The Creative Unit / L'Unité Créative inc.

CEO / Président, Industrial designer / Designer industriel

Saint Bruno, Quebec, Canada

Work Experience

The Creative Unit Inc.

CEO, Senior Industrial designer

June 2004 - Quebec, Canada

Universite Du Quebec A Montreal (UQAM)

Part-time lecturer/ Chargé de cours, DESS Design d'équipements de transport

Enseignement du design de véhicules, design industriel, processus de design, techniques de communication graphique.

Transportation design training, industrial design, design process, visual communication techniques

Advanced concepts / Concepts avancés
2008 - Quebec, Canada

Bombardier Recreational Products

Expert industrial designer, advanced concepts

From Junior to Expert Industrial designer, Advanced concepts
1986-1988 (internship) 1988-2004.
Industrial design internship from 1986 to 1988.

Industrial designer on many commercial products:
1990 Safari platform sled
1991 Formula Plus sled
RJ Regional jet engineering furnishing dept.
1995 S-2000 platfom sled
1995 Special design team, Celebrity boats face-lift
1996 Modular snomobile helmet (IDEA Silver award)
1997 CK3 platform sled
1999 ZX platform sled
1997-1998 NEV Neiborhood Electric Vehicle
1999 Sea-Doo Challenger 2000 jet boat
1999-2000 Sea-Doo Islandia jet boat (IDEA Gold award)
2000-2001 Can-Am Rallye ATV
2001 Can-Am Outlander ATV
2001 Sea-Doo Speedster 200 jet boat
2003 Embrio concept (IDEA Gold award)
2000-2004 Can-Am Spyder Roadster - 3 wheeler motomobile. (Red-dot award)
1988 - 2004 Valcourt, Quebec, Canada

Bombardier Aerospace (CANADAIR)

Technologist, Industrial designer

Work on the regional Jet project (RJ) as an Industrial designer and technologist
1990 - 1992 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Education

University Of Montreal

Bacchelier en Design Industriel (B.D.I)

Three (3) major projects in transportation design
1984 - 1988 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal

Certificat en Aeronautique

Certificate in aeronautics
1991 - 1994 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Bishop's University

Certificate in Fine Arts

1995 - 2001 Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada

Université Du Québec à Montreal

Baccalaureat en Histoire de l'Art (History of Arts)

2002 - 2009 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Languages

French (Native),
English (Advanced),

Awards

Red Dot Design Award, Design Concept

Design concept, The SORA Electric Motorcycle

2011

Red Dot Design Award, Design Concept

Design concept, ENERGYA motomobile

2009

Red Dot Design Award

Honourable mention, BRP Can-Am Spyder roadster

2008

Industrial Design Excellence Awards I

IDSA Design exploration Gold, one-wheeled advanced concept commuting vehicle

2003

Prix Canada De L'Institut De Design De Montréal

Catégorie Produit de consommation grand public, Bateau sport Islandia. Montréal, le 15 mai 2002.

2002

Industrial Design Excellence Awards

IDSA Gold, BRP Islandia jet boat

2001

Industrial Design Excellence Award

IDSA Silver, BRP Modular helmet

2000

Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Concept Sketching, Hand Drawing, Hand Rendering, Rhino, SketchBook Pro, 3D Clay Modeling, Adobe Illustator, Good Old Sketcherino, Sketch,