5/5/2025 update: I am open to new opportunites.
Experience
Progressive International – Design Engineer 2019-2023, Senior Design Engineer, 2023-2025
- Developed innovative kitchen tools and food storage products by leveraging broad range of engineering skills like user-centered design, design for manufacturing, materials selection, and mechanism design. This involved background scientific research, testing competitor products, ideation, CAD, FEA simulations, prototyping, creating documentation like specifications, quality control plans, and BOMs, and testing pre-production samples.
- Experience in broad range of materials (including plastics, rubbers, silicone, metals, magnets) and manufacturing processes
- Successfully launched approximately twenty new products per year, plus managed additional sustaining engineering work.
- Hired, managed and mentored a Junior Engineer
Reckitt Benckiser – Associate Engineer – 2012-2016 Senior Associate Engineer, 2016-2019
- Led early stage product design ideation and prototyping. Design parts, operate 3D printers, and test prototypes daily. Primary brands worked on included Lysol, Harpic, Dettol.
- Managed global product development of multimillion dollar projects through factory acceptance testing, interfacing with designers, internal stakeholders, consumer research, foreign factories, suppliers, external agencies etc.
- Created timelines, BOMS, COGS sheets, success criteria, risk assessments, line trial reports, other stage gate documentation
- Focused on projects solving mechanical design problems e.g. wipes perforation consistent separation, fluid spraying at extremely low cost, disposable head toilet brush.
- Conducted design research, including a four week immersion in India
Smart Design – Design Engineer Intern
2011-2012
- Participated in all aspects of the design process. User research, brainstorming, prototyping, CAD development, meeting with the clients, refining, presentations.
- From a four months stint, two products that I worked on made it to market: OXO Cold Brew Coffee Maker, and OXO Shower Curtain Clips.
Nike Digital Sport – Product Engineer Internship
2011
- Designed new watchbands considering the user, manufacturing, and design language.
- Built “concept car” compression shirt and designed corresponding experience.
- Assisted in QA testing and design of QA testing machine.
- Designed social media experience for retail employees in a cross-functional team. Project ranked 2nd out of 19 teams.
Bucknell University – Research Associate
2008 – 2010
- Designed, tested compliant robotic fish. FEA simulations of thin film nano grippers. Statically balanced compliant mechanisms design and testing.
Patents
- Mandoline (USD1052362S1). Granted November 2024. Progressive International Corp.
- The ornamental design for a mandoline, as shown and described.
- Vertical Slicer (US11597116B1). Published March 2023. Progressive International Corporation.
- A vertical slicer includes a frame having a cover plate with a central opening and a hopper positioned over the opening.
- Flexible Container (US11505368B2). Granted November 2022. Progressive International Corporation.
- A flexible container includes a first panel formed from a flexible elastomeric material and a second panel formed from the flexible elastomeric material which is preferably a food grade silicone.
- Juicer with Handle (US20220071432A1). Published March 2022. Progressive International Corporation.
- A juicer includes a container with a spout and a central support pillar extending upwardly from a floor of the container.
- Juicer with Crank (US20220071431A1). Published March 2022. Progressive International Corporation.
- A juicer includes a container, a crank, a strainer, and a reamer.
- Toilet brush with detachable brush head (US11589669B2) Granted 2023.
- Brush, in particular toilet brush, with a brush head and a handle. The brush head can be detachably pushed onto the handle. The handle has a release mechanism for the brush head.
- Dispenser (USD735026S1). Granted July 2015. Reckitt Benckiser Llc.
- The ornamental design for a dispenser, as shown and described.
- Single use, foldable dispenser for an adhesive lavatory treatment composition (WO2014072677A1). Published May 2014. Reckitt Benckiser Llc.
- A dispenser comprising a base (9), a cavity (4) having an opening (2), disposed within said base, a material (60) to be dispensed disposed within said cavity; one or more foldable arms (6,8) hingedly attached to said base; wherein in an initial configuration said one or more arms extend outwardly.
Education
Northwestern University
Masters of Science in Engineering Design and Innovation
Class of 2011
GPA:3.66
Bucknell University
Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Class of 2010
Certifications
Certified Solidworks Professional
Certified Solidworks Professional – Surfacing
Corporate Sponsored School Projects
Kohl Children’s Museum – Service Design
2011
Analyzed service experiences of visitors. Designed New Exhibit intended to move visitors to under used areas.
Nike – Interaction Design
2011
New concept design for super top secret project. Designed experience, created functional prototypes, shot an advertisement for it.
Proctor and Gamble – Sanitary Pad Innovation
2010
New product design for Always brand sanitary pad. Completed user interviews. Designed a pad that uses a drawstring to roll neatly and cleanly.
Aptar Group – Design Research, Ethnography
2010
Researched hair care products bottle usage and feelings. Interviewed users, conducted shop along, empathy experiences.
Clarion Research Group – VeinStay LED
2009-2010
Designed and fabricated a new electro mechanical medical device to facilitate venipunture for drawing blood. Led process from need to functional prototype.
Software
SolidWorks
ProEngineer
Keyshot
MATLAB
ANSYS
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Premiere
After Effects
Arduino
MS Word
MS Excel
MS Project
MS Powerpoint
Shop Skills
Lathe
Mill
Sheet Metal
Laser Cutter
FDM
Objet