Professional summary
Howdy, I’m Carlos Ortiz.
Technical Skills
Professional Summary
Computer Aided Design
Rhino 7 | SolidWorks - Summary
Designing for single injection molded pieces & multi-shot assemblies
Ergonomic surfacing for human interfering products
Parametric modeling with multi-tolerance parts for machining production
Advanced Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing - Summary
Stereolithography -Operation and maintenance of SLA/MSLA(masked stereolithography)/SLS (selective laser sintering) equipment
Fused Filament Fabrication -Operation and maintenance of FFF/FDM (fused deposition fabrication) equipment
Product Visualization
KeyShot Studio- Summary
Eyewear & POP (point of purchase) displays
Materiel graphs, HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) Lighting, Animation, and Augmented Reality (USDZ)
Adobe Creative Cloud
KeyShot Studio- Summary
Photoshop - Image retouching, color grading, and composition
Illustrator - Concept line art for product development, technical drawing creation and edits
Work Experience
Summary
goodr | Active Eyewear | Inglewood, CA
August 2019 - May 2026
Junior Industrial Designer
Junior Product Manager
3D Designer
Quality Control Inspector
May 2024 - May 2026
August 2021 - May 2024
August 2019 - May 2024
August 2019 - August 2021
Industrial Designer - Translated model direction and technical requirements into sketches, prototypes, and CAD models to present to key role holders.
Designed and developed eyewear product concepts and specifications that reflect aesthetic, functional, and manufacturing requirements
Led cross-functional team collaboration with Product Strategy, Quality & Regulations and suppliers to produce final designs that meet safety, manufacturability, timelines and target COGS (cost of goods sold)
Communicated product requirements with factories across Asia via technical drawings, to maintain design integrity and production accuracy
Product Validation & At-Home Testing - Led pre-market validation programs, developing and implement at-home testing protocols to identify product opportunities.
Maintained cross team collaboration to ensure new product features meet real world expectations and regulations
Managed 150+ remote tester roster through various monadic, sequential and in-person testing cycles
Aggregated cycle data to identify opportunities for pre-market changes
Merchandising Operations - Oversaw product data architecture and cross-platform synchronization between NetSuite ERP and Centric PLM to ensure seamless SKU integrity and lifecycle management.
Streamlined spreadsheets to manage color way and SKU architecture, ensuring seamless data migration into NetSuite.for Product Development team
Custom field mapping for NetSuite to Centric integration to ensure seamless data synchronization and cross-platform attribute alignment.
Managed product specifications for all product assemblies ensuring proper loading into NetSuite prior to Centric onboarding