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Leadership style: Servant Leadership

Decision-making style: Researcher

Attitude-type: Introvert

Humor style: Mostly “dad jokes” & puns

Meyers-Briggs: ENFP

Enthusiastic, creative, spontaneous, optimistic, supportive, playful. Value inspiration, enjoy starting new projects, see potential in others.

Clifton Strengths Finder:

1. Ideation: You are fascinated by ideas.  You are able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
2. Adaptability: You prefer to go with the flow.  You tend to be a “now” person who takes things as they come and who discovers the future one day at a time.
3. Individualization: You are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person.  You have a gift for figuring out how different people can work together productively. 
4. Strategic: You create alternative ways to proceed.  Faced with any given scenario, you can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues. 
5. Futuristic: You are inspired by the future and what could be.  You energize others with your visions of the future.

Design Manager – Brand Experience Office | Corning Optical Communications Inc. | Charlotte, NC | Dec 2017 – Present

• Spearheaded the establishment of Industrial Design capabilities as the company's first Industrial designer, globally evangelizing the benefits and advised on Design Thinking best practices
• Developed and deployed Brand Experience Tools focused on enhancing project teams' ability to delivering market-leading products efficiently while addressing user needs and integrating visual brand language
• Guided product experience vision by actively engaging with global product teams
• Piloted programs for both FDM and resin desktop 3D printing
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy of product visuals on outbound collateral
• Worked closely with the Leadership Team to bring a fresh tone of voice and new perspective to recruiting materials

Senior Industrial Designer | TOMY Intl. – The First Years | Canton, MA | Jan 2015 – Dec 2017

• Led design efforts across various product categories, overseeing annual product line updates and managing licensed products while hiring and mentoring interns
• Established and implemented visual brand language standards across all product categories
• Onboarded interns and mentored junior designers
• Introduced in-house 3D printing capability and managed the printing process

Senior Industrial Designer | Unilever | Trumbull, CT | Mar 2013 – Jan 2015

• Supported global brands in personal care & food packaging through collaboration with brand teams, packaging engineers, and marketing in the Holistic Brand Design process
• Led internal design initiatives and contributed to building design capabilities within the global innovation team

Industrial Designer | Product Ventures | Fairfield, CT | Feb 2006 – Mar 2013

• Led design projects with a user/consumer-centric approach, delivering go-to-market strategies for clients
• Recruited and mentored design interns, providing exposure to internal design processes and client-driven initiatives
• Co-moderated research groups with consumers, translating insights into actionable solutions
• Contributed to management and design strategy initiatives for leading innovators including PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, P&G, Mead-Johnson, and Coca-Cola

Design Intern | Johnson Outdoors Sport & Leisure | Summer 2004

• Delivered concept exploration for recreational water craft accessories
• Benchmarked competitive products

• Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, MI | 2001-2005
• Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Minor in Fine Art