I work with the industrial designers at Impel Studio to ensure every product is properly designed for manufacturing• Lead mechanical engineering & DFM phases for various consumer electronics devices, toys, and houseware products• Collaborate with industrial designers in the studio to strategically bring clients’ product ideas to market• Clients include both small startups and large Fortune 500 companies• Client markets include both direct to consumer luxury products and budget retail products sold at Walmart• Assist in group brainstorms to define ideas, explore solutions, and refine potential product architectures• Frequent sketching to illustrate engineering and industrial design concepts• Extensive SolidWorks 3D CAD design (solid modeling, surface modeling, assemblies)• Frequent 3D printing, prototyping, and model-making to refine designs before moving to mass production• Extensive design for manufacturing experience (injection molding, CNC, design for assembly, BOM)• Design robust mechanisms to achieve the desired user experience of consumer products• Communicate with factory engineers to finalize manufacturing expectations

I work with startup clients to refine their product ideas and prepare them for manufacturing• Closely working with client Lyons Motor Car to design a new luxury hypercar• Directed design of 1:10 scale model hypercar for display at Petersen Automotive Museum• Closely worked with InaVada to redesign the UI and UX of their wireless TV service• Closely worked with a startup client to design a holographic A.I. assistant• Create photorealistic renderings and 3D printed models to generate investor excitement• Extensive Class-A surface modeling experience

• Designs and builds modern furniture in spare time• Focuses on simplified, purposeful surfaces and expressions of warm, light forms• Developed cost-effective method of molding plywood

• Led mechanical engineering effort for IP66 A.I.-based consumer security camera startup• Collaborated with electrical engineers to map out efficient electro-mechanical product architectures• Communicated with clients, executives, designers, and engineers to drive integrated product designs• Extensive experience with rapid prototyping, 3D printing, and CNC-machining• Extensive SolidWorks CAD design (solid modeling, surfacing, assemblies)• Extensive design for manufacturing experience (injection molding, CNC, DFA)• Drafted technical drawings applying GD&T• Worked under tight deadlines

• Founded company that designs and sells sustainable, American-made iPhone accessories• Developed business strategy and directed each step from concept to market• Led industrial design and DFM for initial line of iPhone X cases• Used SolidWorks, rapid prototyping, and 3D printing to develop initial suite of products• Designed for manufacturing, injection molding, and TPE overmolding• Established branding direction for product and website• Worked directly with manufacturer and manufacturing engineers to set up production• Performed root cause analysis of part imperfections on initial production run• Sourced and designed product packaging

• Key industrial designer and mechanical engineer of biometric-sensing smart glasses for Intel x Chalayan 2016 Paris Fashion show collaboration• Led concept development, industrial design, and mechanical engineering effort for multi-spool chalk line tool• Key designer and mechanical engineer of snowboard-mounted device for Intel x Aspen X Games collaboration• Designed and fabricated proof-of-concept prototypes and functional appearance models• Designed product enclosures, internal mechanisms, and internal brackets• Extensive experience going from concept to prototypes to production• Participated in multi-disciplinary brainstorming focused on product’s user experience

• Key designer and mechanical engineer of snowboard-mounted device for 2016 Winter X Games• Participated in group brainstorms throughout product development• Iterated through multiple prototypes with the assistance of SolidWorks and FDM 3D printing• Designed CNC milled parts as well as injection molded plastic & silicon rubber parts• Helped oversee product assembly

• Used graphic design and code to create innovative iPhone themes• Designed web and video advertisements• Advertisement videos totaled over 775,000 views on YouTube• Free themes downloaded more than 760,000 times• Generated over $16,000 in revenue

• Researched and designed innovative sport backpack• Worked with manufacturer in China to produce samples• Produced feasibility report of bringing product to market through Kickstarter• Launched Kickstarter marketing campaign

• Bussed tables• Learned responsibility and importance of working in a team