Experience

Alen®

• United States
• Retail Appliances, Electrical, and Electronic Equipment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Design Engineer

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Helping a great team develop new products that monitor air quality and intelligently purify indoor air. Challenged with taking Alen's line of leading air purifiers in the market to the next level in performance in providing clean air. Helping a great team develop new products that monitor air quality and intelligently purify indoor air. Challenged with taking Alen's line of leading air purifiers in the market to the next level in performance in providing clean air.



Brase Product Design

• Austin

• Principal Designer

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  Creating valuable interactive experiences between digital and physical products. Specializing in industrial design, interaction design, and UX/UI design. Developing products in the consumer electronics, outdoor sports, pet, and toy industries. Eyes open to new design challenges, problems to solve, and business opportunities. Creating valuable interactive experiences between digital and physical products. Specializing in industrial design, interaction design, and UX/UI design. Developing products in the consumer electronics, outdoor sports, pet, and toy industries. Eyes open to new design challenges, problems to solve, and business opportunities.



TrackingPoint, Inc.

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Director - Product Design UX/UI

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2015

  Designed and developed 4 product lines of electro-optic networked tracking scopes integrated with precision firearms. As the sole designer for this startup I wore many creative hats designing the customer experience, system UX architecture, Head Up Display, industrial design, and packaging. I designed and produced various mobile Apps that integrated with the networked tracking optics providing enhanced features and system customization. Designed and developed 4 product lines of electro-optic networked tracking scopes integrated with precision firearms. As the sole designer for this startup I wore many creative hats designing the customer experience, system UX architecture, Head Up Display, industrial design, and packaging. I designed and produced various mobile Apps that integrated with the networked tracking optics providing enhanced features and system customization.



Mattel, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP Design - Technology Toys & Games

  • Sep 2006 - May 2011

  Led all design and development for the Radica brand of interactive electronic games and toys for tweens that included Girltech, 20Q, Fijit Friends, and Mindflex Duel. This team was a center of excellence, supporting various Mattel brands with electronic product designs. Team invented, designed, and launched over 30 new technology enhanced products annually, managing development with engineering and software teams domestically and internationally. Led all design and development for the Radica brand of interactive electronic games and toys for tweens that included Girltech, 20Q, Fijit Friends, and Mindflex Duel. This team was a center of excellence, supporting various Mattel brands with electronic product designs. Team invented, designed, and launched over 30 new technology enhanced products annually, managing development with engineering and software teams domestically and internationally.



Radica Games

• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Product Development - Electronic Games

  • Nov 2000 - Sep 2006

  Built team and culture that consistently delivered innovative technology enhanced toys and games leading to the acquisition by Mattel. Our team invented and developed over 50 new products annually, and was responsible for creating and delivering all product specifications, game design and UI architecture, digital assets, and industrial design to engineering and software teams domestically and internationally, managing approvals through product launch. Team created numerous innovative industry first electronic games including: - UBFunkeys, the first collectible toy connected to interactive online world. - 20Q, the first handheld game with artificial intelligence that can read your mind! - Cubeworld, the first modular toy where digital characters entertain based on physical orientation. - PlayTV, the original Plug-n-play video game brand that created a new market. Show less