Sean Hawthorne

▪ Implemented new processes to accomplish company goal of reducing a standard product launch of ~6-12 months to a condensed timeframe of 90-days: o Design – product brief, project timeline, weekly review meetings and executive financial approvals o Marketing – product intro trainings, launch rollout planning ▪ Responsible for driving brand strategy for new product innovation and continuous design improvement ▪ Established a product backlog and setup an external product champions team for design input & idea discovery ▪ Acted as project manager for all product development and custom projects

▪ Co-managed all new product development projects from the initial phases to product launch, including project scoping, engineering development, marketing and financial planning, launch preparation, sales tracking and customer relations. ▪ Monitored and analyzed overall market competition, sales trends, and customer feedback to develop a two-year business roadmap that ensured effective and timely responses to evolving customer desires and continuous improvement. ▪ Developed effective and constructive design guidance to the marketing division to ensure proper information, specifications and imagery were portrayed based on customer evaluations; ultimately leading to a nomination for a top industry award. ▪ Established and maintained an ongoing professional relationship with clients. Demonstrated and communicated a comprehensive understanding of the business/operations to the client and management through training, trade show demonstrations, and customer service inquiry responses. ▪ Contributed to an overall sales growth via new product development, portfolio management, and technical upgrades to existing products.

▪ Analyzed product management and customer requirements regarding technical specifications, cost estimates and sales forecasts in order to design and manufacture new products based on industry desires and standards. ▪ Responsible for the overall blueprinting and construction of individual product parts; including preliminary brainstorm, cost analysis, technical drawings, physical mock-ups using both 3D printed parts and vendor-sourced parts, completing feedback loops and implementing changes to prototypes until a final product is achieved. ▪ Collaborated with project team members in monitoring and tracking project progress and exchanging feedback with manufacturing and product management to ensure cohesive design and functionality of new products on strict deadlines. ▪ Oversaw new product scale-ups in manufacturing and corrected any quality issues. ▪ Served as a product developer for the brand’s top selling product, which grew to over $30MM annual sales in four years, as well as a product that won Architectural SSL’s “Product Innovation Award.” ▪ Inventor on three patents. One additional design patent-pending. ▪ Methods used for prototyping product components: sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, 3D printing, aluminum extrusions, aluminum die casting, plastic injection molding.

▪ Designed an iOS news content app that gathers trending topics and relevant media ▪ Responsible for mockups, logo, and UI/UX of the app using gestures and color schemes ▪ Utilized user persona and mind map brainstorming techniques to rethink the design process ▪ Used HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create “flat design” website based on bootstrap framework