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Oakville, Ontario

● Visits clients to understand their environment and identify key areas of improvement through our process improvement program.● Captures and documents findings in a comprehensive report.● Completes the recommendations in the report, primarily customized training. ● Delivers SOLIDWORKS Advanced Training in our training Center and Online.● Designs new written course-ware and video content. ● Writes and creates blog articles about tech tips, advice, tutorials and techniques.

Brantford, Ontario

● Drives and actively supports research and developments to new and existing products, starting from initial brief, concept generation, CAD modelling to prototyping and testing.● Machines metal and plastic precision parts on the lathe and mill as prototypes and gauges. ● Presents complex problems by breaking down concepts, offering suitable solutions for both the business goals and design modification before proposing the results in a clear succinct proposal. ● Provides real world analysis of competitors technology to build a knowledge base of the current product trends.● Maintain familiarity with existing and emerging technologies that have a potential benefit to future products. ● Involved in the development of intellectual property for the Deb Group, participating in the review of relevant patents. ● Assists in the maintenance of all intellectual property generated by the product design team, ensuring it is securely and effectively managed.

249 Courtland Ave, Concord, On

● Managed project ideation, concept development, client review and prototyping. ● Utilized SolidWorks to create concepts and specs for production ready designs with an emphasis on cost, manufacturability, ease of assembly and optimized shipping. ● Communicated directly with vendors to ensure client satisfaction with production quality and client specifications as a top priority. ● Created and prepared decals, presentations and instruction manuals using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. ● Designed a range of temporary, semi-permanent and permanent point-of-purchase displays, including: Pretty Damn Quick (PDQ’s), floor displays, hook displays, dump bins, side stacks, cabinets, in-aisle displays and endcaps. ● Streamlined CAD workflow using templates, excel sheets and product database maintenance with multiple configurations.● Designed concepts for Tim Hortons, Sony, JVC, Soda Stream, Colgate, Revlon, Make Wonder, Toys “R” Us, Weber, Home Depot, Braun and Costco.

210 King Street East

● Developed User Experience/User Interaction from concept to prototype and presented to management in 5 countries (Canada, US, Sweden, China and Germany). ● Produced a cross-platform integration tutorial series (Part 1: Ideation/Sketchbook Pro, Part 2: Form/ Speedform, Part 3: Detailing/Alias and Part 4: Rendering/VRED) walking users through the Autodesk Concept Suite. ● Learned and gave feedback on pre-releases of 17 different Autodesk programs. ● Identified and logged bugs in Autodesk Alias 2016. ● Facilitated, organized and budgeted social events for 16 interns.

205 Humber College Boulevard

● Mentored and supported 32 second-year industrial design students learning SolidWorks, Autodesk Alias and drafting. ● Certified as a peer-mentor to provide one-on-one assistance for students with learning difficulty. ● Managed administrative responsibilities including logging hours, scheduling appointments and submitting administrative forms on a bi-weekly basis.

Humber College

As co-chair of Canada’s largest college, I was responsible for hiring, training and engaging 150 volunteers. This team, with the assistance of the student life office, joined me in welcoming over 15,000 students to the college.

Humber College

Helped build a foundation for the new LLC program by designing and facilitating co-curricular educational programs with comprehensive learning goals. Individual learning and career development were encouraged by myself and faculty. Acted as a leader and mentor while training Resident Assistants.

203 Humber College Boulevard

Encouraged residents to take an active role in protecting, managing and building their own community while enforcing the Residence Code of Conduct. Role modelled appropriate personal behaviour and academic success at all times.

Various

Showed versatility working in a variety of departments; shipping and receiving, outside lawn and garden, lumber, tools and hardware, kitchens and bath and acting as delivery manager. Helped earn company records as a member of our Inventory team. Acted as a member of the Health and Safety Committee. Assisted senior management opening the new Kingston location.

Whistler, Bc

Trained beginner snowboarders and worked as a lead at the Roundhouse restaurant.

North York

Joining the CATS Digital Imaging team as their first graphic designer allowed me to showcase my interest for business development, post production and design. By utilizing visual hierarchy and flow, I was able to design webpages, presentations and flyers that helped lead to an increase in business and expansion to new locations.

St. Catherines

Defined and implemented web accessibility for team members. Evaluated and integrated new software for staff use. Designed covers for four published University textbooks. Contributed leadership and quality toward our team receiving the 2005 CLOE Award

Bachelor Of Industrial Design - Honours

Specialized in Product Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Visual And Performing Arts, Psychology