Serve as human centric design task lead incorporating usability risk mitigation strategies, consisting of industrial design and human factors methodologies, into medical device development programs. In this role, I establish user requirements using targeted design research, guide design teams’ execution of hardware and software user interface design concepts to address identified needs, and coordinate formative and summative human factors testing to provide evidence of design effectiveness.Experienced study investigator conducting design research activities to inform design decision-making and project teams, including; contextual inquiry, early formative research, and ethnography-based field research in the U.S and Europe to discover and define stakeholder needs. I establish industrial design strategies to set client product visual language attributes. I am experienced generating and communicating complex concept designs using 2-D and 3-D visualization techniques for broad audiences to drive innovation and project team consensus. My professional experience includes project management and business development support qualifying, planning, and formulating product development approaches for new opportunities.

Lead industrial designer on cross-functional team developing a cutting-edge clinical lab analyzer. Directed internal and external design resources utilizing human factors principles to determine system and sample handling procedure. Conducted contextual research to define end user sample preparation task within microbiology lab workflow practices and use environment. Translated these needs into user centered design principles during conceptualization and development of lab sample preparation procedure, ancillaries, and instrument GUI. Utilized usability studies to analyze concepts and drive consensus for design requirements. Product solution provides a system layout and intuitive user process that met the users’ workflow expectations and the client’s sample processing productivity objective.Developed design of Library of Congress’ next generation audio book player for vision impaired population. Conducted exploratory research to identify and address needs of the end users and existing library infrastructure. Resulting product design provides users with a more compact, portable, easy-to-use device and meets library storage and distribution requirements.Designed graphical user interface and external appearance of next-generation patient airway humidification device. New design incorporates a graphic oriented control interface that enables nurses to quickly interpret and administer therapy to patients and eliminates the need to reconfigure the device for foreign markets. New product design has revived the client’s market share in the product category. Mentor junior designers, interns and local design students. Provided professional guidance for student project presentations and participated in IDSA Student Merit judging panels.

Identity and product strategic design consulting agency in SE Asia specializing in product, brand, and graphic design for commerical and industrial marketplace.Design lead for telecommunications client developing a interactive retail kiosk for product and services, and public access information dissemination Developed packaging, branding, and identity concepts on a range of projects including telecommunications, food industry, and the Postal Ministry of Thailand

In a startup environment, my responsibilities ranged from conceptualizing new product ideas to production coordination and everything in between to move new concepts to production.Communicated with senior management and marketing to understand desired product attributes. Designed and developed new product concepts and updated existing products utilizing hand sketching and mockups to communicate design intent. Developed CAD models, documentation and prototypes to prove electromechanical design. Created and controlled production documentation for part fabrication. Worked with management team coordinating partner vendors to transition new product designs to production at stateside and off-shore manufacturing facilities.