Ariana Tae Koblitz PO BOX 11654 STANFORD, CA 94305 tel 310 384 7864 email [email protected]website akoblitz. web.stanford.edu OBJECTIVE: I am nearing the end of my program in product design, and am searching to step into industry in design implementation and management of design implementation. EDUCATION Stanford UniversityCA, USAB.S. in Product Design June 2012 RELEVANT COURSES Design and Manufacturing Design implementation: CNC, lathe, mill, casting, woodworkingspr 2010 Design Method/Implementa tion Core in product design program; design process fall 2010 Cultural Maps Ethnographic insight as it relate s to design; c ourse a t design institute fall 2009 International School of Beijing Beijing, PR ChinaInternational Baccalaureate Certificate 2009 Urawa Lutheran School Saitama, Japan Exchange Student 2005 – 2006 John-F-Kennedy School Berlin Berlin, GermanyDeutsche Mittlere Reife2005 SKILLS LanguagesGerman (native), Chinese (proficient, 2 yrs intensive while in China), Japanese (proficient; JLPT Level 2 certified), French (4 yrs high school proficiency) Computer: CAD: CATIA, Solid Works; Rendering: Adobe Suite (esp. Photoshop, Illustrator , InDesign); Windows & Mac OS DESIGN EXPERIENCE INTERN, LITE ON MOBILE BEIJING, P .R. CHI NAJune2011-Aug2011 Design & manufacturin g partner for telecommunications & electronics industrywww.liteonmobile.com/eng Joined a team working on cell phone manufacturing (spec. CAD-modeling injection molded parts) Aided the communication with their client’s American counterparts INTERN, WUENSCH DIR WASBERLIN, GERMANYJune2010-Aug2010 Self-made toy designerhttp://www.wuensch-design.de/Developed strategies for client-developmen t for sale of hand-made wooden toys PROJECT LEADSTANFORD & BERLINSept2009-Aug2010 Qualitative research project on designer & user relationship analyzing decisions and workflows Designed & implemented research project, included independent study coursework Received ME Summer Undergraduate Research Institute grant to pursue proj ect INTERN, CAMPFIRE LABS 50SAN FRANCISCOAug2009-Sept2010 Local start-up in social networking Assisted in developing user-case interaction design concept Developed a focus-group for user testing at Stanford Univers ity MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE VICE PRESIDENT, STANFORD PRODUCT DESIGN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (PDSA) May2011-present Management position which oversees all internal development of PDSA programs Oversee directorship training (collaboration methods, event organization, management skills training) Collaborate with design-related organizations (run by academic departments, student groups & off-campus corporations) RESIDENT ASSISTANT, ROBINSON DORMSTANFORD June2010-present Staff position within Stanford’s Residential Education program, main contact concerning residents Develop dorm programming to introduce residents to my academic pursuits as well as interests HOST, STANFORD CAMPUS CAMP WELLSTONE STANFORDAug2009-Nov2009; June2010-Nov2010 2-day community organizing workshop, led by an established training program (Wellstone Action) Coordinated participant recruitment and retention , event logistics, incoming trainers main contact