Background
My skills and CV
I started my career as a product designer in 2005 in Greece were, at the time, the profession was virtually unknown. As one of the first graduates with such a degree, I had to promote the profession as a whole, to employers/clients who were used to hiring mechanical engineers for this work.
This turned out to be advantageous, as I have a second degree in engineering design and a natural curiosity and aptitude in engineering. Either because of the market or intentionally, I started working for consultancies and startups where I got the chance to do “a bit of everything”. for the first 11 years of my career, I was also designing as a side activity, effectively working 2 shifts. I occasionally got involved in product and architectural visualisation and also gained practical factory floor experience, operating manufacturing equipment like CNC mills, lathes, punching machines and others.
In 2008 I got a degree in Computer Animation (my hobby) and moved from Greece to the UK, then China and back to the UK.
The most frequent question I encounter is “Are you a designer or an engineer?”. The popular belief is that creative professionals do not like to do the back end of the product development (engineering) and vice versa.
Successful products are the ones fulfilling customers’ expectations and are made in a cost-effective manner. Having experience in the entire life cycle has given me a better understanding of what it takes to make successful products and how to manage the development process.
Recently I have been undertaking more automation/robotics related projects, which allowed me to utilise some of my knowledge in electronics and prototyping using the Arduino ecosystem.
Core Skills
- 360 Product design, human centered approach, good commercial awareness
- Design for Manufacturing
- Project and team management. Have under ISO 9000, 60601, HASP regulations
- CAD modelling, surfacing and Sub-D modelling
- Product visualization, 2D and 3D Rendering
- Model making, Rapid Prototyping
- Experience in Injection Moulding, Enclosures and IP rated products. Mechanisms and motion
Software competency
I have a licence of Rhinoceros, all other software was supplied by my employers at the time.
Timeline
Work and academic
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Karakuri
Design Engineer
Recyclabox
Automation Design Engineer
Deliveroo
Design Engineer
Maddison Product Design
Product Designer
Automata Technologies
Principal Product Designer
D3O Lab
Senior Product Designer
Innovation Stream
Industrial Designer
Lenovo, China
Mechanical Engineer/Industrial Designer
Captec
Product Design Engineer
Astro Lighting LTD
MA 3D Computer Animation
Masters Degree, Bournemouth University, UK
Design Manager
Kappa Metal
Product Designer Engineer
Freelancing as side activity or 2nd nearly full time job
Product Designer
NextMedia Hellas
MSc Engineering Design
Masters Degree, Portsmouth University, UK
Technical support for Pro/Engineer
InfoCAD SA
IT services / Network installation
HTECH Computers & Services
Engineer of Industrial Design
Bachelors Degree, Greece. Technological Education Institute of Western Macedonia