About / Franklin, TN

Industrial Designer & Product Manager

Hardware products from first sketch to global launch: design, sourcing, testing and go-to-market.

Total SKUs managed: 35,000+
Cross-functional team members coordinated: 10 → 75+

I'm a hardware product manager and industrial designer. I take physical products from the first sketch through sourcing, testing and launch, at every scale from a one-off public fountain to catalogs totaling more than 35,000 SKUs.

Most recently at C.R. Laurence I ran the product lifecycle for CRL's highest-revenue architectural, railing and transaction hardware, and took more than a dozen new products through CRL's stage-gate process. The last and largest was TurboFlex, a glass railing system brought from OnLevel in Europe through U.S. certification, Miami-Dade hurricane impact testing, a three-country supply chain and launch. Before that I led product development for more than 300 SKUs at Motech (Kitchen Bath Collection).

My background is hands-on. I studied 3-D Arts and Industrial Design at the University of Tennessee, I still prototype in metal, wood and concrete, model in Solidworks, Rhino and Blender, and build AI image pipelines in ComfyUI for marketing work.

Product management

Product lifecycle management (PLM)
New product introduction (NPI)
Forecasting and market research
Global vendor sourcing
ERP management
Go-to-market strategy
Stage-gate R&D

Design and software

Solidworks
Rhino3D and Grasshopper
Blender
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro
VEX and Python
ComfyUI, LoRA training, ControlNet

Fabrication

Metal and welding
Concrete
Carpentry
3D printing and prototyping
CNC routing
Vacuum forming

Experience

Nov 2024 – Jun 2026
C.R. Laurence
Product Management Specialist

End-to-end product lifecycle management across CRL's highest-revenue architectural, railing and transaction hardware. Led new products through the stage-gate process, from business case and forecasting to sourcing, certification, ERP setup and go-to-market, with 6+ programs running at once. My last and largest program was TurboFlex, a life-safety glass railing system brought from OnLevel in Europe through U.S. engineering review, ICC-ES evaluation and Miami-Dade hurricane impact testing to launch in six months.
Jan 2022 – Nov 2024
Motech Corp (KBC)
Lead Product Development Manager

Owned product development start to finish for 300+ SKUs in B2B and B2C. Worked directly with factories on material sourcing and OEM delivery, and bridged engineering, marketing and outside stakeholders through launch.
Feb 2021 – Jan 2022
Motech Corp (KBC)
Product Developer, Industrial Design

Designed and developed products around customer experience, pairing an industrial design background with data analysis across cross-functional teams.
Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
Owl Badges
Product Developer, Industrial Design

Led product development for an OEM badge company, from modular clip systems to B2B and B2C packaging.
Nov 2018 – Nov 2020
Paulk & Co.
Industrial Designer

Designed and fabricated luxury goods for city contracts and commercial clients, including public water fountains, sculptures and home furnishings.
Feb 2013 – Jun 2014
Captivape
Industrial Designer

Remote CAD work for American-made goods under a mentor: my introduction to production and modern manufacturing.

Education

University of Tennessee
BFA 3-D Arts, minor in Industrial Design

Recognition and teaching

HOPE Scholarship recipient
Distinguished Tennessean Award
ACE Mentor: guided students through large-scale design and engineering projects
Taught welding, metalwork and carpentry to high school students at the University of Tennessee