Christian Castro
Designer

Objectives:
Product designer / Project manager
Creative director

Experience: Product Design & Management
Cesaroni Design Associates, Inc. Glenview, Illinois
2003 to present
Product Designer
Project Manager

Responsibilities include:
Early Industrial Design phases: research, concept generation, sketching, CAD, models, rendering, testing
Late design phases: Vendor sourcing, cost reduction, patent circumvention, Etc.
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Wide range of materials & processes
Mechanism Design and Development
Prototype Design / CAD
Piece Part Design / CAD

Experience:
Andrew Larkin Studios, Chicago, Illinois
2001
Furniture Development
Sketch Ideation

Learning Curve, Chicago, Illinois
2002
Rendering / CAD

Squad-Fitters, Bloomington, Illinois
2000
Sketch Ideation

Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BFA in Industrial Design, May 2001

Software Knowledge:
SolidWorks / PhotoWorks / Photoview
Maxwell Render Studio
Hypershot
Photoshop
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
Flash
Microsoft Office

Other Relevant Knowledge:
Concept sketching (both digital and analog)
Network & FTP administration
Website design, development & administration (HTML, JAVAs, PHP, ASP)
New Media application

Activities and Interests:
Solid Freeform Fabrication (rapid prototyping)
Sustainable object design
Architecture
Music creation & production
Snowboarding & Biking

References:
Available upon request