ricardo romero

industrial designer

education

universidad universidad javeriana javeriana

bogot bogot / colombia

FIRST SEMESTER Project # 3: Daily use object, analytic study: PE bag / production and usage

FIRST SEMESTER Project # 2: Form basics study and color Influence. Basic design concepts

FIRST SEMESTER Project # 1: Light Controller Device Creative study with emphasis in function

THIRD SEMESTER Bionics - object development based on a natural organism - oniscus osellusPneumatic structure SECOND SEMESTER ceramic modules for floor and wall covering; self contructive system

FOURTH SEMESTER: CartonGraf Inc. Packaging Development Fast food pack

FIFTH SEMESTER First-aid, mobile unit / Clinical Lab Red Cross & National Railroad System

SEVENTH SEMESTER Development of Corona water-filter produccion system. Colombian Ceramics Company

SIXTH SEMESTER Biogas: Basic system for low cost housing. Non conventional energy experimental workshop.

EIGHTH SEMESTER Formal & Functional Design Workshop Project # 4: Male/female electrical plug

EIGHTH SEMESTER Formal & Functional Design Workshop Project # 3: Stool

EIGHTH SEMESTER Formal & Functional Design Workshop Project #2: MAX disposable ball-pen

EIGHTH SEMESTER Formal & Functional Design Workshop Project # 1: UV-purifier water filter

NINETH SEMESTER Project # 3: disassembable chair made of laminated spare pieces of wood for Biermann Inc.

NINETH SEMESTER Project # 2: Laminated wood bed for Biermann Inc.

FIRST SEMESTER NINETH SEMESTER Project ## 1:1: Light Controller Device Project Folding drawing table for Creative study Biermann Inc.with emphasis in function

flexible connector detail

box - connector Detail

TENTH SEMESTER Electric components modular system for low cost house wiring Graduation Project

development and product design

universidad catlica de chile

santiago / chile

Food Packaging Development and Design

caps & labels initial sketches

CAD development

professional work

corelsa / corporacin de electrodomsticos home appliances

bogot / colombia

12 duplex refrigerator

6' refrigerator development

formal development, 24 lbs washer washer displays development

design studio

diseo lgico
bogot / colombia

cardboard box for mail

Bavaria Beer Festival entrance

Colombina store Faade

base for cheese

Bavaria pavillion main entrance

Colombina store display system

shreded cheese Dispenser

Bavaria tavern entrance

aluminum drawing rulers

Colombina clear crystal candy dispensers

Bavaria Kids World entrance Colombina store display system

circular pipe stools

aguila beer promotional module

Colciencias stand

universidad javeriana Stand

Orange Juice price tags

Colciencias stand azcar / azuquita maniK

Orange Juice Packaging

leggs / medicol stand Orange Juice Stationary leggs / medicol stand rock-clock

packaging development maganer

unilever andina
bogot / colombia

Ponds face cream

Ponds Astringent tonic

Denim cologne

Ponds emulsin

colapsible LeSancy soap bar package

Vasenol, hand & body lotion

compact base Angel Face

OMO powder detergent packaging proposal

design manager

ima / industria de artculos de madera

bogot / colombia

cd organizer

modular side tables

three drawer chest desk with drawers [ base ]

exhibit designer

conex
miami / u.s.a

business center / centroamrican pavillion Honduras stand / ITB London

NKF stand Miami Beach International Tourism Show

Brasil pavillion FITUR Madrid

exhibit designer

expo convention contractors

expocci
miami / u.s.a.

promotional display babor cosmetics international

eri / olympic - software Hilton Miami

internacional transplantation society congress/ coconut grove convention center main access dr. felix rappaport's stand

les nouvelles esthetiques show / main access coconut grove convention center

cd jukebox with sliding magnifier IMRA congress / main access ft. laudardale convention center

software excellence stand palm beach convention center modular couch / furniture catalog

