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Design 131: Advanced Product Design – Needfinding (Fall 2023, Fall 2024)

E-commerce startup that is reimagining the way plants are sold online.• Led a team of three to conceive of and launch an online plant marketplace as part of the Stanford Launchpad program• Prioritized features through a series of customer experiments – using conversion rates, waitlist signups, early sales, and partnership agreements to show evidence of traction• Developed business case, go-to-market strategy, and product roadmap – pitching investors for seed funding

Teaching assistant for Product Design Methods (ME115B), Design Sketching (ME110), Visual Frontiers (ME125), History and Ethics of Design (ME120), and Visual Thinking (ME101)• Coached students on design projects, led weekly class sections, taught design techniques, and facilitated design critiques

Provided industrial design, user research, and market research services to clients on a part-time basis.

Promoted to a senior-level position after 18 monthsSplit role working as Product Manager for existing mobile app measureOn and User Experience Specialist for development of new software and hardware products.

Cross-functional position bridging engineering, design, and product management teams. • Prioritized and launched feature improvements for MeasureOn, a mobile app with 40k+ monthly active users, while examining customer feedback, running usability studies, and analyzing usage data to define next-gen app• Led 100+ customer interviews with construction workers to develop and validate new product concepts • Created physical and digital prototypes (sketches, renders, foam models, 3D prints, wireframes, clickable UIs) to test concepts – leading to 8 new hardware products, multiple interface improvements, and app releases • Created a new in-house design process that integrated designers into strategic discussions and facilitated feedback from marketing on early designs – reducing industrial design development time by 50%• Led 20+ multi-disciplinary design workshops to synthesize abstract user insights into product features• Developed business case, and defined customer requirements for a room scanning tool – using evidence from customer experiments to secure investment for a fully staffed multi-year project

2-year rotational program with 4 placements:User Experience Designer, Corporate UX – January 2018 – August 2018• Planned user testing and created interview guidelines to gather user insights • Interviewed experts to develop a Design Thinking toolkit for iterative prototyping workshops• Designed solutions to enhance the experience in the interior of autonomous vehicles based on user interviews and desktop researchInnovation Coordinator, Chicago Connectory – July 2017 – January 2018• Started IoT showcase program by managing 50+ relationships and creating partnership opportunities with 15 external organizations and 6 Bosch divisions• Led IT innovation team as scrum master while applying agile project management tools • Developed operational structures and processes for an outside-in innovation space Advanced Development Engineer, Dremel – January 2017 – July 2017• Developed concept from idea into viable business strategy that was implemented by kits team• Worked with marketing and engineering groups to generate concepts to grow the business• Facilitated workshops, and brainstorming sessions to drive innovation cultureSystem Engineer, Diesel Systems – July 2016 – December 2016• Responsible for development of connected powertrain concept for fuel system testing• Built and implemented plan to reduce future testing efforts through web based validation• Created automated data processing tools and analyzed over 23,000miles of vehicle data

Worked in Abrasive Systems Division, non-woven abrasives.• Invented technique to optimize abrasive performance (Patent No. WO2018080703A1)• Led development of technique from initial concept to functioning proof of concept • Received internal discover grant of $9,000 to further investigate new technology potential• Redesigned non-woven disk accessory using 3D printing and laser cutting

Worked in product innovation group, ideating, developing and validating new products for automotive interiors.• Developed an integrated electronic management solution from initial idea to functional prototype – Provisional patent application submitted • Collaborated with design studio to create sales tool showing JCI’s process capabilities

Personal assistant to owner and creator Roger Pioszak.• Advanced designs for new motorcycle luggage products to keep up with changing marketplace• Manufactured parts and developed strategies to fabricate parts more efficiently