Jason DePerro

Current

• Designer at Bright Innovation

Past

• Productivity & UI Design at Apple Inc.
• Sustainable Product Designer at Resource Revival
• Design Intern at Bally Design

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Education

• University College For The Creative Arts
• Carnegie Mellon University

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

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Jason DePerro’s Summary

I am a designer trained in interdisciplinary team-work. Working in these small, diverse teams often leads to innovative product or service solutions. I have employed my design skills and expertise on projects ranging from consumer goods to computer applications. I am particularly interested in sustainble product and service development.

Jason DePerro’s Specialties:

Design Thinking, Interaction Design, Sustainble Product Development, and Industrial Design

Jason DePerro’s Experience

• Designer

  Bright Innovation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Bright Innovation is a product development consultancy specializing in front end user research and product design.

• Productivity & UI Design

  Apple Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 5 months)

  At Apple Inc. I have designed Content for the iWork '08 application suite. I was on an interdisciplinary team that developed the Numbers Templates. Besides creating applicaiton content, I also help develop iWork and iLife applications interactions.
  
  Interaction Design
  - create compositions detailing functions look and feel
  - user scenarios
  
  Content Design
  - create novel iWork templates based on user needs
  - design and layout some of the templates
  - quality assurance check and fix bugs on the templates

• Sustainable Product Designer

  Resource Revival

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Designing novel, consumer products made from recycled bike components was my role at Resource Revival. During my time there I designed a suite of products that supported the companies brand image.
  
  Design Issues:
  - Designs support Resource Revival Brand Image
  - Incorporate sustainable issues: such as utilizing recycled content
  - Design for assembly and recyclability
  - Packaging and retail presentation

• Design Intern

  Bally Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

  Industrial Design intern for a product consultancy located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bally Design specializes in consumer and medical products. As an intern I worked on aesthetic design sketches, sketch modeling of form and CAD modeling.

Jason DePerro’s Education

• University College For The Creative Arts

  Study Abroad , Product Design Sustainable Futures , 2005 — 2006

  This degree course combines two important disciplines: product design and the emerging field of sustainability. This track of study introduced me to creative and sustainable design tools and methods, while being challenged to research, experiment, analyse and question current practices.

  Activities and Societies:

  Study Abroad

• Carnegie Mellon University

  BA , Industrial Design, Interdisciplinary Product Development, Entrepreneurship , 2002 — 2006

  The Industrial Design program teaches students to design products in support of human activities and interactions. We emphasize user observation, testing, and modeling, while preserving the richness of the visual and formal traditions in the field. Our interpretation of “product” is broad: it includes services and systems as well as tangible artifacts. Carnegie Mellon University has been recognized as one of Business Weeks top design schools on the global list.

  Activities and Societies:

  IDSA Student Chapter, College Honors, University Honors

Additional Information

Jason DePerro’s Websites:

• Jason DePerro on Twitter

Jason DePerro’s Interests:

Skiing, Snowboarding, Cycling, Bouldering, Jogging, Weight Lifting, Drawing, Glass Blowing, Bronze Casting, Racquetball, Tennis, Traveling, Scuba Diving, Guitar, and Kite Boarding

Jason DePerro’s Groups:

- Industrial Designers Society of America
- Association for Computing Machinery Member
- Conferences: Environ Design, IDSA Districts, Thought At Work, CHI

•    Carnegie Mellon Alumni
•    Interaction Design Association
•    Carnegie Mellon IPD Alumni
•    Design Thinking
•    Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
•    CleanTechies Around The World
•    World Green Business Association
•    Startup Specialists
•    Cradle to Cradle Supporters
•    Green Jobs & Career Network
•    ALTERNATIVE ENERGY NETWORK
•    Industrial Design
•    Medical Device Development, Marketing And Sales
•    Apple - Current and Former Employees
•    Pittsburgh Tech Council
•    Go Green (at home and at work)
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
•    Sierra Club
•    NPD In-the-Know
•    Project H Design
•    International Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs
•    Pittsburgh Area Life Sciences
•    Network Pittsburgh
•    PlanetShifter.com - Global Innovation Network for Creative Greens
•    IDSA Mideast District Conference
•    Bright Innovation Fans

Jason DePerro’s Honors:

- Graduated with University and College Honors
- Dean's List Carnegie Mellon University
- Entrepreneurship concentration in college
- Knowledgeable sustainable designer
- Sophomore design merit award
- New Design Magazine, Issue # 39, Road Trip: eco design
- UCSC web design and management course, 2007
- Carnegie Mellon University 2006 Honors

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