resum

RICARDO ROMERO, I.D. Transversal 18A # 97-46 ( 303 ), Bogot D.C., Colombia. Phone / Fax: +(571) 2967050 e-mail: romero_ricardo@juno.com www.coroflot/ricardoromero PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Experienced Industrial Designer with expertise in product design and product development in the areas of furniture, packaging and exhibition, based on applied usability concepts and supported on technical production background. Highly resourceful in the use of creative processes supported by extensive use of Computer Assisted Design technologies. A team player highly successful with staff and program management. Bilingual English / Spanish; conversational and written Italian QUALIFICATIONS * Knowledgeable in managing projects from concept through production * Experienced in product design and product development in very fast paced environments * Highly proficient in the use of Computer Assisted Design software: MicroStation, Model View, AutoCAD 2000 * Qualified in the use of Mechanical Desktop, 3DMax, CorelDraw, CorelPhoto-Paint and Photoshop software * Excellent team leader with proven managerial skills * Knowledge of Internet and web * Experienced in college-level teaching in Design areas PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ARTESANIAS de COLOMBIA, Furniture Product Development Program, Bogot, 2003 - 2004 Product Development & Furniture Production

Responsible of furniture product development of floor samples/prototypes for the room, studio, bathroom and garden areas for the Colombian House exhibition at ExpoArtesanas 2003 show. Developed production plans, and controlled the production of selected samples/prototypes at the wood & furniture workshops in rural areas nearby Bogot and Bogot * Developed local wood suppliers database stablishing type of woods, dimensions, humidity index, stock, price, contact names, phone/fax numbers, addresses for future production *Worked very closely with the carpenters at their workshops, to assure the correct interpretation of the technical drawings for the different furniture pieces. *Supported step-by-step the carpenters in the development and construction sequence of the furniture samples/prototypes * Solved specific design and production issues related to the development of the furniture samples/prototypes * Controlled specific time-table development of the furniture pieces in orden to have prototipes ready for the exhibition show EXPO Convention Contractors, Trade Show & Exhibit Designers and Producers, Miami, FL, 2002-2003 Product Development: Exhibition Systems Designer Responsible for designing and developing exhibit concepts and systems, stands and displays for convention centers exhibitions shows based on modular exhibition Octanorm System. Developed AutoCad plans and rendered photo-realistic images of the designed stands and exhibition pavillions for the clients. Designed stand and pavillion distribution for shows in the major convention centers in the US South East * Developed design concepts for exhibitons systems and modular stands and displays for clients based on Octanorm system

* Developed standard modular stands and exhibition systems as custom designs for exhibit shows * Successfully created and managed a graphic CAD-based database of standard booth components & designs * Developed customized CAD plans of booth exhibit distributions for main convention centers in US SouthEast * Developed rendered images of finished stands and accessories for exhibits shows * Installed and worked with 3DMax graphic software to create photorealistic images of exhibits for clients CONEX Group / ConExpo, Trade Show & Exhibit Designers, Miami, FL, 2001-2002 Product Design: Exhibition Design Concepts Responsible for managing, designing coordinating and developing exhibit concept projects and daily operation of the exhibit design department; managed and supervised pavilion and stands design, drawing of production plans and rendered images of stands for tourism exhibitions for North, Central & South American clients in Miami, London, Madrid, Milan & Berlin fair shows. * Developed design concepts for custom and/or modular stands for clients (countries' tourism bureaus) * Successfully managed and supervised a staff of 3 in-house designers and local construction and set-up teams in several countries. * Developed projects for the Miami CVB, Great Ft. Lauderdale CVB, USA Pavilion, National Parks Service, Texas Tourism Bureau, Belize, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala at Fitur, BIT & ITB shows * Established personal contact with clients in order to customize their exhibitions with specific requirements and selected images and logos

