Awards

2011 Finalist in NASA & Etsy Space Craft Contest
2009 #1 Toy of the Year Award, FamilyFun magazine (Invasion of the Bristlebots – Klutz)
2009 Good Housekeeping Magazine’s Best Toys of the Year (Invasion of the Bristlebots – Klutz)
2009 Winner of the Core77 prompt for the Nvidia “Speak Visual” competition

Press

2011 “Dr. Action’s Distraction Contraption” – Make
2011 “Cocktail Cabinet to be Proud of” – Hack a Day
2011 Featured on Instructables for this tutorial
2010 “Designers Want to Improve Your Health With These Strange Objects” – Wired

Experience

2011 – Current Phoenix Day – CAD Specialist
2011 – Dreck – ID Intern
2008 – 09 Klutz – Design Intern and Freelancer
2005 – Current – Freelance Designer
2002 – 05 Photo Pro – Digital Specialist
2000 – 02 Cybermill Inc. – Teaching Assistant and Volunteer

Education

2011 Completion of Go Engineer’s SolidWorks Essentials
2010 BFA in Industrial Design from CCA (California College of the Arts)
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Skills

Mac and PC proficiency. Arduino, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Alias Studio, SolidWorks, Hypershot, Materialise Magics, Ashlar-Vellum Graphite, MAX 5, PHP, video production skills.
Experienced at model making techniques, including: electronics prototyping, 3D Rapid Prototyping, CNC laser, CNC mill, sewing, sand casting, fiberglassing, and various shop tools.