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)