industrial designer | educator | researcher & strategist

resume

Resume

A pdf version can be downloaded here.

 
 

EDUCATION

University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
BS Industrial Design Class of 2010  

DESIGN INTERNSHIPS

IA Collaborative   Chicago, Illinois
Priority Designs   Columbus, Ohio
M3 Design   Austin, Texas
Lexmark International   Lexington, Kentucky

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2020 Red Dot Best of the Best
2020 LIT Lighting Design Award 
2020 Spark Design Award Silver
2020 Core77 Design Award Honoree

Kuzco Lighting Magellan Collection 

2018 Good Design Award
BUILT NY Tilt Seal Travel Mug

2017 Good Design Award
Polder Fold-Away Dishrack 

2016 A’ Design Silver Award
BUILT NY Curve Wing Corkscrew
BUILT NY Arch Bottle Opener

2016 A’ Design Bronze Award
BUILT NY Arch Waiters Corkscrew

The Wall Street Journal - MarketWatch
Interviewed and featured in an article about influential Pinterest users in The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch. Read article here.

2011 Red Dot Award
2011 ID Design Distinction
2011 Spark Gold Award
Dibkit

The Chair Affair
Chair chosen to be in a student chair show at the Design Within Reach in Columbus, Ohio

CAPABILITIES

Adobe Creative Suite / Solidworks / Rhino / Unigraphics / Keyshot /Vizcom / 2D & 3D Rendering / Sketching

Concept Development / Ethnographic Research / User Centered Design / Design Strategy / Mentoring & Teaching Junior Staff & Students

WORK EXPERIENCE

LaGuardia Community College
New York, New York
March 2025 - Present
Adjunct Lecturer

Freelance Industrial Design
New York, New York
February 2024 - Present

Delivering freelance industrial design and product development solutions from concept to production.

Kuzco Lighting
New York, New York
July 2019 - September 2023
Senior Industrial Designer

Designed products and systems across multiple brands, from early concepts to final production refinements with our Vancouver based engineers. Partnered with marketing to define brand visual language across materials, finishes, and promotional art direction. Helped shape the culture and best practices of Kuzco’s brand new internal design studio.

Cozzolino Studio
New York, New York
May 2014 - July 2019
Senior Industrial Designer

Lead designer on projects spanning housewares, small appliances, and sustainable packaging. Involved in all phases of design, from brainstorming and concepting to sketching and final refinements with engineers. Clients included Pepsi, Cuisinart, All-Clad, and other leading housewares brands.

IA Collaborative
Chicago, Illinois
July 2010-November 2013
Industrial Designer

Collaborated in multidisciplinary teams on IA’s user-centered design process, contributing to ethnographic research, concepting, sketching, prototyping, and refinement. Designed for consumer electronics, housewares, athletic gear, environmental, and medical sectors for clients including Nike, SCJohnson, LG, HP, and Best Buy. Participated in projects across the US, Europe, and Asia, from ethnographic medical research in Germany to client workshops and factory visits in India.

 
 
 

CLIENTS

Nike / LG / Pepsi / Samsung / HP / Best Buy / SC Johnson / Godrej / Wrigley / Abbott Labs / Anheuser-Busch InBev / All-Clad / Cuisinart / FedEx / US Cellular / Mr. Coffee / Nambe / Cozzolino Studio / Insync Design