Senior Industrial Designer

2003-Present
Ring Container Technologies
Oakland, TN
Working as a lead designer for an international packaging company. Responsibilities include ideation, customer liaison, industrial design, product development, and project management. Product range is diverse with customers such as Nestle, Skippy Peanut Butter, Tidy Cat, and several private label products selling into national retail and club store outlets.

Senior Product Designer

2001-2003
Amcor PET Packaging
Manchester, MI
Worked as a lead designer for one of the largest PET bottle manufacturers in the world. Client base included Coca-cola, Pepsi, Gatorade, Smirnoff, and many other national brands. Responsibilities included ideation, industrial design, and product design

Design Supervisor

1998-2001
Tennex Industries
Auburn Hills, MI
Worked as a design supervisor for an automotive tier one supplier. Responsibilities included working with the automotive design studios on air induction systems and engine covers. Clients included Chrysler, GM, and Nissan.

Senior Design Engineer

1996-1998
Solvay Automotive
Troy, MI
Worked as a senior designer for a tier one automotive supplier. Design work included all systems for plastic fuel tanks supplied to Chrysler.

Application Engineer

1995-1996
Textron Automotive / McCord Winn
Troy, MI
Worked as the primary design liaison to various Chrysler engineering groups.

Senior Packaging Designer

1991-1995
Johnson Controls / Plastic Machinery Division
Manchester, MI
Worked as a product designer in the packaging design group. Responsibilities included design of plastic bottles for the beverage and food industries.

Designer

1989-1991
Jet-Die Engineering
Lansing, MI
Worked as a mechanical designer for an aerospace company supplying General Electric and McDonald Douglas aircraft companies.