This is Bea ,
Art enthusiast, open-source believer and workshop camper, Bea is a human-centered designer with strong leadership and strategy direction abilities. Skilled in Service Design and User Research as well as Product Prototyping for concept exploration, she is highly motivated to learn and iterate to get to valuable solutions for clients through team efforts.
Prototyping with Arduino, creating 3-D printed models and sketching once and once again, Bea believes in the value of perseverance and collaboration to obtain well rounded products. Currently studying a Masters degree in Engineering Design at Northwestern University , Bea focuses her education and projects in Design Strategy, Product Design and User Experience through insightful research and teamwork.
These are some of the teams I’ve had the pleasure to design with, to know more about my projects please visit the portfolio section
For a PDF version of my CV, please click here:
ACADEMIC
MS ENGINEERING DESIGN INNOVATION
Northwestern University , graduating fall 2019, 4.0
AUG 2018- DEC 2019
BACHELOR DEGREE IN MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Universidad Iberoamericana de la Ciudad de México, 3.7
AUG 2012-DEC 2016
DESIGN AND FINE ARTS PROGRAM
School of Visual Arts, New York.
SUMMER 2012
PROFESSIONAL
DESIGN MANAGER | NAUTIKOS
Led a team through the development of a user-focused strategy for a yacht co-owning service app.Delivered an integrated branding, UX, front-end and operational strategy.
APR 2017 - JUN 2018
ENGINEERING HUB SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATE | NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Focused on Rapid Prototyping and installation art development. Worked alongside artists from concept ideation and presented final manufacturing options to support their ideas, proposing viable electro-mechanical arrangements.
AUG 2015 - OCT 2016
AFTER-SALES INTERN | BMW LATIN AMERICA
Worked on Latin American market oil orders strategy and SAP inventory JAN 2016 - APR 2016
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP GRANTEE
COMEXUS García-Robles Master's degree grant
AUG 2018- DEC 2019
DESIGN AND FINE ARTS PROGRAM- School of Visual Arts, New York.
SUMMER 2012
GULF COAST UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Speaker, Rice University
NOV 2017
ART GCSE
New Hall School, Chelmsford Essex. Coursework and examination, grade obtained:A MAY 2008
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH -
IELTS : 8.5 of 9.0
GERMAN -
Attending A1
SPANISH - Mother Language
FRENCH -
Fair
DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
PROTOTYPING SKILLS
Design Strategy
Design Research
Service Design
Product Design
Interaction Design
Prototyping (Hi+Lo Fi)
Visual Design
Adobe Suite
ARDUINO - Electronic prototyping and automation.
AUTODESK INVENTOR - CAD prototyping and analysis.
ANSYS - Thermodynamic, fluid and static analysis
Desire to learn
Critical Thinking
Task Management
Teamwork facilitation
Visual Communication
Storytelling
Visual meeting notetaking
Design culture leadership
SOLID WORKS- CAD prototyping and analysis.
SIEMENS NX- CAD prototyping and analysis.
ADOBE SUITE - digital graphic design.
MS OFFICE- Programming