PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SPECIALTIES
Design Strategy
Design Thinking
Product Design
Industrial Design
User Research
Brand Strategy
IP Management
Licensing
Intellectual Property Development, Protection and Monetization
PRODUCT DESIGN EXPERT WITNESS AND LITIGATION SUPPORT RELATING TO:
Design Patent Infringement
Trade Dress Infringement
Validity
Article of Manufacture
Functionality
Secondary Meaning
Likelihood of Confusion
Select Clients
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DESIGN DIRECTOR
Informed Innovation
2018 - Present
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Design Strategy | Design Thinking | Product Design | Industrial Design | IP Management |Licensing | Brand Strategy | User Research | Intellectual Property Development, Protection and Monetization
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CHAIR, DESIGN PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
2019 - Present
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
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creative director
Product Development Technologies
1999 - 2018
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Metamason, Inc.
2013 - Present
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Healthcare focused startup capitalizing on 3D printing technologies to automate the creation of custom-fit medical devices.
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MENTOR & ADVISOR
Make in LA
2016 - Present
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Provide guidance, from the perspective of product development and design strategy, to startups at Los Angeles' first dedicated hardware accelerator.
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MENTOR & ADVISOR
The Design Accelerator
2013 - Present
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA
A partnership among Art Center College of Design, Caltech and Idealab, The Design Accelerator uses proven low-cost management techniques to help design-driven technology startups grow into scalable technology businesses.
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DESIGN DIRECTOR
TwentyTwentyThinking Inc.
1996 - 1999
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
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SENIOR DESIGNER
Zenith Electronics Corp
1995 - 1997
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
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DESIGNER
Cousins Design
1994 - 1995
New York, NY
New York, NY
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DESIGNER
Henry Dreyfuss Associates
1993 - 1994
New York, NY
New York, NY
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ATTORNEY
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart PA
1991 - 1993
West Palm Beach, FL
West Palm Beach, FL
Education
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Juris Doctor, Corporate Law | Intellectual Property
1991
PRATT INSTITUTE
Master of Industrial and Product Design
1995
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
BS, Economics | Political Science
1988