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Miguel Silva Vazquez

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Product Development Leader
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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    Sr Manager Design Strategy & Innovation
    GOERTEK INC
    Aug 2023 - Current (1 year 11 months)
    Skills: TPM · Project Management · Benchmarking · ODM · Product Marketing · Concept Development · Industrial Design · User Experience · Creative Direction · Design Management · Design Strategy · Design Research · User-centered Design
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    Senior Industrial Design Manager for Goertek
    GOERTEK INC
    May 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 4 months)
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    Industrial Design Manager for Goertek
    GOERTEK INC
    Nov 2018 - Jun 2022 (3 years 8 months)
    I lead R&D and international ODM industrial design projects for tech giants in the Silicon Valley, envisioning the next generation of consumer electronics, including wearables, earbuds, headphones, controllers, smart speakers, and XR, MR and home products. With 20 completed design projects, I have supported tech shows, sales pitches, and ODM client services. I also led two historic JDM collaborations with Amazon in 2022 and Apple in 2019. My work involves driving innovation through a cross-functional team, yielding positive results since 2020. I received two acknowledgments: Human Factors recognition in 2021 and Engineer of the Year in 2020. I have advanced usability testing methodologies and improved human factors and industrial design
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    Industrial Design Manager for Dynaudio / Goertek
    Dynaudio AS
    Dec 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year)
    I strategized Dynaudio's product portfolio as a high-end consumer electronics brand, aiming to reach a younger customer base. I managed collaboration with design agencies to create Audio Experiences, including 360, Hifi, Smart, and Portable Speakers, as well as Soundbars. I supported CMF and ID modifications for Dynaudio Music Series and led the Industrial Design team. Dynaudio is the leading producer of hand-crafted high-end loudspeakers created by impassioned music lovers for your daily life.
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    UI/UX Design Director
    NiHaoAPP
    Apr 2016 - Aug 2017 (1 year 5 months)
    Lead all digital work, Scaled design teams, operations, Visual Design, and UX methods. • Deployed two product platforms (Nihao & Nibook) and optimizations for foreigners living and working in China. • Design Direction consisted of scaling User Research practices and shaping a better brand identity. Contributed to making our product business value more accessible and clear to investors and local government. Nihao was a start-up where expats found support in China. Free mobile app delivering services and information so foreigners can have the best experience living in China by smoothing all the common complications.
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    Senior Industrial Designer
    Tao Design
    May 2015 - Apr 2016 (1 year)
    • Lead Industrial Design for Innovation Projects, • Delivered two Industrial Design Bluetooth speakers from concept to market, Designed two visual identities and contributed with several design concepts. • Collaborated building-up the crowdfunding strategy with product branding and marketing for a Bluetooth Speaker Design. • Formulated CMF guidelines for Bluetooth speakers. Tao Design is a Hangzhou based, award-winning, Industrial Design agencie where I was in charge to lead R&D projects and consumer electronic devices for Tao group. (TaoTec and TaoDesign). Envisioning and inspiring new brand and product experiences.
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    Lead Industrial Designer
    Diablo Design
    Jul 2014 - Mar 2015 (9 months)
    1. I had the chance to grow my design leadership on various projects from electronics and packaging to brand development. 2. As a team we worked for clients such as BASF, PlayBoy Mexico, Salud Mesoamérica‘s 2015 program funded by Fundación Carlos Slim and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and private clients. 3. Responsible to motivate and influence the design team to improve and deliver results exceeding expectations. 4. Leading design directions to deliver solutions that make the balancing act of following client and user needs accordingly to market demands. Established in Mexico City in 2008 with presence in the US and Latin America, It is a Design Company that fosters local and global brands on product development; from concept design,
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    Alumni Design Researcher
    Domus Academy
    Aug 2012 - Jul 2013 (1 year)
    Domus Academy owns international renowned programs yield in collaborations with real top class designers and companies, which empower designers and entrepreneurs with an international network focus on combining design thinking, management skills, and a self-starter attitude. I learn powerful tools for presentation and concept development, with a strong foundation in strategic and critical thinking. Emphasizing the work in a multicultural context. I had the chance to work for companies such as Gufram, BLM group, Castelli and Rotaliana.
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    Miguel Silva Design Consultancy
    Miguel Silva Design
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2017 (5 years 1 month)
    I like to engage with entrepreneurs, innovators and dreamers with the motivation on investing in a culture of creative collaborations. Thanks to the trust and recommendations of many of my clients, I have had the chance of working with people from all around the globe in USA, Mexico, Italy and China. 
If you think we can draw together a relation where I can help you to kick start or boost to the next level your project idea, please feel free to contact me. 
Some of the activities I have done as an independent consultant are: - Working in collaboration with companies and start-ups on defining and reaching their business goals through designing brands and products, from concept generation and execution, to market launch for tomorrow's comp
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    Junior Industrial Designer
    Global Corporation International SA de CV
    Sep 2011 - Feb 2012 (6 months)
    Global Corporation International is a company created around the duty to solve security challenges with technology. My job consisted in support Tech team to envision new concepts and generate new safekeeping products and services.
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    Design Teacher Contractor
    Universidad del Valle de Mxico
    Mar 2011 - Nov 2011 (9 months)
    I crafted workshops to learn design, taking special care of the student experience through the process of learning and discovering new information, all within the philosophy of learning by doing with the purpose to encourage student to produce a fast ratio of ideas.
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    Nahuije Workshops
    Universidad del Valle de Mxico
    May 2006 - Dec 2008 (2 years 8 months)
    UVM is one of the most important private schools in Mexico, my job comprised in giving and develop workshops related to Art & Design. Examining the role of design in Mexican handcraft and cultural issues to start conversations on the potential of design, to leverage positive change for the future in our societies.
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  • Domus Academy
    Domus Academy
    Domus Academy
    Jul 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 2 months)
  • Domus Academy
    Master's degree, Product Design
    Domus Academy
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2013 (2 years)
    Domus Academy owns international renowned programs yield in collaborations with real top class designers and companies, which empower designers and entrepreneurs with an international network focus on combining design thinking, management skills, and a self-starter attitude. I learn powerful tools for presentation and concept development, with a strong foundation in strategic and critical thinking. Emphasizing the work in a multicultural context. I had the chance to work for companies such as Gufram, BLM group, Castelli and Rotaliana.
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    Diseño Industrial, Diseño
    Universidad del Valle de Mxico
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2010 (5 years)
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    Stone
    Sep 2014 - Current (10 years 10 months)
    Chiapas is one of the most deprived states in Mexico, and the lack of good products and services is something of the everyday for local people. As a Design team in Diablo Design we believe there is a lot of work to do for creating opportunities on the road and give something back, so by the use of Design focus on an user center approach and taking into consideration essential aspects like portability, aesthetic, context, and its commercial values. We designed a product that brings an added advantage to the current industry for public hospitals through making use of NFC technology for an intuitive interface and providing support for a better administration of data.
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    Cantador, Final project at DA for Rotaliana and Lexus Award
    Feb 2014 - Current (11 years 5 months)
    Cantador was deliver for Rotaliana as my final project in Domus Academy. Cantador in spanish means singer and as a singer Cantador brings art trough light and sound in an unique way. The project was designed taking in consideration our experiences instead of focusing on what kind of products the market is bringing, in order to trigger a special an original way to enjoy the way we usually get seduced with the interplay between light and sound.
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    Bronze Award HZC CUP De Hua Ceramics for Rooster Family
    Fujian Ceramic Industry Association Quanzhou Municipal Commission of Economic and Information Technology and De Hua County Peoples Government
    Dec 2017
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    Diseño, objeto y función simbólica
    FOROALFA
    Aug 2010
    El significado e interpretación que agregamos al objeto siempre depende del tiempo, espacio, cultura e incluso de nuestro estado emocional.
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    Stone, the process behind Medical Innovation
    Jan 1 2015