Gerardo Gomez
Industrial Designer
Industrial Designer
Work Experience
Sr Industrial Designer 04/2023 – Present
Quintus Home – El Monte, CA
High end residential furniture line and manufacturing manager
Wood shop facility manager
Custom furniture design and engineering
Managing tailored solutions for private designers.
Oversee all designs, inventory verification, and development of installation documents.
Verified order entry Items BOM and ensured consistency with installation drawings.
Sr Industrial Designer 03/2020 – 04/2022
Platform By Unisource Solutions - Pico Rivera, CA
Hospitality Custom Furniture Design, Engineering and Project Manager
Sr Industrial Designer for the custom division, Platform by Unisource, by delivering shop drawings and renderings using SolidWorks and Keyshot for high-end custom furniture solutions.
Oversaw all design services for custom assigned projects, including site surveys, inventory verification, programming, space planning, and development of installation documents.
Created detailed 3D drawings and renderings using SolidWorks and Keyshot, ensuring accurate project execution.
Provided comprehensive product specifications and collaborated with account and project managers to guarantee project accuracy.
Verified order entry Items BOM and ensured consistency with installation drawings.
Sr Industrial Designer 04/2023 – Present
Quintus Home – El Monte, CA
High end residential furniture line and manufacturing manager
Wood shop facility manager
Custom furniture design and engineering
Managing tailored solutions for private designers.
Oversee all designs, inventory verification, and development of installation documents.
Verified order entry Items BOM and ensured consistency with installation drawings.
Sr Industrial Designer 03/2020 – 04/2022
Platform By Unisource Solutions - Pico Rivera, CA
Hospitality Custom Furniture Design, Engineering and Project Manager
Sr Industrial Designer for the custom division, Platform by Unisource, by delivering shop drawings and renderings using SolidWorks and Keyshot for high-end custom furniture solutions.
Oversaw all design services for custom assigned projects, including site surveys, inventory verification, programming, space planning, and development of installation documents.
Created detailed 3D drawings and renderings using SolidWorks and Keyshot, ensuring accurate project execution.
Provided comprehensive product specifications and collaborated with account and project managers to guarantee project accuracy.
Verified order entry Items BOM and ensured consistency with installation drawings.
Lead Industrial Designer 02/2018 – 08/2021
SLATE Custom Studio- Irvine, CA
SLATE Custom Studio- Irvine, CA
Commercial Custom Furniture Design, Engineering and Project Manager
Lead Industrial Designer for the custom division, @ Slate Custom Studio by People Space, I oversaw Mayor projects for hospitality delivering for Nike campus in Beaverton, Portland OR. Manufacturing 3M+ projects each for custom sheet metal cabinets, Office Desk and Tailored executive offices, managing fabrication in China, and Southern CA, accordingly, all projects and shop drawing issued using Inventor and Autodesk Vault and Keyshot for high-end custom furniture solutions.
Responsible for 100+ completed projects for Google, Facebook, Netflix etc. ranging in value from $500k - $1.5M+ Creates and manages project proposals, budgets, the RFQ process with vendors, client purchase orders, and all other financial documentation necessary for custom furniture and millwork projects of various scope ranging from one-off residential pieces to full project scopes for hospitality and residential, and hotel interiors.
Shipping and logistics, coordinates delivery and installation, and punch list resolution.
Created detailed 3D drawings and renderings using Keyshot and V-Ray modeling spaces in Rhino3D, ensuring accurate project execution.
Oversees Production in China to collaborate with R&D teams, develop samples, and present them during Product Line Reviews.
Assisted Jr designers with various aspects of furniture design and development.
Sr Furniture Designer 04/2016 – 02/2018
Scale1-1 – Los Angeles, CA
Lead Industrial Designer for the custom division, @ Slate Custom Studio by People Space, I oversaw Mayor projects for hospitality delivering for Nike campus in Beaverton, Portland OR. Manufacturing 3M+ projects each for custom sheet metal cabinets, Office Desk and Tailored executive offices, managing fabrication in China, and Southern CA, accordingly, all projects and shop drawing issued using Inventor and Autodesk Vault and Keyshot for high-end custom furniture solutions.
Responsible for 100+ completed projects for Google, Facebook, Netflix etc. ranging in value from $500k - $1.5M+ Creates and manages project proposals, budgets, the RFQ process with vendors, client purchase orders, and all other financial documentation necessary for custom furniture and millwork projects of various scope ranging from one-off residential pieces to full project scopes for hospitality and residential, and hotel interiors.
Shipping and logistics, coordinates delivery and installation, and punch list resolution.
Created detailed 3D drawings and renderings using Keyshot and V-Ray modeling spaces in Rhino3D, ensuring accurate project execution.
Oversees Production in China to collaborate with R&D teams, develop samples, and present them during Product Line Reviews.
Assisted Jr designers with various aspects of furniture design and development.
