Award winning, hands-on Industrial Design & Product Development Director with 13 years of domestic and international experience. Very strong skills in designing to cost while considering product appeal and the consumer experience. Extensive management experience with cross functional multi-cultural teams between 5 to 60 people with an excellent track record of on-schedule and on-budget. Provide a fresh approach to forward thinking product design while improving processes and developing people. Fluent in English and conversational German. Core competencies: Product Design ( Project Management ( Team Development ( UX - User Experience Cost Cutting/Budgets ( Client / Vendor Relations ( Process Improvement ( Brand Innovation

Highlights:

• Corel
• Retail
• Automotive
• Fabrication
• Motorola
• Product Design
• Specialty Stores
• Transportation
• 3d modeling
• Adobe