Contract Product Design and Product Development.Available on a contract basis to help with new product development, innovation, and brainstorming activities. I am a passionate, entrepreneurial, empathetic and creative thinker. I love to work with clients to take a project from a problem statement to a finished product. I possess a strong work ethic and an impressive track record of business success with award winning products. I am also interested in discussing full-time opportunities.SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:▪ Innovation methodologies, processes and tools and strategies▪ Design management, direction and leadership▪ Customer needs and design research▪ Design thinking▪ Conceptual design▪ Human interaction & user experience▪ Creative processes and workshops▪ Trend research ▪ Technology partnerships▪ Intellectual property management▪ Project management▪ New product development▪ CAD surface modeling▪ Plastic parts design▪ International supplier relations▪ Domestic supplier relations▪ Sourcing management, both international and domestic▪ International manufacturing

I have an ongoing relationship with Tether Tools, working as a freelance Industrial Designer. My contributions to date include-▪ Competitor & Trend Research▪ Leading Brainstorming Meetings▪ Conceptual Design (sketching, rough prototyping)▪ Product Development (form development, initial CAD)▪ CAD surface and solid modelling▪ Project Management▪ Final Product Renderings (Keyshot and other)▪ Sourcing Management▪ Supplier Relations▪ Tooling Design Approval▪ Sample Approval▪ Production Plan Approval▪ Graphic Design (Box Art)

I was an industrial Designer for MTD Southwest, a leader in the outdoor power tools industry. I was responsible for the design of existing power tools and the creation and execution of a wide variety of new product ideas. Projects were often taken from a basic idea through to sketch ideation, product design, final renderings, and 3D modeling. I also frequently completed the full design and structural analysis on various projects.

I was responsible for the creation of the company's initial foray into larger items in the juvenile products industry. These included, but were not limited to booster seats, bed rails, bathtubs, doorway safety gates, etc. I was also responsible for 3D modeling and full plastic part design of said products using ProE and regularly utilizing multiple stereo-lithography machines to facilitate project design samples.