Design Leadership, Innovation, Industrial Design

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Design leader with extensive experience leading industrial design, innovation, design thinking, and cross-functional collaboration. Expertise in developing brand-defining products and experiences that put the user first and balance the requirements of the market and manufacturing capabilities. Proven ability to uncover user needs, conduct hands-on field research, and translate insights into actionable product strategies. Driven to explore and integrate emerging technologies, (AI, AR/VR), and foster the development of high-performing design teams and collaboration between design, engineering and product management.

EXPERIENCE 

Fortune Brands Innovations | North Olmsted, Ohio 

Director of Industrial Design | Outdoors, Security & Connected Products (Mar 2023-Present)

  • Spearheading industrial design strategy across multiple business units, including Yale, August, MasterLock, Sentry Safe, Moen, ThermaTru, Larson and more.

  • Managing internal and external design resources to scale design capabilities effectively.

  • Introducing a new Master Lock visual brand language in collaboration with the CMO and security business leaders.

  • Leading the development of next generation connected plumbing products alongside UX/UI teams.

  • Conducting AI-driven design explorations and implementing AR/VR solutions to enhance efficiency.

  • Actively functioning as an individual contributor by leading NPD projects.

Principle Industrial Designer, Innovation | Moen (Jan 2019-Mar 2023)

  • Championed front-end innovation through Design Thinking and user-centered methodologies.

  • Developed groundbreaking smart home products, including connected faucets and water monitoring systems.

  • Led interdisciplinary concept development workshops, translating ideas into tangible prototypes.

  • Created a cohesive brand identity across physical products and digital interfaces.

  • Coordinated front end innovation design process via idea labs, concept board imagery, rough prototyping, multidisciplinary concept evaluation and user requirement development.

Senior Industrial Designer | Moen (Jul 2015-Jan 2019)

  • Led the Design team transition to CAD(Creo) and master modelling method to improve efficiency in adoption of Windchill PLM.

  • Assisted the Director in the transition of the design team to a digital workflow including digital sketching, Keyshot visualization and 3D printed prototyping.

  • Delivered on and off-platform solutions in close collaboration with engineering, sourcing and product managers via the balanced breakthrough model.

  • Led design activities for the showering products group.

 

TTI Floor Care North America, Glenwillow, Ohio

Industrial Designer | Hoover, Dirt Devil, Oreck & Hoover Commercial (Mar 2014-Jun 2015)

  • Successfully developed and pitched a new brand language and brand strategy for the commercial division to the president of the company and executive team.

  • Executed the design process from front end research, concept generation, breadboard modeling, CAD modeling, production ready models and photo realistic renderings all the way to production sample testing.

  • Facilitated the adoption of Creo by the Design team and assisted with training and integration into the engineering workflow and Windchill PLM software.

  • Fostered team development by initiating lunch & learn and knowledge sharing sessions.

 

The Step2 Company LLC, Streetsboro, Ohio

Industrial Designer (Jul 2006 - Feb 2014, co-op summer 2003,2004)

  • Designed 35+ production consumer products, balancing aesthetics, safety, and manufacturing feasibility.

  • Expert understanding of various manufacturing technologies, and safety regulations as well as balancing the capabilities of domestic and foreign manufacturers in rotational, blow, injection molding and textiles. 

  • Extensive research into trends, technology, and user requirements in sectors from child development, fashion, automotive, home and garden, and commercial industries.

 

Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Cincinnati, OH (Full time co-op Winter 2006)

Brooks Stevens Design | Grafton, Wisconsin (Full time co-op summer 2005 & freelance)

Eleven LLC | Boston, Massachusetts (Full time co-op winter 2005)

Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates | Cleveland, Oh (Full time co-op winter 2004)

 

EDUCATION 

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Magna Cum Laude, (2006)

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

CAD: Creo (18+ years), Solidworks

Visualization tools: Keyshot, Adobe Suite, Sketchbook Pro. VR: Campfire

Strategic and collaboration: Miro, Mural, Asana, Teams, Jira, Slack

AI: Vizcom, Krea, Midjourney, Chat GPT, Copilot

 

VOLUNTEERING & ACHIEVEMENTS 

  • Board of Directors – The Fresnel Shores Foundation (Oct 2019 - Oct 2024)

  • Marketing Committee Chair – Veranova Health (Sep 2019 - Present)

  • Den Leader, Committee Member – Pack 652 Brecksville, OH (Aug 2018 - Present)

  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America 1999