Angelo Carpinelli
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Gerry Taylor
Angelo is, hands down, the best industrial designer I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Since the turn off the century, I have worked with Angelo on many products and projects, and he never ceases to amaze me, from an incredible attention to detail, complete follow through, schedule adherence, and creativity beyond imagination. I simply can't say enough about the Man, The Designer and The Friend. Angelo is, as always, my first recommendation for anything DESIGN. If he's not already on your team, he should be.
Michael W.
I have known Angelo for over ten years and can attest to his intelligence, determination and overall skill set. He is well rounded in regards to all aspects of product development, and has a better understanding of business than any other industrial designer that I have met. He will handle managing any project thoroughly and professionally.
Gerry Taylor
Angelo is, hands down, the best industrial designer I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Since the turn off the century, I have worked with Angelo on many products and projects, and he never ceases to amaze me, from an incredible attention to detail, complete follow through, schedule adherence, and creativity beyond imagination. I simply can't say enough about the Man, The Designer and The Friend. Angelo is, as always, my first recommendation for anything DESIGN. If he's not already on your team, he should be.
Michael W.
I have known Angelo for over ten years and can attest to his intelligence, determination and overall skill set. He is well rounded in regards to all aspects of product development, and has a better understanding of business than any other industrial designer that I have met. He will handle managing any project thoroughly and professionally.
Gerry Taylor
Angelo is, hands down, the best industrial designer I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Since the turn off the century, I have worked with Angelo on many products and projects, and he never ceases to amaze me, from an incredible attention to detail, complete follow through, schedule adherence, and creativity beyond imagination. I simply can't say enough about the Man, The Designer and The Friend. Angelo is, as always, my first recommendation for anything DESIGN. If he's not already on your team, he should be.
Michael W.
I have known Angelo for over ten years and can attest to his intelligence, determination and overall skill set. He is well rounded in regards to all aspects of product development, and has a better understanding of business than any other industrial designer that I have met. He will handle managing any project thoroughly and professionally.
Gerry Taylor
Angelo is, hands down, the best industrial designer I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Since the turn off the century, I have worked with Angelo on many products and projects, and he never ceases to amaze me, from an incredible attention to detail, complete follow through, schedule adherence, and creativity beyond imagination. I simply can't say enough about the Man, The Designer and The Friend. Angelo is, as always, my first recommendation for anything DESIGN. If he's not already on your team, he should be.
Michael W.
I have known Angelo for over ten years and can attest to his intelligence, determination and overall skill set. He is well rounded in regards to all aspects of product development, and has a better understanding of business than any other industrial designer that I have met. He will handle managing any project thoroughly and professionally.
Experience
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Stasher
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United Kingdom
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Travel Arrangements
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Director of Product Development
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Jun 2022 - Present
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Director Of Product Development
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Jun 2019 - Present
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Senior Director of Industrial Design
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2015 - 2018
Headed product design in a fast-paced environment with a responsibility to expand user-centered research, provide market analysis, and improve process & planning by instituting development timelines. Excelled at presenting ideas efficiently & compellingly in every stage of development, from ideation sketches to CAD and photo-realistic renderings. Delivered expertise in other functional areas such as engineering, manufacturing & production, and marketing, created manufacturing tech-packs, managed patents & outside legal counsel, and conceived product testing for a portfolio of fitness, strength, outdoor, insoles, footwear accessories & shoe care brands sold in over 70 countries worldwide. • Mentored & motivated a team of senior industrial designers, mechanical engineers, graphic designers & product line managers and fostered an environment that built & strengthened individual contributor skills sets and career development. • Planned all user-centered research projects, developed requirements, evaluated & analyzed results, and defined product design strategies for 20 brands. • Grew 2018 top-line sales in a down trending market with initiating the design of eight new fitness products and a redesign of six insoles increasing incremental growth in both product categories. • Achieved a 12.5% increase in 2019 new product pipe sell-in by enhancing the product development process to utilize user-centered research, consumer data and consumer feedback as the cornerstone of the methodology. • Designed a diverse range of products including shoe cleaning accessories, injection & compression molded insoles, consumer electronics, foam massage rollers, weightlifting belts, fitness accessories & leather gloves, and traditional injection molded plastic & silicone parts. • Collaborated closely with Big Box & Specialty Retail clients to develop brand and design strategy and created quarterly quick-strike products increasing revenue and enhancing brand equity. Show less
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Director of Product Development
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2010 - 2015
Charged with retooling a successful small business, championed user-centered research initiatives, increased product offerings & grew accessory sales in a declining market, implemented a design & development process, and spearheaded innovation. Persuasively presented all stages of development from hand sketches to rendered CAD models, headed engineering & manufacturing of a portfolio of 50 products and collaborated with the owner to prepare the company for an acquisition. • Managed, motivated, & mentored a small team of industrial designers, mechanical engineers and directed a four-person Chinese manufacturing company focused on the commercialization of open-market fitness products resulting in an annual savings of $120K. • Streamlined the design & development process resulting in a 5X increase in new product, improved time to market by 20% and increasing sales revenue in the accessory category by 50% YOY. • Designed a wide range of injection molded plastic, foam & silicone parts, welded metal fitness equipment, and cut-n-sew soft goods including lifting accessories and leather fitness gloves. • Spearhead all user-centered research projects, developed requirements, evaluated & analyzed results, and established a network of 25 professional athletes for advanced product testing. • Translated marketing objectives into clear design strategies, by harmonizing input from management, sales, and retail partners to create & refine products from concept through production. • Drove innovation using a hands-on development & learning methodology, employing low-cost prototyping for validation and user testing, and interpreted consumer fitness trends employing a data-driven retail research strategy to build team consensus. • Directed two external design companies in the creation of five new fitness accessories and increasing new products by 20% in 2014-2015. Show less
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In2 Innovation
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director of Industrial Design
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2006 - 2009
Challenged as the director-designer to lead a global design team proficient in translating user & ethnographic insights into design opportunities for a wide range of products, and serving clients in consumer goods and commercial markets. Accountable for the creation of product form language, market & user research, mechanical solutions, prototype development & testing, client management, and new business development. Directed a team of designers, engineers, researchers, and interns located in the US and China. • Managed the creative process from beginning to end for a wide variety of domestic & international customers in the consumer electronics, commercial equipment, home improvement, industrial & institutional maintenance, sports equipment, residential lighting, baby products, housewares, and pet care markets. • Directed custom-made ethnographic & human-centered research projects for each client’s business model resulting in the creation of a network of strategically located research assistants that administered surveys, collected data, performed retail visits, and conducted consumer product testing increasing data collection & improving behavioral clarity. • Responsible for transforming client objectives into clear design strategies, established brand vision & initiated product form language, cultivated client communication managing expectations & resolving issues, defined functional requirements & specifications, and selling concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders using solid rationale and excellent visual, written and verbal communication resulting in designs suitable for manufacture under tight budgets & short deadlines. • Designed a distinct range of products including commercial gas pumps & ovens, baseball dugout equipment & golf trainers, computer power supplies & residential lighting and manufactured using a variety of materials & processes including injection plastics, cast & extruded metals, sheet metal and technical fabrics. Show less
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Education
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Arizona State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Design -
Stephen F. Austin State University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance
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