About
I’m a bilingual, award winning, industrial designer with over 10 years of worldwide experience. My work experience has taken me from my home country of Venezuela to locations like the biggest importer/exporter in the world, China! and most recently Argentina. Through these opportunities, I have seen my designs get produced and manufactured in the market.
I believe in giving end users designs that are original, yet practical, where they are most likely to come back and repurchase other items.
Most designers like to focus on words like “clean, minimalistic, modern, etc.” but to me, as a designer, creativity is limitless and depending on each project (product), the creative process can be born into their true form differently.
To me each project I work on tells a different story and as it’s creator I let it be born organically, the only parameters I set is that the design has to be mechanically functional and practical for the end user.
Experience
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Director of Product Development
Torshel Storm Shelters · Freelance
Jun 2023 –
Sep 2023
3 mos
Jackson, MS, United States
- Design and development of production drawings for steel plate storm shelters and safe rooms for the American market.
- Presentations and renders for various storm shelters models for clients and fabricator.
- Design and development for bent steel plate.
- Comprehensive development of assemblies of components such as anchorage systems, bolts, bearings etc.
- Constant interaction with the factory for troubleshooting.
- Generation of quotation requests through detail drawings and components list.
- Study, analysis, and application of the OSHA regulation.
- Prospect and management of different fabricators for the manufacturing of new products.
- Study, analysis, and application of the (International Code Council, standards for the design of storm shelters) also known as ICC-500 and the FEMA guidelines.
- Proposal and application of new design structures to be applied in new shelter developments.
- Constant interaction with engineers regarding material resistance, assembly hardware and structure design.
- Calculation and design for concrete slabs and footings.
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Senior Industrial Designer
Fuego/Apunto Grill Systems · Freelance
Sep 2020 –
Mar 2023
2 yrs 6 mos
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Design and development of production drawings for Stainless Steel Folded Sheet metal, for Grill Systems according to manufacturing capacity requirements.
- Design and Management for the modulation of kitchen spaces with furniture and stainless steel cladding.
- Part Design and mechanisms for stainless steel furniture.
- Resolution of design problems for spaces and home interiors.
- Resolution of design problems through verification methodologies.
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Senior Industrial Designer
Fernando Poggio Studio · Full-time
May 2019 –
Aug 2020
1 yrs 3 mos
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Signage Product Development:
- Design, Development and engineering of signage for "Aeropuertos2000" projects.
- Standardization of designed parts and pieces.
- Calculation and use of materials.
- Generate advance drawings and installation manuals for assembly on site.
- Design of metal structures.
- Comprehensive production management and monitoring.
- Resolution of production problems.
- Detail-oriented work, following strict quality control guidelines.
- Train and orient personnel according to their strengths and abilities to finish goals set efficiently.
- Objectives and tasks performed under a time management approach.
- Provide instructions to staff to perform effective production processes.
- Implement and instill organizational culture focused on precision to minimize margins of error.
- Good decision making approach to maximize productivity. .
- Management of suppliers.
Furniture Design:
- Design and development for aluminum casting furniture for domestic use.
- Create presentations and high quality rendering for brochure.
- Sketching design process for product development.
- Generate complex 3D models for mold construction.
- Generate standard metal parts and components.
Education
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Universidad de los Andes. Mérida - Venezuela
Bachelors Degree in Industrial Design, Industrial Design
2008 – 2013
Licenses & Certifications
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OSHA Construction Industry Course Certificate
360 Training
Sep 2023 –
Present
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Certificate of Completion
Autodesk
Jul 2009 –
Present