Jonathan Biddle

Current

Industrial Design Manager at Dell

Past

Head of Industrial Design at DEM inc.
Industrial Designer at Asus Computer Taiwan
Design Placements at Various

Designer (Cambridge University major project) at IDEO
Junior Design Engineer at 3M

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Education

Cambridge University
The University of Glasgow
Glasgow School of Art

Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge

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Jonathan Biddle’s Summary

I am a British Industrial Designer based in Taipei, Taiwan. Experience spans multiple disciplines, from strategic planning, new product introduction, engineering, and detailed design delivery.

www.heresjonny.com

Jonathan Biddle’s Specialties:

Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Stimulating Creativity, Management Accross Cultures and Disciplines.

Software:
CAD - ProE Wildfire 2, Solidworks, Rhino
2D - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator; Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver

Jonathan Biddle’s Experience

Industrial Design Manager

Dell

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

April 2008 — Present (8 months)

www.dell.com
Head of Industrial Design

DEM inc.

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

August 2005 — April 2008 (2 years 9 months)

Senior Industrial Designer, responsible for a team of 5 designers. Projects include cellular communication devices, bicycles and computing. Clients include Intel, Giant, Ford, Motorola, Sony and Diageo.
Industrial Designer

Asus Computer Taiwan

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Design industry)

May 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 4 months)

Industrial Designer, with prime focus on developing a creativity techniques in an Asian corporation. Delivered several projects for mass production in the areas of VoIP and video telephony.
Design Placements

Various

(Educational Institution; Myself Only; Design industry)

August 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 1 month)

Work placements organised through Cambridge University as follows:

IDEO
Motorola
Pyranha Kayaks
Morphy Richards
SCA Packaging
Oxley Avionics
Daido Bearings
Caparo Steel

Previous summer work placements include:
Scientific Generics
Imps Web Design
Precept Graphics Design
Designer (Cambridge University major project)

IDEO

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Design industry)

March 2003 — May 2003 (3 months)

Research project based at IDEO London in association with Cambridge University. Developed a connected music player for kids that suggested a new music distribution business model, and challenged notions of collaborative play and social enclusion for traditionally very isolationist devices.
Junior Design Engineer

3M

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Design industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year)

Telecoms equipment design.

Jonathan Biddle’s Education

Cambridge University

ACDMM, Advanced Design, Manufacture and Management, August 2002 — August 2003

Activities and Societies:

11 internships, including time spent at IDEO, Motorola and Pyrhanha White Water Kayaks. Over 100 company visits in the UK and USA.
The University of Glasgow

BEng., Product Design Engineering, 1998 — 2002
Glasgow School of Art

BEng. (1st Class Honours), Product Design Engineering (PDE), 1996 — 2002

Joint course, taught between Glasgow University and the Glasgow School of Art

Activities and Societies:

Senior Student Representative - Steering Committee
Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge

A-Levels, Mathematics, Physics, Geography, Gen Studies, 1995 — 1997