Throughout my professional career, I have designed products that meet my clients’ key aesthetic needs while also attaining their budgetary expectations.  I accomplish this by maintaining continuous communications with Program Managers and Technical Leads assigned to each project, along with regular interaction with both the creative (id) and technical (mechanical) designers assigned to the development of the device/product.

I have extensive experience designing products for manufacturing using a variety of processes, from machining, to blow, injection, and rotational molding across a variety of materials, ranging from metal, wood, glass, plastics, and soft goods. Additionally, I have experience with cut & sew products, including pattern making and custom graphics printing on fabric for furniture upholstery, using high-speed/large scale ink-jet printer manufactured by Reggiani Macchine S.p.A.

I have also been instrumental in manufacturing process improvements to help lower component production costs and reduce product launch time (time to market and time to scale).

Having worked on the corporate side of product development I have had the opportunity to learn to design products that can be manufactured with little or no changes from the approved concept.  I have had the opportunity to work alongside model makers, maintenance departments, assembly lines leads, pre and post processing departments, packaging, and shipping. I was born in the United States and grew up in South America (Chile and Ecuador), returning to the US in 1989.  I am fluent in both English and Spanish and have worked with manufacturers and their clients in both languages.