Alfredo Aponte

Current

• Owner at 54Seven
• Designer at Echo Visualization, LLC.

Past

• User Experience Architect at THINK Interactive, Inc
• Industrial Designer at Info Retail Inc.
• Teacher Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology

• Graphics Manager at IDSA Southern District Conference

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

• Coroflot

Alfredo Aponte’s Experience

• Owner

  54Seven

  (Design industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Designer

  Echo Visualization, LLC.

  (Design industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

• User Experience Architect

  THINK Interactive, Inc

  (Partnership; Internet industry)

  July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)

  Collaborated and worked with the User Experience group at THINK.

• Industrial Designer

  Info Retail Inc.

  (Design industry)

  July 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Management of team projects involving concept design, brand strategy and final implementation.

• Teacher Assistant

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 2004 — June 2007 (3 years )

  Responsible for designing custom graphics, photography/documentation and interactive/web design. Additionally, I organized and led graphic design workshops for students and faculty while developing an Architecture Resource Database for future program implementation.

• Graphics Manager

  IDSA Southern District Conference

  (Non-Profit; Design industry)

  September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)

  Coordinated, designed and executed the graphics, print, and media for the IDSA Southern District Conference

Alfredo Aponte’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BS , Industrial Design , 2003 — 2007

  Tower Award Recipient (2004-2007)

  Activities and Societies:

  President of the IDSA Student Chapter at Georgia Tech (2006), graduated with Highest Honor/Summa cum laude (GPA 3.6 / 4.0)

Additional Information

Alfredo Aponte’s Websites:

• Coroflot

Alfredo Aponte’s Groups:

Atlanta Pecha Kucha (Organizer & Co-Curator),
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

•    Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
•    Industrial Design
•    Chicago Calling Arts Festival
•    Mingus Awareness Project
•    The Designers Accord

Alfredo Aponte’s Honors:

IDSA National Southern District Merit Award winner, 2007
IDSA Student Merit Award winner for Georgia Tech, 2007
Georgia Tech's '30 Under 30' talented & innovative graduates, 2008
Eagle Rank, Boy Scouts of America

Alfredo Aponte’s Contact Settings

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