Award-winning Product Design/Development master with extensive industry experience. Patent-awarded
inventor and innovative thinker, delivering over 200 products in the market. Self-motivated and deadline
driven product owner and leader of teams both domestic and international.  Consistently able to manage
multiple projects simultaneously with a solid track record for strong business acumen and big picture focus
and impeccable project management skills.

Sole contact within company involving all Industrial Design and Prototype Fabrication projects for Spaces VR experiences
•	Ideation, Design, and hands on fabrication of I/R tracking units, stage pieces, and props to be used within VR experience.
•	Leader of all in-house prototyping and fabrication, including the use of rapid prototyping technologies.
•	Collaboration with Engineering on electrical components and how to make them the most effective.
•	Management of all outside vendor relationships, including project management, pricing and timely delivery of all required assets.
•	Liaison with Architectural and Stage fabrication, providing technical specifications and a clear project plan for successful installations.
•	Creation of turnover packages of for overseas development and manufacture, including working prototypes and specs


Head of Industrial Design

Design Leadership of In-House and Licensed Concepts, reporting to GBU lead.
•	Increased departmental offerings by over 30% through the innovative use of social media and aggressive business plans.
•	Creator of new department segmentation strategy involving game distribution partners and acquisition targeting.
•	Creation of concept and pitch materials for presentations to win the licensee rights for Disney, Rovio, Universal, and Illumination Entertainment properties.
•	Management of departmental budget.


Director of Design - Games

Design and Product Development Process Consultation – Disney Infinity Games
•	Management of Product Development, including tooling plans, assembly techniques and materials, reducing product production timeframes by 40%.
•	Creation of design and development synergies between Video Game assets and hardline consumer goods.
•	Set manufacturing standards for creating collectible-quality figures, with increased attention to detail in all phases of development.
•	Develop best practices processes with eye on quality control and manufacturability at the highest level.
•	Created process of approvals for product that allowed accurate and fluid communication between stakeholders overseas and domestic.


Director of Product Development/Licensed Products

Leader of New Business design team, responsible for driving incremental business profitability through concise marketing research and aggressive targeting of retail white space, reporting to Department VP.
•	Content creation for 16 new brands and product segments per season through aggressive product sourcing and relationship building with overseas suppliers and vendors.
•	Asset creation and writing of product descriptions for use in online and hard copy sales materials.
•	P&L management for all new brands.
•	Creation of licensed brand portfolios, including the creation of products under Disney and Warner Brothers properties.
•	Client liaison in all license partnerships with Disney Consumer Products and Warner Brothers Consumer Product Design and Legal.


New Business Development Manager

Lead of the Funrise boy’s portfolio, responsible for driving innovation and growing brands.  Driving innovation for all brands and overseeing end to end development 
•	Accountable for consistent increased brand growth, successfully driving the Tonka product line to over a 50% increase in revenue using key performance indicators.
•	Led operations for the transfer of all tooling and production for Tonka from China to Vietnam.
•	Creation of product rotation plan for retail, creating a 30% increase in shelf turns for Tonka Toughest Minis products.
•	Creator of new segmentation strategy and overall new vision for Tonka as a diversified wheels brand.
•	Responsible for lifecycle of all products, including graphic design, industrial design, mechanical engineering and design for manufacture.
•	Product Sales Meetings leadership, Sales Management, Trade Shows and Sales Presentations.


Director of Development/Marketing

Leader of a 14-person department responsible for support of all Mattel Brands and Affiliates.  Emphasis on the ability to collaborate successfully among the growing Mattel global development teams, acting in partnership.
•	Over 1200 projects handled by the department per year in a very fast-paced environment.
•	50% growth generated in the workload capacity of the department’s digital arm in fiscal year 2005. 
•	Grew team scope by collaborating with internal business leaders, increasing attention toward creative flexibility and customer needs.
•	Management of department budget.


Department Manager - 3D Design and Modeling

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Richard Melohn

Spaces Inc.

Spinmaster Inc.

Skyrocket Toys

Jakks Pacific Inc.

Funrise Inc.

Mattel Inc.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY