Designed and tested protective packaging for a variety of industrial and consumer products, protecting items such as vehicle glass windows and ceramic gift kits, to playground equipment and treadmills, and everything in between with electronic and/or mechanical components.Designed protective packaging using a combination of any of the following materials: die-cut foam, molded foam, corrugate, and thermoform plastic, using SolidWorks, ArtiosCAD, Adobe Illustrator, including TOPS software.Reversed engineered products provided by customers either through 3D scanning or manually modeling the products for assembly analysis within Solidworks.Presented detailed 2-D engineering drawings and presentations, including, but not limited to, die layouts, plank yields, assembly instructions, exploded views, and pallet configurations for the production team and for the customer.Worked with sales representatives and account managers to help extract customers needs for custom packaging solutions, as well as prepared cost analysis reports to review viability of new projects.Conducted various tests to verify protective packaging meets the requirements of: cushion curve selection, shock, vibration, and load requirements of ISTA,FedEx,UPS, & Amazon standards.Designed and produced prototype samples with the use of Kongsberg CNC cutting table (or small production run parts).

Supported the growth of the company by bridging the gap between the product and graphic design teams; introducing the team to in-house packaging design using Solidworks and ArtiosCAD software to develop:Thermoform and injection molded plastic packagingHeader cards, folded carton, and corrugate packagingAssisted graphic designers with artwork layout

Designed custom thermoformed plastic packaging for various services in the food industry using Solidworks, as well as managing all projects through each milestone of its life cycle (concept to mass production), including:Being key player in initial meetings, helping sales representatives build relationships, manage expectations, and establish longterm partnerships with customers.Collaborate with customers to help establish design parameters and objectives. Provide in-depth analysis, which may include market research, case studies, and partnering up with their equipment suppliers for a better understanding of their process.Produced and maintain Gantt charts and allocate necessary resources needed for projects to successfully launch ~100+ products yearly, and in a timely manner.Provided industrial designers with clear direction and instructions based off of design parameters obtained from customer. Mentored and trained industrial design team on thermoforming principals, tooling capabilities, and Solidworks techniques for efficient 3D modeling.Designed and developed 3D models of the more complex products, including tooling components for prototype and production environments using Solidworks (CAD); providing a complete assembly and drawing analysis of related components and/or other MFG equipments, such as label machines, carriers, sealing equipment, etc.Reviewed and approved industrial designer’s 3D models for prototyping and production tooling, ensuring models are manufacturable, and drawing details are complete and accurate.Decision maker with overseas manufacturing plant on all operations related to company’s projects. Key player for bridging communications between departments, providing engineering and project management support.

• Designed circuitry to output correct power requirements in wall and car chargers for cell phones such as LG, Motorola, Blackberry, iPhone, Samsung, PocketPC’s, Palm Pilot’s, Etc. for carriers such as Verizon and Sprint, and AT&T.• Designed aesthetically pleasing injection molded housing for chargers, as other cell phone accessories (stylus, gamepads, etc), including inside/outside mechanisms for folding prongs and / or various other mechanism using Solidworks using surfacing techniques.• Drove product through its entire development life-cycle, including testing and approving first article samples, finding solutions to quality issues after mass production, as well as participating in industry conventions (E3, CTIA, CES, etc) to promote our products and research latest trends and technologies.• Generated BOM’s, schematics, product specifications, testing fixtures, and provided instructions for QC inspection.