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2021-2025 Product Engineering Technician CAD Drafting & Drafting Systems Management, 3D Scanning and Printing, Support Engineering Design Changes, SASS PLM Support - SF East Bay Area California

2017-2021 Independently Employed Designer/Artist  San •2D Drafting/Graphic Design & 3D design services Francisco Bay Area, California USA

• Various clients hire me for project based 2D Drafting/Graphic Design & 3D design services. Clients range from small businesses to Engineering, Architecture and Art Fabrication companies.
• Eight Years Design & presentation: Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Microsoft Office Suite, Color Theory, Materials Selection & Finishes
• Daily professional level customer service and communications via email, phone, video meetings and customer facing in-person.
• Five Years Project Coordination and Project Management experience working remotely and tele/videoconferencing
• For as-built drafting projects: survey properties, measure (tape and laser), create detailed notes & photographs from which I create legal construction drawings to scale using AutoCAD/Sketchup/other 3D programs for Engineering and Architecture
• Draftsperson and Art Fabricator (Woodshop, CNC, Modular). Producing designs/presentations for municipalities from concept to legal drafts, reading/interpreting plans, graphic design, presentations and diagramming
• Producing parts models/drawings for construction and machining
• Adapting to constantly developing design technologies and client requests while maintaining customer success
• Design programs used in daily services are : Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Microsoft Office Suite.

2017-2020 Art Fabrication Shop Draftsperson & Fabricator San Francisco Bay Area, California USA

Drafted construction drawings and instructions in Sketchup/AutoCAD/Adobe Suite and designed machining and building Instructions for theater sets/flats for art fabrication. Guided carpenters and welders and loading team to collect & cut material efficiently and minimize waste. Designed to be modular, transportable, and made to be assembled.

2016-2017 Wingårdhs Architecture Company Malmö, Sweden

•Designed for various projects from mixed use commercial/residential to private villas over the course of nine months in Sweden. Days often included project meetings, professional communications and juggling multiple projects at a time.

•Projects included: Drafting/working 2D drawings, 3D Modeling, laser cutting for model making, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino and Sketchup, Graphic Design, Adobe Suite & Microsoft Office presentations

2011-Present Independent Artist International Drawing, Graphic Design, Watercolor, Illustration, Video, Photography

 
 
 

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Drafting/Modelling: AutoCAD, Solidworks, Rhino, Sketchup, Revit, Rendering

Drawing/Illustration: Pencil, Pen, Water color, life drawing, creative drawing, diagramming

Painting/Sculpture: Watercolor, Acrylic/other, Wood, reuse, various material

Graphic Design/Presentation: Adobe Suite, Microsoft Suite, Label & Sign design (& fabrication)

Digital Fabrication : Lasercutting, 3d Printing, CNC (3, 5 axis), efficient modelmaking & prototyping

Financial Management: Pricing, Invoicing, Collecting Payment, Tracking Sales, Financial Reports

Interior Design : aesthetically fluent, color theory, eye for materials & furniture, modern design, lighting, natural light, furniture design, woodworking, functionality

Marketing: Create artwork for promotions, maintain social media, produce prints, keep up with trends and changing technology

Project Management: Multi-talk on multiple projects with multiple clients and multiple programs daily, proven record of maintaining timelines, scheduling and meeting project timelines, high-performance in a fast-paced environment

Communication & Customer Service : maintains excellent communications via various channels and in-person, support client/customer inquiries and issues with a professional and positive attitude, thrives building relationships, strong listening and understanding skills, confidentiality, worldly!

 
 

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Thomas Dambo Troll Public Art Build Volunteer: Way of the Bird King Seattle Lincoln Park/Issaquah 2023

Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Builds 2021-2024

Hyperloop International Design Weekend Team Member 2015-2016

3D model making, graphic development and presentation.

Digital Fabrication and Prototyping Diablo Valley College 2016

Digital modeling, with an exploration of computer numerical control (CNC) fabrication methods and 3D printing. Special attention was paid to best methods for finish and efficiency for toolpaths on CNC. Determined whether hard or softwood was best for machine/mill and then laminated block to project specifications.

Engineering Technology Teacher’s Assistant: Introduction to Architecture 2016

Responsibilities: critiques, technical drawing review, digital/technical lesson presentation in computer lab, and aide in class discussion on architecture theory. 

Emerge Design Competition Winner Diablo Valley College  2014  

Public space addition to the department courtyard.

Cal Poly Art Gallery Gallery Monitor and exhibit set-up

Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics MIT Press, 2012 Editor

Senior Philosophy Project: An Inquiry into Locke’s Criteria for Animal Abstraction Spring 2012

Philosophical essay challenging John Locke’s criteria for separating human intelligence from the rest of the animal kingdom.

Huntington’s Disease Awareness Project Club, Co-founder, Co-President CalPoly, 2008-2010 Educated genetics, biology, biopsychology, chemistry classes and medical students about the science behind the fatal and uncured genetic illness known as Huntington’s disease. Fundraised, lectured, organized annual genetic counseling conferences.

 

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Architecture Design 2013-2016 Diablo Valley College Associate of Science Architecture Design Studies Engineering Technology Department , Pleasant Hill, CA, U.S.A.

BA in Philosophy (Animal Science, Studio Art & Business Minor Concentrations) 2006-2011 California Polytechnic State University College, College of Liberal Arts, San Luis Obispo, CA, U.S.A.