Industrial Design Manager at Dell
Taiwan
- Current
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- Industrial Design Manager at Dell
- Past
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- Head of Industrial Design at DEM inc.
- Industrial Designer at Asus Computer Taiwan
- Design Placements at Various
- Education
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- 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
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Industrial Design Manager
Dell
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Computer Hardware industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
www.dell.com
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Junior Design Engineer
3M
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Design industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Telecoms equipment design.
Jonathan Biddle’s Education
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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.
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The University of Glasgow
BEng. , Product Design Engineering , 1998 — 2002
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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
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Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
A-Levels , Mathematics, Physics, Geography, Gen Studies , 1995 — 1997
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University of Glasgow Alumni
Jonathan Biddle’s Contact Settings
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