Sr Furniture Designer 04/2016 – 02/2018
Scale1-1 – Los Angeles, CA
Designer of new furniture line for Scale 1:1
Project manages contract office furniture projects to completion from engineering and shop drawing development
Meet with sales team to discuss client design briefs, including, show rules, budgets, and design styles.
Developed design concepts, finalized proposals, and created render packets for client presentations.
Prepared sales quotes and ensured financial viability of projects.
Collected detailed product information and implemented graphic design work for posters and displays.
Created graphic layouts and frames for accurate fabrication.
Project manages contract office furniture projects to completion from engineering and shop drawing development
Meet with sales team to discuss client design briefs, including, show rules, budgets, and design styles.
Developed design concepts, finalized proposals, and created render packets for client presentations.
Prepared sales quotes and ensured financial viability of projects.
Collected detailed product information and implemented graphic design work for posters and displays.
Created graphic layouts and frames for accurate fabrication.
Furniture Designer 06/2014 – 04/2016
MASH studios | Los Angeles, CA
MASH studios | Los Angeles, CA
Project manages contract office furniture projects to completion from engineering and shop drawing development
Responsible for 50+ completed projects ranging in value from $2.5k - $2.5M+, ~$7M/year.
Project manages contract office furniture projects to completion from engineering and shop drawing development
Develops new products for the LAX series home furnishings line by MASH studios, oversees production with vendors in China and Vietnam.
Meet with sales teams to discuss client design briefs, including, show rules, budgets, and design styles
Jr Furniture Designer – Contract 2011 – 2014
Scale1-1 – Los Angeles, CA
Assisting Sr Designer, designing of new furniture line for Scale 1:1
Developed design concepts, finalized proposals, and created render packets for client presentations.
Created graphic layouts and frames for accurate fabrication.
Responsible for 50+ completed projects ranging in value from $2.5k - $2.5M+, ~$7M/year.
Project manages contract office furniture projects to completion from engineering and shop drawing development
Develops new products for the LAX series home furnishings line by MASH studios, oversees production with vendors in China and Vietnam.
Meet with sales teams to discuss client design briefs, including, show rules, budgets, and design styles
Jr Furniture Designer – Contract 2011 – 2014
Scale1-1 – Los Angeles, CA
Assisting Sr Designer, designing of new furniture line for Scale 1:1
Developed design concepts, finalized proposals, and created render packets for client presentations.
Created graphic layouts and frames for accurate fabrication.
Graphic Designer 2010 – 2013
CR&A Custom – Los Angeles, CA
Project manager - Graphic Designer – wide Media printing, Prepress.
CR&A Custom – Los Angeles, CA
Project manager - Graphic Designer – wide Media printing, Prepress.
Photographer for Fashion and commercial Product 2005 – 2009
Guadalajara – Mex
Photography portrait, product, fashion, beauty and art
Working with fashion and commercial agencies, portfolios where carefully planned and the production involved professional makeup, stylist, professional models and set production with a high budget involved for magazines in Mexico and Spain, Very meticulous planning and highly detail orientated projects in short deadlines.
Location Research, meet with clients, organizing teams to discuss client design briefs, including, show rules, budgets, and design styles for the season of the year and what time of the day these images had to be taken because of the natural sun illumination etc.
Skills
Self Though of all of my software skills: SolidWorks, Keyshot, AutoCAD 2023, Adobe, Photoshop, InDesign, Rhino3D, V-Ray, Autodesk Inventor, Microsoft Office.
Computer-Aided Design, Design Research, Design Thinking, Space Planning, Carpentry, Sheet metal, Welding, Project Manager, Team Manager, Facility Manager, Forklift.
Guadalajara – Mex
Photography portrait, product, fashion, beauty and art
Working with fashion and commercial agencies, portfolios where carefully planned and the production involved professional makeup, stylist, professional models and set production with a high budget involved for magazines in Mexico and Spain, Very meticulous planning and highly detail orientated projects in short deadlines.
Location Research, meet with clients, organizing teams to discuss client design briefs, including, show rules, budgets, and design styles for the season of the year and what time of the day these images had to be taken because of the natural sun illumination etc.
Skills
Self Though of all of my software skills: SolidWorks, Keyshot, AutoCAD 2023, Adobe, Photoshop, InDesign, Rhino3D, V-Ray, Autodesk Inventor, Microsoft Office.
Computer-Aided Design, Design Research, Design Thinking, Space Planning, Carpentry, Sheet metal, Welding, Project Manager, Team Manager, Facility Manager, Forklift.
Education
Universidad De Guadalajara - Mex 1998/2002
Bachelor of Science: Industrial Design
Languages
Spanish Native – Englis as a Second Language
Universidad De Guadalajara - Mex 1998/2002
Bachelor of Science: Industrial Design
Languages
Spanish Native – Englis as a Second Language
Software Knowledge:
Gerardo Gomez
jerry@digital-mockup.com
909-685-3111
jerry@digital-mockup.com
909-685-3111
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