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Product Development Manager with skills spanning the creative “front end” of product development to the critical “back end” of implementation is looking to connect with a company valuing broad experience that facilitates rapid development cycles and smooth product introductions. Highly collaborative by nature, I speak the languages of the consumer, designer, engineer, product manager, marketer, operations, sales and manufacturer.Specialties:• Program Management• Manufacturing Management in Asia and North America• Onsite and Remote Resource Management• Design for Manufacture• Creative Problem Solving and Stability under pressure• Broad knowledge of manufacturing materials and process• New material and process sourcing• Development and leveraging of vendor relationships• Interdepartmental communication• Product strategy• Design Research• Concept origination and definition• Form development• Color, materials and finishes development• Graphics and presentations• Prototyping and model making

Listed skills include Industrial Design, Product Development, Design Strategy, Concept Development, and 19 others.