Camilo Parra Palacio
Industrial Designer & Product Engineer
Olomouc, Czech Republic
+86 13162983332
be.net/cparrapa
Industrial Designer & Product Engineer, maker of toys, robots and consumer products with remarkable initiative to explore solutions in multiple areas with lateral thinking, together with engineering, 3D creation skills, hands on creating and teamwork to carry them out to the market.
Work Experience
Otto DIY
Founder & Product Designer
Designed a 3D printable bipedal robot aimed at STEAM education, available in various versions for
learners with different levels of maker expertise.
Created a brand and an international social media community to stimulate creativity and promote
learning of robotics in different communities around the world.
Launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to support further development of the project.
learners with different levels of maker expertise.
Created a brand and an international social media community to stimulate creativity and promote
learning of robotics in different communities around the world.
Launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to support further development of the project.
January 2016
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Brno, Czech Republic
Plobot
Co-Founder and Product Designer
Designed a tangible programming robot (including accessories and packaging) for children of 4+ age group to develop logical thinking and learn basic coding.
Responsible for iteration of robot prototypes using 3D printing and laser cutting.
Successfully admitted to the “Make in LA” hardware accelerator program and gathered 340+ backers in a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
Responsible for iteration of robot prototypes using 3D printing and laser cutting.
Successfully admitted to the “Make in LA” hardware accelerator program and gathered 340+ backers in a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
April 2014
- November 2015
Shanghai, China
Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp.
Industrial Designer & Product Engineer
Creative and design work in a multinational R&D team responsible for the development of inflatable summer leisure products for the second largest manufacturer in the industry.
Design of inflatable hot tubs, furniture, water sports products and toys for children (with Disney, Mattel and other licenses).
Responsible for the development of more than 100 projects per year (60 % of which enter the retail market).
Design of inflatable hot tubs, furniture, water sports products and toys for children (with Disney, Mattel and other licenses).
Responsible for the development of more than 100 projects per year (60 % of which enter the retail market).
March 2014
- March 2019
China
Industrias FH
Industrial Designer
Responsible for research, development and marketing of cryo-therapy and thermotherapy products and sublimation graphic process applied to polyester fabrics. Hand sampling of all ideas and defining final adjustments for manufacturing in the factory.
March 2013
- February 2014
Copacabana, Colombia
Anicom
Industrial Designer
Responsible for design and creation of animatronics characters for theme parks and shopping malls.
June 2012
- February 2013
Medellín, Colombia
Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp.
Industrial Design Intern
Made an Internship for the Innovation Lab working with an international team for development of new inflatable products.
Industrial designer for the 2nd largest global inflatables manufacturer in Shanghai, China.
Designing toys, kids play pools, bubble machines, inflatable toys for children, air pumps and packaging design for summer products.
Worked closely with engineers on the R & D center to generated new product development using Pro/ENGINEER CAD,CAM, CAE software. Work hands on in the rapid prototyping lab to explore new and innovative shapes with PVC sheets and rigid plastics for new product development.
Industrial designer for the 2nd largest global inflatables manufacturer in Shanghai, China.
Designing toys, kids play pools, bubble machines, inflatable toys for children, air pumps and packaging design for summer products.
Worked closely with engineers on the R & D center to generated new product development using Pro/ENGINEER CAD,CAM, CAE software. Work hands on in the rapid prototyping lab to explore new and innovative shapes with PVC sheets and rigid plastics for new product development.
July 2011
- December 2011
Shanghai, China
Education
EAFIT
Product Design Engineering
Universidad EAFIT founded on May 4, 1960. The emergence of a new institution of higher learning in the city responded to the demands of a rapidly changing world that was marked by political, economic and cultural tensions and which recognized the importance of ideas in resolving those problems.
The Product Design Engineering is the combination of different professional fields. On the one hand, engineering, with its technical and scientific foundation, as is the methodical process of design, dynamic and static computational analysis, the strength of materials, manufacturing processes, among others. On the other, human and social sciences and humanities, registered in the contextoeconómico-administrative, socio-political and cultural.
The Product Design Engineering is the combination of different professional fields. On the one hand, engineering, with its technical and scientific foundation, as is the methodical process of design, dynamic and static computational analysis, the strength of materials, manufacturing processes, among others. On the other, human and social sciences and humanities, registered in the contextoeconómico-administrative, socio-political and cultural.
January 2007
- July 2012
Medellín, Colombia
Languages
Spanish (Native),
English (Fluent),
Chinese (Beginner),
Awards
Stratasys, Inc.
3D printer
2014
Skills
CAD,
CAM,
CNC,
Creative,
Designer,
Engineering,
Illustrator,
Industrial Design,
Inflatable,
Innovative Thinking,
Problem Solving,
Prototyping,
Rendering,
ROBOT,
Toy,
Toy Maker,