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Boston, MA, US

• Marine Research and Development of hydrofoil structures for motorized boats, sailboats, and surfboards.
• National Academies of Science, Washington DC—working on advisory board panel, TCRP C-22, for transportation research aimed at designing and developing the next generation of mass transit.
• Oregon Adaptive Sports and National Ability Center (Park City, UT) - Volunteer ski instruction
• Strategic Industrial Design Consulting and Education
• Creating transformational product experiences that provide healthier solutions. Establishes benchmark criteria to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and capture energy savings for customers.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Led the Industrial design and development of PassiveLogic's Hive Autonomous Platform, the first fully autonomous Building Management System. The team has leveraged custom physics-based AI digital twin models to enable autonomous control, as measured by securing PassiveLogic's position in the infrastructural robotics market by innovating AI applications for.

Bend, Oregon, US

As Principal Designer, our team developed luxury interiors for a high-performance turboprop aircraft that was FAA-type-certified on November 6, 2019. With a strong emphasis on human factors for critical flight controls, we simplified layouts and reduced pilot workload. Material selection and process are crucial in managing the interior weight of an.

Traverse City, Michigan, US

• Recruited to open an industrial design office to develop and manufacture luxurious, large-format architectural Ad panels for the built environment. My team developed a new business segment of ultra-thin LED back-lit.
• Developed the first company-wide Industrial Design department
• Physically connecting our brands within the Built Environment for static and interactive displays.
• Intellectual Property lead, Chief Technology Scout, Marketing and Engineering leadership
• Indoor & outdoor structures, Thin LED Lumination, Premium Ad Panels & extremely large-format back-lighting.

• Bright Automotive was recognized as one of the top electric automobile startups. The groundwork of Bright Automotive was developed while working at Johnson Controls; my vision was to combine our three corporate.
• Co-founder, Created over 50 green tech jobs
• Developed five vehicles – exteriors, aerodynamics, interiors, & marketing assets
• Partnered with General Motors, Google, RMI, Alcoa, Johnson Controls Inc., Turner Foundation and IDEO
• Managed 3 direct creative reports and maintained 80% of labor budget through the supplier network
• 50,000 /yr production, 98 MPGe fuel economy, saving each vehicle an estimated EPA,$23,140 in fuel costs over five years

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Fortune 100 Automotive Interiors Principal Designer
• Sustainability leadership and Project Management
• Pioneered 4 new product segments; Homelink, Infotainment, EV Packs & Vehicle-to-Grid
• Established Instrument Clusters industrial design office in North America
• Co-Established 2 new product design studios - Electronics & Interactive User Experience
• Managed teams of industrial designers, 3D modelers, CAD designers & engineers

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Focused on 3D development of composite flight structures & Light-weighting
• Designed and developed 6 aircraft structures & 2 Electric Vehicles - GM Sunraycer & EV1
• Liaison to General Motors Advanced Concept Center (ACC) - packaging & industrial design
• Customers: GM, DOD, Mattel, SC Johnson, IMAX and TriStar Pictures.