Lead Designer Manager Creative

FRANCISCO JOSE AREVALO

WEBSITE: FRANCISCO.HTXMAKES.COM

CELL PHONE: 832-***-**** EMAIL: **********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Production / Project Manager Creative Technologist Full-Stack Developer Digi-Fab Specialist

3D Model Designer Woodworking & Metalwork Background UI/UX Designer CNC Programmer/Operator

Custom Fabrication and Industrial Design Expert Fluent in Spanish and English

EXPERIENCE

Exhibit Designer April 2021 - Current

Houston Children’s Museum (Houston, TX)

- Experience / interaction design for all exhibits

- Custom fabrication and exhibit renovations

- Fabrication shop prototyping and 3D modeling

Computational Designer Oct 2020 - Current

Protolab HTX (Houston, TX)

- Designer of custom Python Scripts for parametric creation of 3D models

- Creator and innovator of online interactive viewer for simplified customization of 3D models using webGL

and Node.js

- Direct liaison, project manager and consultant for client-specific requirements

Founding Partner, Lead Designer, Project Manager Jan 2016 - June 2020

HTX Made, LLC (Houston, TX)

- Project Manager and Lead Designer for a team of fabricators and designers

- Business Manager for production and overall operations for 35,000 sq. ft production facility

- Developer of employee/operations web portal for HR management and web content for marketing collateral

- Budget forecasting, cost control, inventory management

- Training and development for employees in digi fab tools, such as CAD/CAM, CNC routing, plasma cutting,

and 3D printing

Lead Full-Stack Developer / Designer April 2018 - Oct 2018

Soplix (Houston, TX)

- Designed and built proof-of-concept medical platform on AZURE using a LAMP Stack with responsive design

using bootstrap

- Video / audio comms achieved using WebRTC API

Computational Designer / Exhibit Designer April 2017 – Dec 2017

PBExhibits (Houston Museum of Modern Science, WeissEnergy Hall)

- Prototyped and optimized conceptual 3D models for CNC fab for museum renovation

- Designed geometry using Python scripts in Rhino 3D / Grasshopper and SolidWorks

- Supervised and led exhibit installation crew

Lead Full-Stack Developer June 2015 – Oct 2015

aiutt Inc. (Houston, TX)

- Created and consulted with clients to develop prototype platform

- Designed custom user experience using GSAP libraries, Adobe Illustrator and and LAMP Stack in Azure

Front-end UI/UX Developer / Computational Designer Jan 2015 – Sep 2015

KRAFTWURX Inc. (Houston, TX)

- Developed customizable 3D models for 3D printing using JavaScript, WebGL, Blender, and Python

- Designed and implemented web portal for viewing/customizing geometry for 3D printing and models

Systems Engineer Mar 2014 – Jan 2016

I/O Studio (Houston, TX)

- Architected, developed, tested, and maintained custom Android and iOS healthcare applications

- Collaborated with the UH College of Architecture and UH College of Engineering for BMI engineering

Systems Engineer / Fabrication Specialist Jan 2012 – Dec 2014

University of Houston Burdette Keeland Center (Houston,TX)

- Redesigned and migrated an existing Access Database into a JAVA, SQL Server web application for managing

student access, tool usage and schedules

- Managed / maintained, and instructed on Digital Fabrication resources including CNC milling machines, laser

cutters, and 3d printers.

EDUCATION

University of Houston at Houston, Houston, TX

Bachelor of Science Degree in Software Engineering - Systems

Concentrations: Mathematics and Industrial Design

Graduation Date: December, 2014

SKILLS

FLUENT: FAMILIAR: PROTOTYPING TOOLS:

- JavaScript - React - Raspberry Pi

- Node - GLSL - Arduino

- HTML5 - AWS - Particle IO

- webGL - Azure

- CSS

- jQuery

- Python SOFTWARE: FABRICATION:

- php

- SQL - Adobe Photoshop - Woodworking

- C, C++ - Adobe Illustrator - Metal working / welding

- .Net - Adobe InDesign - CNC router programming / operating

- Java - Microsoft Office

- Grasshopper

- Rhino

- Blender

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