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As a Chief Design Officer with over 20 years of experience in industrial design, specializing in consumer products, my career has spanned three continents - Europe, North America, and Asia - rewarding me with a rich and unique blend of design perspectives. I've worked across various industries, from micro-mobility vehicles, adaptive and medical equipments, to toys or even performance-oriented bicycles.

I'm devoted to work alongside status quo challengers, to create meaningful products that positively impact society and individuals.
I thrive to enhance user experiences and lives, motivated by a deeply rooted commitment to maximizing accessibility and inclusion.
The joy of crafting outstanding products tightly knitted with services, articulated around compelling storytelling and a distinctive approach, is my key driver.

Through simpler, more modular but yet striking designs aiming to stand the test of time, I emphasize the usage of recycled materials and stronger synergies across the supply chain. In every endeavor, I thrive to serve the people, fostering collaborative team dynamics with an approach that revolves around the profound consideration of human factors and user experience.

I'm passionate about creating great products that have the ability to bring people together for a better tomorrow, where good design uplifts all.

Work Experience

 

Chief Design Officer 
Trivel Mobility / Trivel Health Division (Repentigny, Canada)

2018 - Now

Senior Industrial Designer & Project Manager
Argon 18 (Montreal, Canada)

2018

 

I joined Argon 18 R&D team to built a strong vision of the future of high performance smart bikes, impulsing a new effort on breakthrough technologies integration for their next generation of TRI and TT bikes.

In just a few months of work, we've been able to score the 2nd best time ever recorded at the UCI HOUR RECORD, in July 2018 with the Danish Time Trial specialist Martin Toft Madsen. I developed for him a completely custom HR specific cockpit, including 3D printed parts and advanced aero optimization, to seamlessly blend with the speed beast Argon18 Electro Pro frame.

Senior Product Designer
Toy State International Ltd. (Hong-Kong)

2015 - 2017

 

After a few months working on preschool products, I've been put in charge of developing items for the new brand NIKKO AIR, beside the NIKKO RC division.

In just a year, we developed an extensive line of semi-hobby racing drones and accessories from the ground-up, aiming at putting the brand at the highest place in the toy drones industry.

With the effort quickly leading to a promising partnership with DRL (Drone Racing League, broadcasted on ESPN), NIKKO AIR is the missing link between toy and hobby grade FPV racing drones.

 

Design & Development Supervisor
Wooky Entertainment Inc. (Montreal, Canada)

2011 - 2015

Giving more substance and create a strong design signature, whilst maintaining the already established Style Me Up! brand identity has been one of the most prominent and exciting challenges, working at Wooky Entertainment. I also put a lot of focus on creating the right tools to communicate and administrate projects with our team and suppliers in China.

Freelance Industrial Designer
(Montreal, Canada)

2011

Industrial Designer / Toy Designer
Mega Brands Inc. (Montreal, Canada)

2006-2011

 

Winning an award for a product you designed is not only rare, it's very difficult to repeat. I had that chance to be in charged of most of the development of the iCoaster, one of the most successful toy in Mega Brands history. As the main designer of the MAGNETIX and then MAGNEXT team, I had the chance to acquire an extensive knowledge on creating and developing anything magnetic toy construction systems.

Industrial Designer
Morelli Designers Inc. (Montreal, Canada)

2004-2006

 

A good product doesn't necessarily win awards. But sometimes, it does. Sometimes it's the result of a crystallized idea of innovation meeting a vision. When something looks as fast as it actually is, at the exact intersection of Form and Function :

The award winning Argon18 E114 bike paved the way for a new era in TT/Tri bike with extensive list of innovations and striking design. One of the project I'm the most proud of, an amazing collaboration,  working with a team of passionate and extremely knowledgeable people.

Product Designer

RADI Designers (Paris, France)

2003

 

Where Design meet Art(s). When your product is only meant to be displayed in art galleries.

Telling stories that are projecting users beyond the physical state of a product, freed of the retail boundaries, without the mass manufacturing constraints.

Product Designer

Les Dieux Vivants (Paris, France)

2003

 

Designing colourful exclusive pieces of furnitures, sitting somewhere between Art and Design, and carefully built under the unique craftsmanship of Antoine Laymond.

Patents

 

Toy roller coaster assembly
Patent numbers : US 20070209543 A1, CA2636015A1, EP1968721A2, WO2007081693A2

Published : September 2007

Device for making woven article
Patent number : us US14/181,972

Filed : February 2014

Skills & Tasks

 

Product Design & Development Managment

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Product Design & Development Execution

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Design and R&D coordination

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Pre-production and Production follow-up (used to work directly with Chinese suppliers)

3D modeling

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Sketching

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Concept Drafting

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Technical debugging

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3D printed part preparation + post-prod handling

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FDM (3D Printer Operation)

Softwares

 

3D Modeling : Solidworks (C.S.W.P. certified)

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3D rendering : Keyshot

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2D tools: Adobe Creative Suite

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3D Printing : Simplified 3D, CatalystEX, GrabCad Print

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Microsoft Office

OS : Mac, PC, Linux (if you really think that's useful) 

Languages

 

French (native)
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English (professional proficiency level)

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Related Fields of Interests

 

Digital Manufacturing

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Generative Design (Computer Generated Lattice Design) and Topology Optimization 

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AR / VR

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Hobbies

 

Road Cycling & Running

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3D Printing... Bicycle parts

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Eating Design, Architecture, Tech and Cycling RSS feeds for breakfast

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E-Sport : Riding and racing around Watopia, London and Richmond on ZWIFT

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Cycling geek-talking with fellow cyclists, and some good coffee

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Talk coffee, drink coffee.

Random Facts

 

Poorly skilled drone pilote

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Can drink half my weight in coffee per month

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Religiously believe in (a lot) more sensors, 1X, dropper seatpost and 3D printed parts in road cycling (and will do anything to convince you)

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Vegetarian (but won't do anything to convince you)

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I don't have a driving licence (yes, people like me do exists).

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