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Stevensville, MI, US

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

• Managed/Engineered $60 million UI project for new Front Load washing machines.
• Introduce new assembly and manufacturing techniques to reduce cost and increase aesthetics.
• Managed cross fuction team that included industrial design, Marketing, and procurement.
• Oversees and develops timelines for UI including managing overseas resources
• Developed CAD, FMEA, DVP and Tolerance stacks for mechanical components

• Self started consulting firm - Specializing in Product Design for Start-ups.
• Projects and clients span the Sustainability, Consumer Electronic, Beverage, and Energy markets.

• Managed and Developed timelines and test plans that delivered critical parts in under a year.
• Presented and delivered cost saving solutions to management.
• Mentored co-worker on product development lifecycle.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Designs aesthetics and engineers primary and secondary packaging for the beverage/sweetener industry.
• Manages 10­-15 unique projects at any given time from conception through execution phases.
• Oversees and develops timelines for product and packaging. Makes recommendations to decrease lead time and ­­simplify supply chain.
• Manages cross functional teams to ensure all projects remain on track and all tasks are met.

• Designed and developed aesthetics of underwater photography equipment as well as develop mechanical --engineering drawings for manufacturing (Injection Molding, CNC Machining & Sand Casting).
• Researched new manufacturing methods (domestic and international) for projects.
• Developed and managed products throughout entire product lifecycle (concept to store-shelf).
• Presented new product solutions to upper management while keeping in mind product cost and launch dates.
• Developed company’s first Aluminum Dive-light, from initial concept to store shelf in under a year.
• Researched new trends in design and engineering to keep products fresh.

• Designed and developed aesthetics of audio equipment (Speakers, iPod docks, and Headphones) while keeping in mind manufacturability and the target consumer (through research).
• Worked with engineering group to ensure Industrial design intent was maintained throughout the process.
• Developed web-apps to help the sales team demonstrate the product as well as to help the consumer set-up a product.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Taught the capstone course in the Technology Department, Design Processes
• Taught students the design processes and how to implement it on their semester long project (senior design project)

Lafayette, Indiana Area

• Designed and Developed system/software to evaluate professors’ performances
• Helped maintain international engineering website, www.GlobalHub.org

Lafayette, Indiana Area

• Paper Published: Empirically Assessing the Contribution of Design Activities to Successful Outcomes