I'm a design thinker.I design environments.I design experiences.I design solutions.I'm curious.I'm collaborative.I'm communicative.I'm optimistic.I'm empathetic.I'm innovative.I like asking "why?".
I'm an industrial designer focused on retail environment and customer experience. My fascination with consumerism, brand, and user experience has led me to work in retail design for roughly the past decade. My love and curiosity for design thinking, service design, design research, and data visualization has continually grown as I've
shepherded projects through completion as a design engineer, a project manager, and in the cross-functional position of design & development engineer.
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Miles has great knowledge of how to get to a buildable solution when presented with a task.
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Seasoned design engineering professional with 14 years’ experience designing and managing custom built products and fixtures for retail environment and interior architecture
EXPERIENCE
Black Iron Strength
2022-2024
Design Engineer, Freelance
Collaborated with my client and their manufacturing partner to prepare manufacturing
documentation for over 30 weightlifting products and deliver new products to market
Axiom Custom Products
2021-2024
Design Engineer
Interpreted design renderings and architectural plans to produce models and production
drawings for in-house fabrication of custom fixtures, furniture, millwork, and environments
for brands including The North Face, Converse, New Seasons Market, and Google
Hanset Metal Fabricators
2020-2021
Junior Project Manager
Managed clients and internal project teams to coordinate drafting, submittal approval, field
measure, production, installation, and billing of custom fabricated metal projects
Forge Graphic Works
2019-2020
Design Engineer
Estimated, designed, engineered, and fabricated custom fixtures, signage,
and window displays for brands including the Portland Trailblazers, Nike, and Adidas
Spectas (Formerly TDC Instore)
2015-2018
Project Manager/Design & Development Engineer
Provided concept ideation and product development including investigation of innovative
processes, materials, and technologies to leverage in retail display solutions for key accounts
like Michael Kors, Titleist, and Altec Lansing
TDC Instore
2013-2015
Project Manager
Managed estimation, scheduling, prototyping, production, and distribution of custom retail
fixtures to meet objectives for international brands like Samsung, Burton, and Chicco
Art Guild Inc.
2010-2013
Design Engineer
Developed and engineered design solutions for custom retail fixtures and displays; Produced
and maintained CAD models, production drawings, and instruction sheet documentation
Atomica Design Group
2008-2009
Model Maker/Production Technician
Created CAD drawings and fabricated prototypes of original toy and packaging designs
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2006-2007
Packer/Installer and Exhibit Design Intern
Fabricated custom fine art packaging and installed world-class art exhibitions. Produced CAD drawings and scale models of special exhibits
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2002-2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Industrial Design
SOFTWARE
Advanced
SolidWorks, Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office Suite, Keyshot
