EDWARD STUBBS British, US Green-Card holder London, UK email - info@edstubbs.co.uk EMPLOYMENT 2008:Design Innovation Analyst; Advanced Product Group, Ford, UK Creating interior and exterior automotive Innovations for future Ford programs Concept development through to prototype creation Analysis and implementation of relevant future trends into design concepts 2007: Freelance Automotive design; The Rebel – a youth-market iconic car project that explores customization and use of personal space. Winner: Best lifestyle, Best personalization - Interior-Motives design awards, Frankfurt, Sep 2007. Featured in Top-Gear magazine, CarDesignNews, Carbodydesign, MSN-Autos, Auto-Express magazine. Freelance reporting from Detroit autoshow for CarDesignNews 2005-2007: Automotive Design MA 2001-2005: Benchmark Engineer - Cooper-Standard Automotive, Dearborn, USA (Vehicle sealing systems) Managed benchmark test programs of competitor vehicles Presented summary reports to internal and customer project teams Developed design solutions to improve vehicle interior performance. 2000-2001:Launch Engineer - Bertrandt Ing, Ford - Merkenich, Köln, Germany Responsible for vehicle insulation package Mazda 6 / Ford Focus Resolved package issues and material requirements Managed component test program to meet FDVS specifications Coordinated crash and durability test program for Euro models. 1994-2000:NVH / Design development engineer - Standard Products Ltd, Huntingdon, UK (Vehicle sealing systems) NVH launch responsibility for: SAAB - 95 (2 months, Trollhatten, Sweden) Ford - Escort CE14 (2 months, Saarlouis, Germany) Rover BMW - Rover 75 Land Rover - Freelander Managed redesign of Land-Rover Defender sealing system to meet NVH targets for 1999 refresh. Designed Rover 75 glassrun system, which was refined in BMW’s windtunnel to achieve best-in-class NVH performance (Internal data). 1992 – 1993:Internship - Standard Products Ltd, Huntingdon, UK (Vehicle sealing systems) Co - designed an extruded-frame aluminium door cassette system to reduce assembly-line operations. Presented to Ford directors at the Dunton Research Centre, UK. EDUCATION 2005 – 2006 Automotive Design MA Coventry University Major thesis / project title; Aerodynamic design – Time for a new direction? Research focused on how future aerodynamic techniques could influence design language. Final scale-model incorporated active aerodynamic panels and smart-materials. Mazda collaborative project - MX-1 sports car. 1990 – 1994 Product Design BA (2:1 Hons) Bournemouth University SKILLS Project management Verbal presentation Pen and Marker sketching Photoshop rendering Alias AutoStudio 13 / Image Studio / Rhino 3D Scale Clay-modeling COMPETITIONS 2008 CarDesignNews - 4th place, professional designer category 2007 Interior Motives – Winner 2 categories 2006 Interior Motives - Finalist 2005 Peugeot Design - Entrant REFERENCES Available on request mailto:info@edstubbs.co.ukshapeimage_2_link_0
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