Christopher Dang's Portfolio

Resume

RESUME

christopher.dang303@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/christodang

WORK EXPERIENCE

Studio63 Inc.
Industrial Designer

Ottawa, ON  |  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Worked with the Design Director to develop various products for clients and create graphic presentations, assisted in developing and testing prototypes as well as 3D modeling. 
  • Developing concepts for clients via sketching and rendering.
  • Help test concepts via prototyping & model making.

 

BlackBerry Ltd.  
Industrial Design Intern  

Mississauga, ON   |   Sept 2014 - August 2015

  • Assisted lead designers with development of accessory products for Blackberry handset devices (Passport & PRIV), packaging and presentation material.  

  • Developing concepts for future programs and participating in design workshops with designers, engineers, marketing, UI/UX designers and product managers.
  • Attend meetings both internal with other teams (engineering/product management/marketing) and externally with suppliers & vendors. Coordinating design details and changes with vendors for optimized design and lead times.
  • CMF explorations including reaching out to new suppliers/vendors for samples & ideation based on new materials.
  • Exhibit design for showcasing BlackBerry Passport & BlackBerry Classic.

Sensio Inc.
Industrial Design Intern

Montreal, QC  |  May 2014 - August 2014

  • Assisted lead designer and work with marketing & engineering to develop new kitchen appliance collections for retail stores such as Wal Mart, Target, Costco, Sam’s Club and Macy’s. 
  • Developing concepts for future/potential collections, partnerships or brands. Notably helped launched the “Original Throwback Appliances Co” brand.
  • CMF explorations for new or current appliance collections.
  • Making production documents and verifying samples from overseas suppliers.

3D Printler
3D Designer

Ottawa, ON  |  February 2014 - August 2014

  • Worked with the production team to develop new products for fabrication using 3D printers.

  • Manage & maintain the 3D printers (Makerbot Replicator 2).
  • Helped launch the 3Dponics project by modifying the 3D printed parts of the hydroponics project

Skerpa Design
Industrial Design Intern

Montreal, QC  |  May 2012 - August 2012

  • Worked with the Design Director to develop various products for clients and create graphic presentations, assisted in developing and testing prototypes as well as 3D modeling. 
  • Developing concepts for clients via sketching and rendering.
  • Help test concepts via prototyping & model making.

 

EDUCATION

Carleton University
Bachelors of Industrial Design

2011 - 2016

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

Lynn Memorial Foundation Award (2016)

For excellence in design of medical devices (awarded to ClearSCOPE project)

 

Patents (2015)

Patents filed for BlackBerry accessories:

  • BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition Flip Case
  • BlackBerry PRIV Smart Leather Flip
  • BlackBerry PRIV Slide-Out Hard Shell

 

SKILLS

DESIGN

Sketching, Concept rendering

Rapid Prototyping: 3D printing (FPM, SLA, SLS) & CNC machining

Paper Prototyping (for UI/UX design) & Low-Fidelity Model Making (cardboard, foam etc.)

Wood Working, Sheet Metal Working, Clay Modeling, Thermoforming / Vacuum Forming

Exhibit Design

SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (Proficient, 5 years of experience)

Solidworks (Proficient, 5 years of experience)

Rhino 3D (Proficient, 2 years of experience)

Keyshot (Proficient, 4 years of experience)

Invision App (Working Knowledge, 1 year of experience)