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Contract Industrial Designer 

This is my own freelance contract work with many   former   and   many   new   clients:   Anvil Studios, Lifetime   Brands, Sovereign Earth, Vista   Law Intellectual Properties, Fleeceworks, and Koerce Media, Body Media, and Mattel.
For a short time I owned a small more dedicated and official design consultancy LLC called Monkey Syndicate  by the beach in San Clemente, CA.  Our clients included:  L3 Communications, AT&T, Mattel, H2A, ASG, Logitech, Longboard Larry, Microsoft and Cobra Golf.  
It was a lot of work for a man with two kids. Most of the work had to do with things like business development, finance and project meetings. 

I learned a lot. In the end, it quickly ballooned into a role of being a boss that runs a studio and very little ID. 

This has been an adventure opportunity to design competitive equipment as an Industrial Design Manager for a larger team of 62 Industrial Designers. I have had to learn the new appropriate software, hire/develop talent and implement/organize processes with strategic internal and external partners. I work for improving the sustainability and health culture of our team. 

Industrial Design Team Leader

The NExD Research Lab is focused on the future   of innovative displays.   We aspire to bring new product technologies concepts to the market based on research and lab processes at the MIT Media Lab. Samsung makes 1 out of every 4 displays in the world as a business. My Principal design work is at the bleeding end of innovation, out in front where Samsung creates its future.  

Principal Industrial Designer

Mainly architecting and innovating design guidelines that had marketing and manufacturing considered as part of the strategy. This involved collaborating with all three and making an agreed plan to move forward with. I did this alongside the design of over 20 different products during my time there. 6 different functional patents acquired.

This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to design competitive equipment for Olympic hopefuls and stars.  (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Natalie Coughlin to name a few). Creating an array of goggles, training fins, swim parachutes, swim snorkels and children’s swim learning aids were all part of my role as the ID Principal

Principal Industrial Designer 

The Lead Senior Industrial Designer in charge of creating/launching Product Design, Logo Design, Packaging Design, PR/Media Interviews and Brand Language Guide. I was awarded 32 patents on one product.  This serves as my best example of a fully owned and run set of products collaborating with other disciplines inside of an organization.

Senior Lead Industrial Designer

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Gil Manalo: Contract Industrial Designer in San Clemente, CA

Gil Manalo

Manalo Design

Garmin International

Samsung NExD Labs

Ossur Americas

Speedo

Microsoft Hardware

Cleveland Institute of Art