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


UK
Greece
China
Freelancing

2021

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Karakuri

2021

2020

Design Engineer

Recyclabox

2020

2019

Automation Design Engineer

Deliveroo

2019

2017

Design Engineer

Maddison Product Design

2017

2016

Product Designer

Automata Technologies

2016

2012

Principal Product Designer

D3O Lab

2012

2011

Senior Product Designer

Innovation Stream

2011

2010

Industrial Designer

Lenovo, China

2010

2009

Mechanical Engineer/Industrial Designer

Captec

2009

2009

Product Design Engineer

Astro Lighting LTD

2009

2007

MA 3D Computer Animation

Masters Degree, Bournemouth University, UK

2007

2006

Design Manager

Kappa Metal

2006

2006-2017

Product Designer Engineer

Freelancing as side activity or 2nd nearly full time job

2006-2017

2005

Product Designer

NextMedia Hellas

2005

2003

MSc Engineering Design

Masters Degree, Portsmouth University, UK

2003

2002

Technical support for Pro/Engineer

InfoCAD SA

2002

2001

IT services / Network installation

HTECH Computers & Services

2001

1997

Engineer of Industrial Design

Bachelors Degree, Greece. Technological Education Institute of Western Macedonia

1997