Innovative engineering solutions to product and production problems. Design creative solutions and features for outdoor furniture and related home-furnishings products. Provide IP strategy and IP services, including patent drafting, filing, and patent searches. Head of Quality Assurance for all products. Lead engineer. Primary inventor of several inventions.

Provide innovative engineering solutions to product and production problems. Provide design solutions for outdoor furniture and related products. Provide IP strategy and IP services, including patent application review and patent searches. Provide Quality Assurance support. Provide engineering support. Provide instruction copy support.

Invent new products and software applications for VR/AR, specializing in health and fitness applications and related activities for use within the virtual world. Prepare patent applications covering inventive VR/AR devices, systems and features. Manage Intellectual Property through communication with outside Patent Attorney. Primary inventor of several inventions.

Provide product design, product development, engineering, and intellectual property related services for diverse clients in the Bay Area. Specializing in creating new and patentable features to client's existing products and providing creative solutions to challenges relating to client's products, production, packaging, and services, as required. Provide quality assurance support, as needed. Primary inventor of several inventions.

Promote, participate and manage internally-generated and client-based creativity. Lead the creative team to solve specific problems presented and generate hundreds of meaningful innovations and inventions. Evaluate new concepts and inventions and determine scope of IP potential and manufacturability. Preparation and filing numerous patent applications to protect innovative advances.

Product-Development Engineer: Scott worked closely with the designers of Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Rejuvenation, and Williams-Sonoma to help develop new products and solve engineering problems. Scott was extremely good at introducing cost saving measures, ease of use, strength considerations, knock-down considerations, and low-part considerations to any design. Scott offered extremely quick solutions to complex design and manufacturing problems. Scott was proficient with the use of CAD software (SolidWorks) and used this tool to quickly and efficiently convey a design or a solution to a design or engineering problem.Q/A Manager for Pottery Barn Teen and West Elm brands. Reviewed daily test reports covering hundreds of diverse products. Analyzed problem areas and recommend solutions to ensure that safety standards and requirements are met.Trouble-Shooting Engineer: Quickly resolved any returns or recall issues.Member of the Product Safety Compliance Board at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Reviewed customer claims against the company and analyzed evidence to determine "the story" of the damaged goods and resolved product issues and concerns.Product Designer: Actively participated in product design and offered both cool designs and design directions. Encouraged designers to appreciate user experience and attention to detail.

Met regularly with a team of J&J scientists, engineers, and doctors to brainstorm new paths of innovation relating to various medical devices and medical treatments. Invented a new surgical lead-anchor for cranial surgeries (patented and currently in use).

Patent Agent: Introduced the patent process to IDEO as an effort to help designers and engineers avoid "re-inventing the wheel." Product Designer and Engineer: Intense teamwork - created concepts, held brainstorm sessions, researched, designed, engineered, prototyped, tested, and refined products. Work on several projects for fortune 500 companies, including electronic medical related and mechanical. Strong considerations towards human factors and user-experience.Concept Inventor: IDEO R2M dept: (Research to Manufacturing)- Concept Inventor/Product Developer;- Brainstormed applications of known technologies and materials;- Reviewed prior art patents to help direct product direction;- Designed around patent claims;- Pitched innovative concepts to clients.

Scott regularly brainstorms and invents cool concepts directed to any specific product, category, or system and offer clients new exciting features for their existing products and entirely new products. Successful products often have a "wow!" Scott applies concept inventing to create this "wow" in various product areas. Scott prepares and files patent applications covering and protecting broader concepts.Scott integrates design, inventing, and engineering to create successful products. He considers user-needs, user-experience, product function, product manufacturing, ease of assembly, packaging, branding and marketing. Scott prototypes and tests new concepts and products, refining the design until the product criteria is met.

- Registered Patent Agent (Reg. No: 33,126)- Connected with Inventors.- Reviewed invention disclosures.- Determined potential patentable subject matter.- Conducted patent searches at the US Patent Office.- Determined novel features and possible issues of infringement.- Prepared, filed and prosecuted patent applications.- Interviewed with Patent Examiners during prosecution.- Prepared informal and formal drawings.- Specialized in designing around prior art claims and expanding innovative features.- Advised clients -marketing potential.