Emma Kwasnoski
User Experience Designer and Mechanical Engineer at TESCO - The Eastern Specialty Company- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Advanced Agile: The Team's Mindset
LinkedInFeb, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Agile Foundations
LinkedInJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Product Management First Steps
LinkedInJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Scrum: The Basics
LinkedInJan, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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TESCO - The Eastern Specialty Company
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United States
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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User Experience Designer and Mechanical Engineer
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Oct 2022 - Present
-Leading User Experience (UX) design and strategy in partnership with software engineers to improve usability, enforce consistency, and create visual appeal across software products. -Uncovering user and stakeholder insights, crafting UI mock-ups, and establishing a universal style guide in Figma and CSS / Qt to standardize style and consistency across software applications and embedded units. -Modeling and updating 20+ parts and assemblies in SolidWorks to enable new product development and provide sustaining engineering support. -Independently building prototypes, running tests, sourcing components, and communicating my findings. -Collaborating with engineers and project managers to ensure product and project goals are met. Show less
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Paperless Parts
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United States
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Customer Implementation Manager
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Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
-Led onboarding and implementation for 12+ custom part manufacturing clients at a SaaS quoting startup. -Set project timelines and led sprint planning utilizing JIRA, collaboratively setting the ticket/backlog prioritization with a pod of software engineers and another customer implementation manager. -Identified and validated a product improvement opportunity, created a cross-functional team to build solutions, and aligned communication across leadership in Sales, Customer Success, and Product. -Built CAD models and drawings in SolidWorks to enable the sales team to highlight features in demos. -Configured growth-level accounts using a Python-based programming language. Show less
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Advocan/Specla
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Entrepreneur
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Aug 2020 - May 2021
-Advocan is a healthcare venture to improve the quality of care and decrease patient discomfort during pelvic exams. -Solo entrepreneur driving the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and requirements for my product. -Won two venture pitches and received $1300 in funding and mentorship. -Conducted user research & field research at hospitals, synthesized and prioritized user needs, and owned the narrative of what problem should be solved, for whom, how, and why it matters. -Developed 3D models, renderings, physical prototypes, and app wireframes iteratively. Show less
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Lehigh University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Departmental Graduate Assistant, Mechanical Engineering
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Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Graded exams and homework and provided feedback to 25+ students in Lehigh University’s Advanced SolidWorks course (ME 348). Graded exams and homework and provided feedback to 25+ students in Lehigh University’s Advanced SolidWorks course (ME 348).
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Adobe
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Management Extern
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Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
-Externship experience shadowing a Product Manager in the Digital Imaging organization. -Defined the competitive landscape, conducted user research, tested the product, and defined a strategy for an emerging product. -Presented my findings and roadmap to stakeholders across Research, Design, Product, and Engineering, including the VP of Digital Imaging. -Externship experience shadowing a Product Manager in the Digital Imaging organization. -Defined the competitive landscape, conducted user research, tested the product, and defined a strategy for an emerging product. -Presented my findings and roadmap to stakeholders across Research, Design, Product, and Engineering, including the VP of Digital Imaging.
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Lehigh University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lehigh Silicon Valley Cohort Member
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Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
-Participant in a selective 10-day immersion program in which students traveled to San Francisco and gained hands-on experience in the technology space. -Collaborated on multiple case studies with teammates focused on real-world problems and actively participated in Q&A sessions with industry leaders. -Participant in a selective 10-day immersion program in which students traveled to San Francisco and gained hands-on experience in the technology space. -Collaborated on multiple case studies with teammates focused on real-world problems and actively participated in Q&A sessions with industry leaders.
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Advent Design Corp.
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United States
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Design Engineering Intern
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May 2019 - Dec 2019
-Built CAD models and drawings in SolidWorks of 40+ hand-drawn prints to enable the improvement and production of legacy products from a recently acquired company. -Created prototypes to validate developing products and redesigned products for improved manufacturability. -Developed a 3D-printed case to retrofit devices; executed from concept to production and implementation. -May-August & December 2019. -Built CAD models and drawings in SolidWorks of 40+ hand-drawn prints to enable the improvement and production of legacy products from a recently acquired company. -Created prototypes to validate developing products and redesigned products for improved manufacturability. -Developed a 3D-printed case to retrofit devices; executed from concept to production and implementation. -May-August & December 2019.
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Lehigh University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Design Thinking Student Educator
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Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
-Co-created two interactive displays for the Lehigh University Art Gallery & for an event called Creativate, teaching Design Thinking to students, professors, alumni, and community members.-Designed and implemented a workshop teaching Design Thinking to middle school students.
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Website UX & Content Designer
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Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
-Designed an interactive website experience explaining Design Thinking for Lehigh University's Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation. -Served as a resource for entrepreneurial students and marketing for the Baker Institute's Design Thinking workshops.
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Lehigh University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
-Take Back the Trail is a venture to provide female runners with peace of mind and protection from mid-run sexual harassment. -Identified an unmet need, created a venture to address the need, built a cross-disciplinary team, and led the product development, economic and technical feasibility, and marketing, & financial planning for our project. -Developed a safety alarm/phone holder armband, a more convenient mace holster, and an app solution that crowdsources data on mid-run harassment. -Continued the project after the accelerator program until April 2020. Show less
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Lehigh University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant, Psychology Department
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Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
-Assisted Graduate students and faculty with their research projects on categorization and causal reasoning so that they could devote their time to analysis. -Reviewed literature, ran subjects, piloted studies, transcribed interviews, and coded responses. -Research topics include mental illness stigma, gun violence policy, and expertise categorization. -Assisted Graduate students and faculty with their research projects on categorization and causal reasoning so that they could devote their time to analysis. -Reviewed literature, ran subjects, piloted studies, transcribed interviews, and coded responses. -Research topics include mental illness stigma, gun violence policy, and expertise categorization.
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ROLLING HARVEST FOOD RESCUE
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Summer Intern
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
-Two-time summer intern for a rapidly growing nonprofit organization in Bucks County, PA that connects food-insecure individuals with healthy produce from local farmers. -Led volunteer harvest groups, picked up and delivered produce, and organized food distributions to hunger relief organizations and food pantry representatives, and collected volunteer surveys. -Two-time summer intern for a rapidly growing nonprofit organization in Bucks County, PA that connects food-insecure individuals with healthy produce from local farmers. -Led volunteer harvest groups, picked up and delivered produce, and organized food distributions to hunger relief organizations and food pantry representatives, and collected volunteer surveys.
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Education
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Lehigh University
Master of Engineering - MEng, Technical Entrepreneurship -
Lehigh University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Integrated Engineering, Arts & Sciences Honors Program, Mechanical Engineering & Product Design
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