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I am a young designer who is passionate about what I do. I have worked with a wide variety of design groups and have challenged myself over my five year design education by testing the boundaries of what traditional Industrial Design is. The future of our profession is an exciting concept to think about.

Over the years I have lived in Belgium, England, and many places in the US. I try to bring what I have learned from different cultures into my work. My passion for traveling and experiencing new cultures gives my designs an edge in today's more international marketplace.


education:

1997-2003. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. College of Design Architecture Art and Planning.
Industrial Design major.

1998-1999. Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Brussels, Belgium. Independent major.


experience:

currently working for Insight Product Development in Chicago, Illinois.

september-december 2002. Essential Design. Boston, Massachusetts. Industrial Design intern. Worked
on a variety of products for such companies as Polaroid, World Kitchen, and Parker. Duties ranged from concept sketches to alias rendering. Worked directly with clients and assisted the other designers.

march-june 2002. Beyond Design. Chicago, Illinois. Industrial Design intern. Worked on a variety of
consumer and industrial products. Responsibilities ranged from initial concept sketches to presentation
models and Alias modeling. Intensely involved in brainstorming and ideation.

september-december 2001. Atlinks, Thomson Consumer Electronics. Indianapolis, Indiana. Industrial
Design intern. Worked on next generation telephones for GE . Duties ranged from sketching to computer
rendering. Worked closely with researchers and organized focus group testing.

march-june 2001. New Balance Athletic Shoe. Boston, Massachusetts. Industrial Design intern. Worked
on international product lines for Europe and Japan as well as exclusives for Foot Locker, Champs, Finish
Line, Foot Action and others. Spearheaded a sustainable materials research project.

january-march 2001. Worked as an Industrial Designer on an educational collaborative project with
Proctor and Gamble. Cincinnati, Ohio. Resulted in a new business model now being implemented by the
design group at Proctor and Gamble, as well as a new product concerning the future of coffee
consumption.

march-june 2000 and September-December 2001. Lexmark International Inc. Lexington, Kentucky.
Industrial Design intern. Worked on next generation Lexmark printers as well as future concepts for
Lexmark and other major consumer electronics companies.


awards:

january 2004 invited by the German Design Council to exhibit at the 2004 IMM Cologne furniture fair.

honorable mention I.D. Magazine student design review 2003

silver IDEA award 2002 from the IDSA and BusinessWeek

third place in the 2002 IHA (International Housewares Association) student design competition.


publicity:

february 2004 featured on www.designboom.com

february 2004 featured on www.MoCoLoco.com

september 2002 published in Neo2 fashion magazine


skills:

excellent in sketching, ideation, model making. Great knowledge of soft goods and hard goods. Excellent knowledge of materials and processes.

computer: Mac/PC/Unix, Photoshop, Illustrator, Alias/Wavefront Studio, Flash MX, Microsoft Office, Painter,
Streamline, basic knowledge of Vellum and Freehand.

language: English, learning Dutch