I was responsible for the timing, resources and management of development teams for the fold-flat seating concept, corporate seat structure and comfort cool seat properties for the North American International Autoshow.

One of my biggest challenges involved securing the correct resources for prototype development.  This required defining tasks such as "bench engineering" and "pre-surface feasibility" within our production-minded organization.  

I worked cross-functionally with industrial designers, surface feasibility, wood and metal fabrication, soft trim, mechanical designers and foam development.

In automotive seating,  much of the design is kinetic by nature, requiring materials that allow for quick iterations and multiple modifications.  The use of linkage mock ups, foam studies, kinematics studies are all needed to test the design prior to final fabrication.