Experience

DESIGN LEAD Feb 2020 - Present

Inflammatix, LLC – Sunnyvale, CA

Responsible for leading all things design and usability, working collaboratively with company leadership, engineering, marketing, clinical, quality, design assurance, and operations.

DIRECTOR, HUMAN CENTERED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Jan 2019 - Feb 2020

Ximedica, LLC – San Francisco, CA

Responsible for managing the industrial design and user experience design departments, pursuing business leads, and performing the daily design activities and oversight necessary for the successful development of medical and life science products.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LEAD Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

Design Concepts Inc. - San Francisco

Responsible for driving the design and development of products and product systems for leading consumer electronics, housewares, consumer healthcare, and medical device companies.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CONSULTANT Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

Self-employed.

Responsible for guiding programs through design development for clients that included: design consultancies, medical device development companies, start-ups, and independent entrepreneurs.

SABBATICAL April 2017 - Oct 2017

Travel abroad.

Stepped away from work to learn and grow in new ways while traveling with my wife.

PRINCIPAL HUMAN FACTORS INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER   Aug 2015 - Mar 2017

Ximedica, LLC – San Francisco, CA

Responsible for leading the development of innovative products and systems through the entire development process, from initial client meetings and project quotation to concept generation and on through disciplined phases of design into engineering.  

Clients include Beckton Dickenson, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott, Medtronic, Kimberly-Clark, among many others.

SENIOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER + PROJECT LEAD     May 2010 – July 2015

Bridge Design – San Francisco, CA

Design Lead, Project Manager, and Client Liaison for a leading medical and biotech focused product design consultancy that has been in business for over 24 years.

Clients include Oraya Therapeutics, Novartis, Abbott Diabetes Care, Li-Cor Biosciences, Gore Medical Products, among many others.

SENIOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER     Nov 2006 - May 2010

Leap Design Group – Redwood City, CA

Senior Industrial Designer, Project Lead, Client Liaison, and Business Development support for a start-up industrial design consultancy.

Clients included Siemens Ultrasound, Accuray, CamelBak, Boston Scientific, Fresenuis Medical, AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Intuity Medical, among others.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER     May 2003 – Nov 2006

Design Affairs USA - Mountain View, CA

Industrial Designer, engineering and client liaison for the US headquarters of Europe’s largest design firm. 

Clients included Siemens, Varian, Kensington, Vodafone, among others.