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New York, NY, US

• Served as a freelance industrial design contractor for various companies in the greater Philadelphia / New York City metropolitan area.
• Leveraged design, engineering/manufacturing and prototyping skills to aid in the creation of new products, including for local design firms, consultants and inventors.

Sayreville, NJ, US

• Oversaw all product, industrial, marketing, and packaging design for Sabert’s consumer line of eco-friendly tableware, food packaging, and party supplies representing $18M in company revenue.
• Collaborated with production partners in US and China to insure manufacturing integrity for 18 products leading to improved margins through increased quality control
• Developed innovative woven textured pulp plate design resulting in sales exceeding $2M in first year of availability
• Redesigned silver band plates resulting in a 10% net margin improvement
• Helped transition company’s product development away from traditional plastics by incorporating new eco-friendly materials like pulp and bamboo into new product designs which have become fastest growing product category
• Developed and implemented Brand & Packaging Style Guide to ensure a cohesive Brand Image across all products and communications for the Mozaik brand in the US/Asian Marketplaces

Warminster, Pennsylvania, US

• Design Circle Inc. is a product development firm that designs and engineers award-winning consumer and medical products. Design Circle's manufacturing partners throughout the world, ensure everything we design can be.
• Provided subject matter expertise and industrial design for leading companies in the medical and toy industries
• Leveraged strong 3D/2D CAD modeling skills with Solidworks to develop numerous business-critical proprietary consumer and medical products
• Streamlined the product/project review timeline and increased efficiencies by introducing and creating photo-realistic renderings of proposed products prior to physical prototyping leading to reduced costs across the.
• Designed and created numerous functional physical prototypes using multi-durometer 3D printing techniques

Langhorne, Pennsylvania, US

• Definitive Design is an industrial design, mechanical engineering, rapid prototyping and short-run manufacturing, which serve the medical, consumer, commercial and military markets. Rated ISO 9001:2009 / AS 9100B..
• Leveraged 3D modeling and design skills to design products concepts for numerous medical, consumer, and commercial products
• Ensured project and design efficiency through adherence to ISO 9001:2009 certification standards
• Oversaw numerous projects from product conception to final manufacturing for companies like Boston Scientific, Colgate, Dentsply, and Fisher-Price
• Awarded Design Medical Excellence Award for design of the Full Life Pilot Walker

Boston, MA, US

Eleven is an Industrial design and development firm, which offers a development process consisting of design research, industrial design and mechanical engineering. Responsibilities included:·Developed functional design and incorporated engineering requirements·Produced a diverse range of conceptual ideas·Ensured client satisfaction, project profitability.