Product Design & Development
I have deep experience developing products in industries including consumer products, furniture, lighting, commercial products, juvenile products, softgoods, medical products, packaging, and display design.
Innovation Strategy & Brand Management
I apply strategic design thinking to business problems and have the skills to use data to show the opportunity size. I have recommended new product pipelines, strategies for brand portfolios, and sales expectations for new opportunities and adjacencies. I believe that approaching problems with strategic thinking creates a clear path to alignment, aids overall efficiency of the resources needed to implement, and is important for influencing decision making.
Speaker
I am available to speak on a range of topics including design leadership, women in design, the value of design, design methods, foresight and futures, and more.
Creative Team Management
My management style is focus on COMMUNICATION. I am the point person when considering people, process, and projects, by tracking, evaluating metrics, and continually communicating progress to team members and to upper management.
I’ve managed team members at all levels from interns and contractors, to seasoned professionals heading to retirement. I also have teams all over the globe, so I adapt to the needs of each culture and find the best ways to communicate, and foster growth.
Ideas, Insights & Innovation
I have championed a user-centered process to develop products and services based on insights.
I transform those insights into opportunities that matter to users and build brand loyalty.
I have experience using a range of insight gathering methodologies: from running cross‐functional workshops using techniques like co‐creation, to conducting in-home ethnographic interviews to listen and observe.
Business Acumen for Industrial Design
Syllabus & Course Content
History of Product Design
Syllabus & Course Content
Educating Creatives
I have a passion to develop the skills of others. I am skilled at helping design students to become young professionals, with experience in teaching college level hands-on studios, lecture format courses, and skills based classes.
My students have graduated with degrees in Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Fashion Design and related fields. I have created my own syllabus, course materials, testing and evaluation tools.
In my professional career, I have frequently worked with students through school partnerships like Design For America and by leading corporate internship programs.