, executive management and outside vendors to validate and execute design driven solutions from concept to production.Brands include: MANFROTTO, POLAROID, UNGER GLOBAL, LITEPANELS, VITEC GROUP, ELECTROLUX

Senior industrial designer, lead designer of central vacuums, aftermarket and air cleaner products.Built the first internal relationships for consumer experience driven designs within the central vacuum market.Developed an intuitive system for prioritizing design focus that addresses ‘first touch’ and consumer desire/wants.Coordination of color, graphics, brand language and product design within among numerous divisional offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia for successful global product launches.Responsibilities include market research, consumer insight, product planning, project management, trend forecasting, guiding of true product innovation, color and product graphics, creating patentable design/engineering solutions, design magic, final product surfacing, managing/mentoring young designers, managing vendors, directing brainstorming sessions and leading internal innovation projects.Successful collaboration with marketing, sales, market research, engineering, manufacturing, executive management and outside vendors to validate and execute design driven solutions from concept to production.Brands include: ELECTROLUX, EUREKA, BEAM, KENMORE, SANITAIRE, VOLTA, HONEYWELL, and ZANUSSI.

Boutique studio working with my own clients as well as contracting for various local agencies.Management of all business and design aspects of the company.Responsibilities included new business development, project definition, project proposals, market research, trend forecasting, design magic, vendor management, client relationships, manufacture sourcing and all that jazz.Coordination and management of clients, freelancers, modelmakers and manufacturing liaisons.Clients include: DUNHILL, COCA_COLA, CAMBRIDGE SILVERSMITHS, STAPLES, Amron International, KAZ INC, FUTUREBRAND, One80 Design, VERIZON, SMIRNOFF, G2 Worldwide, Sol-Light LLC, ERGOTECH, Atlason Design.

Managing and working on a wide range of projects including consumer electronics, house wares and furnitureLead designer for all fee-based clients, while dabbling occasionally on speculative work.Responsibilities include project definition, proposal development, strategy, trend forecasting, design, market research, management and execution with existing and speculative clients.Coordination and management of clients, vendors, research, freelancers, interns, internal resources and manufacturing liason.Collaborating with a unique team of designers, researchers, engineers, marketing, business development, strategy and manufacturing professionals.Clients include: ITOKI, PANASONIC, GEEK SQUAD, HAIER, FUNAI, SANYO, Culinary Institute of America, Scunci, Best Buy, Staples, LG and HERMAN MILLER.

Staff designer : structural packaging, medical products, consumer products and sport related commercial products.Project management/team leadership from initial exploration to final production.Management and coordination of freelancers, outside vendors and interns.On-site research of manufacturing lines for implementation and optimization of new designs.Brainstorming and ideation of next generation products for multiple Fortune 500 companies.Clients include: PEPSICO, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, HONEYWELL, GATORADE, LIPTON, TROPICANA, PERRIER Wrigley’s, UNILEVER, McNeil and SAMSUNG.

Staff designer on a wide range of housewares products.involved in all phases of product development from sketch to final 3D data.Correspondence with manufacturing in China to resolve production issues.Foam models and mock-ups for client presentationsUse of Solidworks to develop designs for prototyping and manufacturing.Client list includes: Lectrix, Oxford Bath and Home and Copco.

Ran alot of errands....alot