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New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Bringing highly refined products to market, with clients from start-ups to established kitchenware brands. Focusing on sketching and CAD development.- Created highly refined product lines for household brands such as Westcott, T-Fal, Bella, Nambe and Medify.- Seamlessly extended several of Nambe's successful product families.- Produced final outputs in industry standard software such as Solidworks, Adobe Suite, and Keyshot.- Researched and developed concepts based on briefs from clients.- Compiled and presented slide decks for management and clients.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

- Worked one-on-one with clients to make invention ideas into market-viable products.- Used 3D printing, mechanical engineering, and electronics to create working prototypes.- Designed all products for manufacturing, optimized part sourcing, and produced complete spec sheets.- Managed and self-directed up to three ongoing projects at a time.- Compiled and presented slide decks for management and clients.3DXtremes was a small design consultancy that worked directly with inventors to make their ideas a reality. I came directly from graduation to full-time designer and self-directed a couple dozen projects during my year there. Some projects focused on concept development: molding a vague idea into a full concept with renderings. Others took concepts into prototyping: designing and sourcing with mass production in mind. 3D printing was the primary medium for models.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

- Set up and documented a series of full-scale experiments for a passive fog harvester.- Used Rhino Grasshopper to develop a novel 3D printing technique for complex single-strand meshes.

Richmond, Virginia Area

- Fabricated clients' projects with machines including a 8x4 CNC counter, a laser cutter, and a SLA 3D printer.- Designed and machined a set of stools that assemble with only a single bolt.- Helped make hundreds of face shields for hospitals during the pandemic.I spent half of my time as a shop assistant, learning to operate a catalog of shop equipment ranging from a file to a 4x8 CNC router. The other half was self-motivated design work taking advantage of the aforementioned catalog of equipment.