In my first career I worked as a finish carpenter for 13 years in the high end home building market of the San Francisco peninsula. At age 30 after taking some evening classes in Autocad I decided to go back to school and get a degree in Product Design from San Francisco States, Design and Industry program. It was there that I discovered a passion for 3d cad design and CNC manufacturing.
Since graduating in 2003 I have worked on numerous design projects, including projects for the design consultancy Think2Build. I also partnered up with a friend from San Francisco State Joe Luttwak and helped to found BlackbirdGuitars. I stopped working with Blackbird several years back but they are still going strong building carbon fiber guitars here in San Francisco.
Currently I am working for myself as a Design Engineering consultant and working to launch my own product line of Wooden Eyewear, along with the occasional fabrication job that comes along.
For the last 10 years or so I have maintain a shared studio space with an ever changing diverse group of friends. Currently that includes neuroscientists, and a custom furniture maker, amongst others . We have 2000 sq.ft of shop space, that includes a full wood shop, 4×8 cnc router with a 4th axis, a bridgeport knee mill that I converted to CNC myself. We also have 2000 sq ft of individual office space.
My skills include: