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Versatile product designer with more than 10 years of experience in developing a wide range of hard and soft goods in consumer, industrial and medical markets. Providing companies with appropriate design strategies that benefit the industry, the customer, and the bottom line.

"It's good to begin well, but better to end well"

Overseeing and developing new products and enhancing existing products in the markets of Rock Climbing, Fire/Rescue, Tactical and Arbor.r.
Projects of note include:
• Canyoneering Blitz Bag; Stand up and stay open design, constructed with buoyant and ultra-durable materials for the toughest canyoneering expeditions.
• FCX; Innovative Fireman’s descent device designed for a controlled escape from a burning building.
• Dynamic Lanyard Keeper; Elastomeric cover for a sewn eye to help keep a carabinier properly oriented and the bar tack protected.
• Packaging Re-Design; Audited and re-designed all of Sterling’s Packaging to align with the new branding initiative.

Product Manager and Designer

Senior Industrial Designer - July 2013 - March 2015 - Johnson Outdoors Watercraft - Old Town, ME
Assisting the Advanced R&D team at Johnson Outdoors Watercraft on all aspects of product development as sole Senior Industrial Designer.
Focused on the design of boats, paddles and paddle gear for Old Town, Ocean Kayak, Necky, and Carlisle brands.
Projects of note include:
• Predator XL; Award winning Fishing Kayak incorporating a modular, tri-console system, with a motor propelled option featuring multiple electronics features.
• ACS2; Dynamically adjustable seating system with improved design language, comfort, intuitiveness and performance on Necky and Old Town Kayaks.
• Loon 2015; Evolutionary and revolutionary re-design of Old Town’s best selling rec. kayak with a “featured out” cockpit dashboard.
• Pedal Drive System and Seat; Dynamic and intuitive peddle operated propulsion console for outfitting to multiple boats.

Senior Industrial Designer

Leading Industrial Design within the Innovation Department at Breg, Inc.. Focused on ideating and developing Breg's spectrum of sports
medicine/orthopedic products and cold therapy units, while driving towards a strong design language.
Projects of note include:
• Freestyle OA; Breg’s top selling consumer marketed wrap-around, soft-good brace to help relieve osteoarthritis pain.
• T Scope Premier; A full redesign of Breg’s number one selling post-operative brace.
• T Scope Hip; A first of it’s kind innovative, brace for post hip surgery patients.
• Patella Tracking Orthosis (PTO); Redesign of Breg’s first in class, consumer marketed, patella tracking soft-good knee brace.
• Manual Cold Therapy; Innovating a more cost effective and convenient solution for a cold therapy product.

Lead Industrial Designer

Industrial Designer - Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2010 - Eclipse Product Development - Amesbury, MA
Working with clients to deliver full product development from concept sketches and models to C.A.D. renderings and manufacturing liaison.
Projects of note include:
• Medical Devices: Covidien – ligation device, Claros – blood analyzer, Bard Medical – multiple catheter products, Abbot – prescription drug dispenser, Seedlings – Stethoscope Cleaning Device, Mitralign – heart surgery device (patent issued)
• Industrial Equipment: Thermo Scientific – toxic vapor analyzer, Bruker – metal-analyzer, AFL – design language for inspection equipment, Kidde-Fenwal – UI
• Consumer Products: Osram Sylvania – PalPodzzz children’s night/flash-lights,
Crystal IS - dual treatment water sterilization bottle, Osram – h20 powered light
• Sporting Goods: Xenith - X1 Football Helmet

Industrial Designer

Mathew Cardinali is a Product Manager and Designer at Sterling Rope Co. Inc. in Portland, ME.

Mathew Cardinali

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Wentworth Instsitute of Technology