• Design and manage all Thermador Professional cooking products, Thermador ventilation products, and Bosch and Siemens freestanding cooking products for the US. • Present design concepts to management for project status and project approval meetings• Coordinate production of prototypes for presentations, focus groups, and industry tradeshows• Create product renderings using Unigraphics and Photoshop• Facilitate product development process between Bosch designers in Germany and engineers in North America• Assess and approve color, printing, and geometry of suspect parts for Quality department• Collaborate with Marketing department to organize and monitor focus groups and user acceptance tests• Represent BSH at tradeshows including the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and the International Builders’ Show

The Egg Factory (www.eggfactory.com) is an innovation company. They focus on developing industry transforming ideas and licensing them to global companies. During my internship I worked for 8 weeks on an interdisciplinary team of four interns. Our task was to follow the Egg Factory's business model from start to finish with a project of our own creation.