Industrial Design and Design ConsultingOperating a boutique industrial design firm, I work across the design spectrum with clients such as Google, GitHub, AppLovin, Scanwell, Scanbase, AirSculpt Med-Tech, Noise Pop, Thinktanks.io, DoTheBay, Marble Robotics, Rye Bar Group, Adjust GmbH, Gross Design the following full life-cycle design services:• Mass-market product concept, design, & development• Original research with a focus on cost and efficiency• Original 3D CAD models & CAD-based assembly instruction manual• Photo-realistic Rendering and Animation for marketing materials• Acted as my client company's liaison to external contractors and provided excellent stakeholder management• Aiding clients througth the complex journey of patenting their product. I've helped draft patnet language, created orginal patent drawings and conduct existing patent searches and work closely patent agents and lawyers• Managing and executing simultaneous projects for multiple clients with their respective priorities and deadlines• 3D-rendered commercial interior design proposals• End-to-end design, fabrication, & installation for commercial interior• Illustration/event marketing seen by >1 million• Budgeting, bookkeeping, complex corporate Invoicing

•Ongoing project developing an AI-powered cannabis concierge platform using nodeJS, tailwind, and AI prompt engineering to optimize user experience.• Creating engaging ad campaigns and monetized chat funnels for embedded products, driving traffic and revenue.• Designing and building a user-friendly website to provide tailored cannabis solutions for user's needs.

I collaborate and consult on Tarlow Design's more complex client projects. In doing so, I employ a broad spectrum of design skills and project management competencies that include:• Nuanced Project Mgmt including time/ budget allocation, Gantt Charts, etc.• Closely collaborating with designers, engineers, and fabricators• Hand-sketching• FDM/SLA 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing• CNC/ Hand Fabrication and High-end lab machinery for Rapid Prototyping.• 3D CAD (SolidWorks & Rhino) Proficiency• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)• Early-Stage Python Hardware Programming• Collaborating with Electrical & Software Engineers • Wireframing and Graphic Asset Creation for UI + UX design• Client Presentations• In-depth knowledge of Manufacturing techniquesThough my work is often highly technical, working with Tarlow Design, I’ve been able to strengthen many of the crucial non-technical aspects of my job establishing myself as:• An effective communicator who can convey complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in both formal and informal settings.• An adaptable problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment where requirements, constraints and budgets are subject to sudden change.I work with clients to bring ideas to life for a wide variety of products.Additionally, I’ve expanded into new roles and responsibilities in some of these projects including:----Smart Home/Office Appliances o UL certification o Finite Element Thermal Analysis ---Complex Medical Devices o Rigorous FDA verification, validation, 510(k) Certifications o Personally conducted robust and meticulous testing and analysis---Wearable Technologies o Safety Standards Implementation for Bicycle “Smart” Helmet---Sporting Goods/ Outdoor Tech o Implementing user feedback from un-housed users of solar-powered backpack with-ground level research

I created the Homy Project during the pandemic as a passion project to revolutionize a mundane but unmet aspect of Sailing and kayaking: the cup holder. Our goal was to create a product using recycled HDPE.I conducted all research, development, Product design, animation, rendering, Product engineering, prototyping, graphic design, web design, and e-commerce, and manufacturer outreach.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver medical device design and engineering across the following:- prototype design- machining - drawings- research- mechanical and regulatory testing

- I began providing occasional bartending services for GitHub's in-house bar program while putting myself through University in 2015. I transitioned to manager and eventually formed my own company to manage all bar services for the legendary open-source institution (acquired by Microsoft for 7.5 billion) with a core staff of top bartenders from the Bay Area.- I conduct all staffing, planning, inventory maintenance, contract negotiations, finance, accounting, and corporate relations, and vendor management.- During the pandemic, I pioneered a remote cocktail program involving shipping of designing, crafting, and shipping cocktail kits to employees around the world for synchronized remote cocktail crafting tutorial sessions.

Scanwell Health is a Medical Technology company that helped pioneer rapid-result COVID-19 tests.I worked with rapid deadlines during the pandemic with the Chief Design Officer to research, design, develop, prototype and travel overnight to hand-deliver calibration holders that enable their core product, the Scanwell test assay to be read digitally from a smartphone.

Executing the role of hardware and fixture design for GitHub's Global HQ in San Francisco, a few of the responsibilities I have shouldered are:• Drafting hardware and fixture mockups for evaluation using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and inDesign• Sketching, 3D modeling, and 3D Rendering as ideation through design proposals.• Utilizing 3D-printing, CNC-machining, Laser Cutting, and Hand Woodworking for fabrication, assembly and onsite installation• Creation of custom mechanisms and original designs for permanent fixtures in GitHub's Headquarters.• High-level presentation, consulting and architectural modeling including a live presentation and navigation of my 3D model to the architecture firm.

Working directly under Zenbooth's founders, I led a cross-functional design and engineering team. From interacting with clients to creating the design brief, from concept to sketches, from ideation to iteration, from CAD to prototype, and from manufacturing toolpathing to implementation and quality checking. I brought to the young company my passion for design and the value of the design process. I had the privilege of wearing many hats and learning many new roles. In addition to leading Zenbooth's industrial design department, I also created concept art and hand-rendering, researched and sourced materials from multiple vendors, and conducted company-wide design presentations.

Contact freelance designer working with Noise Pop's team to bring design and illustration to social media marketing and live event promotion and branding.

As a freelancer, I was trusted to deliver designs, illustrations and art for event promotion, email distribution, social media marketing.