I have been working in New Product Development for over 15 years (since 1998) and running my consulting company for 5 years (since 2009). I worked exclusively with commercial/industrial equipment for 9 of those years. As a consultant, I have worked with a lot of start-up companies and led them through the entire product design process, from research and concepting all the way to preproduction.I really enjoy front end design work. From a business standpoint, I have lead led cross functional teams through user research and concepting exercises, discovered opportunity gaps and created innovative products to fill those gaps. On a personal level, I love the connection with people that is established during research and early concept development. I feel good when I see how my work can help people feel better, keep them safer, work more efficiently or just be excited about interacting with an object. I get satisfaction from the whole process and do love to see products, real objects, come to life but I love the front end work the most. I also have a passion for outdoor sports and enjoy any opportunity I can find to work on those kind of products.