Travis Tom

**** ******* ******, ******* ****, California, 91320

818-***-**** ( acp1ln@r.postjobfree.com ( www.coroflot.com/travistom

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/travis-tom/24/890/3a9

Education

*/**94 - 4/1998

Bachelor of Science: Product Design

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California

8/1993 - 4/1994

Product Design

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, California

Design Manager

Travis Tom is an industrial design manager with fifteen years of experience

in product development. After graduating world renowned ArtCenter College

of Design with a degree in product design, he began his profession at

Nokia. His early career touched on graphics, packaging and tradeshow

design, ultimately moving to product design where he developed Vertu and

Nokia smart devices. Navigating the complexities of global corporations

including co-developing with multi-disciplinary teams to consistently

maintain a strategic creative vision, he was elevated to a senior design

lead for flagship smart phones. He designed a product that succeeded past

quadruple sales expectations, using intelligent application of consumer

insight, budget and design strategy. He was the lead designer for numerous

projects, most recently the Nokia Lumia Icon, a flagship smartphone for

Verizon.

Technical Skills

- Alias

- 3DS Max

- Catia

- Photoshop

- Illustrator

- Keyshot

- PowerPoint

- Rapid Prototype

- Appearance Model

Travis Tom

1077 Rotella Street, Newbury Park, California, 91320

818-***-**** ( acp1ln@r.postjobfree.com ( www.coroflot.com/travistom

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/travis-tom/24/890/3a9

Experience

Munchkin Inc., Van Nuys, California

Design Manager, Product Development 9/2007 - Current

- Project management of multiple concurrent programs by ensuring a

schedule is kept for engineering, packaging, safety testing, and

prototype creation.

- Developed successful baby products by finding the right balance

between cost, design, product functionality, and engineering

requirements.

- Directly engaged in concept generation, CAD development, CMF,

and the creation of presentation material.

- Managed internal design team, leveraging the talent pool to

ensure all projects received a focused design effort.

- Worked closely with Marketing teams to ensure that products are

appealing to customers like Target, Wall Mart, Babys R Us, etc,

and that brand values are also upheld in Munchkin products.

- Worked in close collaboration with the Design director to

develop and execute product development.

Nokia Design Center, (now Microsoft Design Center) Calabasas, California

Senior Design Specialist, Smart Devices 7/2007 - 7/2014

- Applied global design language towards creating products. Developed

smart devices with multidisciplinary groups and created internal

and external sales presentations. Managed external agencies' work.

- Range Lead, Smart devices: Co-creator of 2015 global design

language and unified design across global teams. Ensured design

language is communicated to relevant designers.

- Designed Nokia Lumia Icon for Verizon, Nokia Lumia 930, and Nokia

6350, both sold globally

- Product development decision making between design, engineering,

and marketing for successful consumer benefit, brand representation

and gross margin.

- Clear communication of design vision through verbal skills to

internal and external audiences.

- Created design material for decision making and for external

customers such as AT&T & Verizon.

- Finalist for 2014 IDSA - Lumia Icon

Travis Tom

1077 Rotella Street, Newbury Park, California, 91320

818-***-**** ( acp1ln@r.postjobfree.com ( www.coroflot.com/travistom

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/travis-tom/24/890/3a9

Disney Consumer Electronics, Burbank, California

Design Manager, Consumer Electronics 9/2005 - 7/2007

- Design and development of children's consumer electronics. Created

relevant products to engage children based on Disney's styling and

core values.

- Managed external resources to facilitate product development.

- Contributed to cross line of business concept workshops

- Created children's electronics for Disney Princess, Hannah Montana,

Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Faeries, and Disney Mix line of

consumer electronics

- List of products designed: Disney Princess televisions, Boom Box,

Alarm Clock Radio, Pirates of the Caribbean televisions, Hannah

Montana televisions, karaoke machines, Disney Fairies television,

Boom box, Alarm Clock Radio, Disney Mix stick 2, Mix Max

Nokia Design Center, Calabasas, California

Industrial Designer 12/1998 - 9/2005

- Product Design, mobile phones: Development of Nokia and Vertu

mobile phones, accessories and retail stores

- Product design support for Graphics: Product rendering, packaging

design, tradeshow booth design

- Co-creation of operator specific design variants while maintaining

a cohesive global design language

- Designed Nokia 6275, Nokia 6175, Nokia 1225, Vertu Prestige, Nokia

universal handset packaging, N-Gage packaging, N-Gage Tradeshow

booth

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