General info
Automotive Designer
London, UK
Automotive designer with 15 years experience working on a wide range of vehicle development programmes at General Motors Design centers in Australia, Germany, Sweden and USA. Founded Car Design News (cardesignnews.com), the leading online magazine for the international automotive design industry. Website concept, design, technical development, and event photography. Car Design News Editor from 1999-2006. Looking for opportunities in car design, product design, design for future mobility, interaction design, developing digital design tools for car designers. Interested in full-time employment and short-term contracts. Will relocate.
Experience
Ruesselsheim, Germany
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011
Creative Designer
General Motors Europe
Exterior designer on production programs. Directed clay and digital model development. Packaging and component development in collaboration with engineering staff and suppliers.
London
Nov 2008 - Sep 2010
Associate Editor
Car Design News
Motor show and design event photography. Editorial and administration team training and website user support.
London
Jan 2000 - Oct 2008
Creative Director
Founded Car Design News, now the leading online resource for the automotive design industry, subscribed to by all major car design studios worldwide. Developed the concept of a content-driven website targeted at the specific needs of professional car designers, at a time when the established print media in this field had no web presence, and the idea of heavily content-driven websites was not yet established.

Responsible from 2000-2008 for Car Design News site design, technical development, production support, community management, user support and event photography. Editor from 2000-2006.
Rüsselsheim, Germany
Aug 1990 - Dec 1999
Assistant Chief Designer
General Motors Europe
Assistant Chief Designer Omega Studio from 1997-99
- Supporting the studio Chief Designer in project design direction and developing studio design processes.
- Directed clay and digital modellers on full size clay model, scale clay model and digital model development
- Contributed to development of GM digital design and visualization processes, developing integration of digital and clay modeling workflows
- Proposals for digital design process for designers, integrating 2D and 3D workflows

Major projects:
- 1990 Omega sedan exterior detail design development
- 1990 Omega wagon full-size model development
- 1991 Omega sports version concepts and full-size model development
- 1992 Vectra concept and scale model proposals
- 1992 Concept proposals and full-size clay proposal for Omega premium sports model (lead designer)
- 1993 Concept proposals and full-size clay proposal for Saab 9-5, assisted in detail full-scale exterior development of production model
- Saab 9-3 facelift concept and model development
- 1994 Small car concept proposals
- 1994 Scale model proposal chosen as theme for first-generation Zafira full-size clay model development
- 1994 Astra exterior concept proposals and full-size model detail development for sedan and wagon production models.
- 1994 Corsa facelift full-size proposal selected for production development
- 1995 Van concept sketch proposals used for Vivaro production development
- 1995 SUV scale model proposal selected for Chevrolet 360 program development
- 1996 Cadillac Catera full-size model detail development
- 1996-97 Omega facelift concept and full-size development (lead exterior designer)
- 1997 Omega new architecture development, directing external visualization consultants
- 1997 Sintra-replacement exterior proposals and full-size model development, representing Opel in joint-venture program
- 1998 Chevrolet Venture facelift sketch proposals used for production development
- 1999 Omega concept proposals, package development to meet new pedestrian protection regulations.
Melbourne, Australia
Jan 1986 - May 1990
Creative Designer
General Motors Holden
Major projects:
- Exterior and interior detail design development for VN Commodore
- Exterior design development and graphics for VQ Statesman
- VN Commodore Ute development
- VP Commodore facelift (lead exterior designer)
- Early exterior proposal for VR Commodore chosen for production development
- Toyota joint-venture Holden-brand proposals
- Vehicle badge and interior graphics development
Education/Training
Canberra, Australia
Jan 1982 - Dec 1985
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Four year Industrial Design degree with final year project in collaboration with General Motors Holden Design. Winner of the 1984 Honeywell Fellowship for Design Excellence.
Canberra, Australia
Jan 1981 - Dec 1981
Computer Science
Australian National University
First year studies of BSc degree in Computer Science
London
Jul 2009
Majenta Academy
Alias Intensive Certification Training (Jul 2009)