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Freelance Industrial Designer

Industrial Designer with 15+ years of experience in product design & development for the manufacturing industry. Expertise in industrial design and product development, brand strategy, advanced surface modeling, design for manufacturing, rapid visualization prototyping, innovation & conceptual design work. Proficient with Alias, KeyShot and Photoshop/Illustrator. Some exposure to and experience with Procreate, Rhino, Sketchbook Pro, ZBrush, ProEngineer, Solidworks, and Solid Edge. 

Integral part of product development teams establishing vision and providing design direction and implementation on projects from hand held remote controls to machine cowling to tractor cabin design to graphic and UX design of machine control screens. Currently the industrial design lead of new horizontal directional drills.

Senior Industrial Designer

Providing industrial design and product development for various clients. Working directly with clients to produce design ideation from blue sky concept sketching and rendering to quick concept CAID modeling to A-class production surfaces in Alias.

Assumed this sales role in the interim while seeking full-time Industrial Design position. Responsible for client interface and project management from initial contact to design, production and installation. Work with outside civil engineers, architects, property owners/developers, general contractors and sub-contractors to design, sell, manufacture and deliver the optimal competitive solution for each individual site’s specific storm water detention needs.

Account Manager

A product innovation, design, development and experience firm headquartered in Cincinnati, OH with offices in Detroit, MI and Long Island, NY.

Industrial Designer

Onsite design consultant with Kaleidoscope. Responsible for product design of the accessories for hand held computer/scanning devices (terminals). Collaborated with multi-disciplined development team to determine materials, construction, mechanics, shape, color, surface finish, manufacturing processes, and creating documentation using sketches, renderings, CAID surface data (both Alias and Pro/E), and rapid prototype models.

Responsible for leading product design and styling of inboard and sterndrive engines and drive systems. As the sole designer onsite in Stillwater, collaborated with cross-functional product development team to determine materials, construction, mechanics, shape, color, surface finish, manufacturing processes, and created documentation using trend boards, sketches, renderings, 3-D models, CAID surface data and written reports.

Team member of small team responsible for vision, design and execution of outboard motors and controls. Designed and generated CAID (Alias) files for numerous components of several outboards, including exterior cowlings, air intakes, idle relief, steering cylinder, and trim cylinders.

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Benjamin Burkhart: Freelance Industrial Designer in Stillwater, OK

Benjamin Burkhart

Ditch Witch

Blue Groove Creative

Storm Trap

Kaleidoscope Innovation and Product Design

Motorola EMB

Mercury Marine -- MerCruiser

Mercury Marine

Brigham Young University