* Established direct contact with the president of the company in order to design the stands and exhibitions according to an adequate cost/benefit balance FX-Projects / Consultant Designers, Bogot, Colombia, 2000-2001 Product Development & Design Manager Fully responsible for daily operation of design department. Responsibilities included design, production and coordination of the design of special & specific components for corporate events, as well as the design and production coordination of modular and customized exhibits. * Successfully managed and supervised a staff of 40: 4 designers, 21 inhouse and 15 external staff * Streamlined turn-around times for design and production projects, by 30%, to a 3-week length * Successfully developed, designed and supervised production of modular exhibition / promotional stands for Sky/Satellite Television, a satellite television company,to be placed at 10 main shopping centers * Successfully developed,designed and supervised Citibank's stage production for annual corporate knowledge contest for national representatives * Received a Citibank's recognition for meeting corporate-contest production and development requirements IMA / Furniture, Bogot, Colombia.1999 -2000 Product Design Manager Managed and coordinated daily operation of the product design department; managed and supervised design and production of furniture samples and prototypes for major U.S. clients; developed processes to turn furniture and packaging drafts into final production blueprints, through CAD; managed and supervised a staff of 11 designers and 14 carpenters within prototyping workshop; designed low-cost/lowcomplexity furniture for local market using waste plywood and solid wood.

* Implemented the use of AutoCAD to draft and develop furniture designs * Implemented the use of online services to send/receive drafts from major U.S. clients * Improved production through the implementation of a bill-ofmaterials process * Streamlined the production process through the reduction of prototyping process from 3 to 2 weeks * Improved shipping process through the use of modular components, by reducing packaging references, from 37 to 20 DISEO LOGICO / Bogot, Colombia. 1997-1999 Design Manager Responsible for marketing of design services; managed and coordinated design projects; coordinated production subcontractors; supervised a professional staff of three; developed projects through extensive use of MicroStation and Model View software. * Designed exhibit displays for Infoflora, an information service for flower-growing companies, at the Proflora International Exhibit Show * Designed modular displays for information about La Manuelita Foundation, a service-for-the-elderly agency * Designed promotional-robotic characters to be used at corporate events for FX / Projects UNILEVER Andean Region / Packaging Development Department, Bogot, Colombia. 1993-1996 Packaging Development Manager Managed and coordinated the daily operation of the Packaging Development Department; managed and supervised a staff of 5 Industrial Designers; coordinated activities of 18 packaging material providers across the region. Issued technical specifications for packaging materials. * Developed packaging components, materials & production of line of personal care products

* Developed and applied usability concepts related to packaging components on jars and bottles * Supported Packaging Development Departments in Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador * Reduced development time by 45% through the installation and use of AutoCAD software for the design and development of packaging processes * Established a Packaging Cost Reduction Program; achieving savings of $20,000 per year in production * Reduced cost of packaging-material of SKU's (Single Knocked-down Units, final product for individual sale) by 60% * Designed and produced a catalog for the Packaging Development Department to be used as a reference for the packaging, marketing, production and warehouse departments TEACHING EXPERIENCE UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES. Bogot, Colombia Faculty at the School of Industrial Design. Basic Design & Constructivism Workshop, 2005 PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA. Bogot, Colombia. Faculty at the School of Industrial Design, Technical Processes Department, 2003 Industrial Design Workshops V (Product Develpoment ) & IV ( Innovation ) 2004 Department Director of the School of Architecture and Industrial Design, 1987-1993 Coordinated the areas of Industrial Design Workshop, Graphic Expression, Models & Prototypes for undergraduate students; developed the syllabus for all academic programs; supervised projects development for the Industrial Design group at the Computer Assisted Architecture and Industrial Design Center (ADAC) through the use of Intergraph CAD software. * Designed exhibits for annual Industrial Design Show * Selected by Dean of Industrial Design School to lead research studies in collaboration with the schools of Architecture and Design, Engineering,

Physical Therapy on Industrial Design applications * Elected president and board member of the Javeriana Industrial Designers Association * Faculty member for Industrial Design, Graphic Expression, Models & Prototypes seminars EDUCATION & TRAINING * Master in Industrial Design. ISTHMUS, Latin American and Caribbean Architecture and Design School Panam, Allbrook, Panam. Dec. 2006.... * Diploma. Development and Product Design. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Santiago, Chile, 2000 * B.S. Industrial Design, Diploma.PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA. Bogot, Colombia, 1985 * Certificate. CorelDraw, AutoCAD. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA. Bogot, Colombia, 1988 * Certificate. Intergraph's MicroStation, ModelView and I/Design. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA. Bogot, Colombia, 1990 * Have attended numerous seminars and continued education workshops in areas of Industrial Design PORTFOLIO * Sample catalog and CD format available upon request. REFERENCES * Available upon request.