Ryan H. Y. Teo

Product Design Engineer

Evanston, IL, USA

Work Experience

Blueprint Alpha

Product Design & Development Intern

Designed and developed the concept for hngr, a cooperative connecting local restaurants in the Chicago area to help them take control of their relationships with food delivery customers. See www.hngr.co for more details.

Designed a modular website template for restaurants in the hngr network, and gave creative direction for front end development.

Redesigned the company's website and visual brand identity so that they translate seamlessly across the startup's ventures into blockchain and data analytics.

Being mentored by Dotmenu/Grubhub co-founder Michael Saunders.
January 2018 - Present Evanston, Illinois, United States

Jones Knowles Ritchie

Design Intern

Rebranded Uncle Ben's Rice (global). Designed for consistency in color, typography, photography, and logo lockup. Developed a rice grain pattern and the iconic “rice grain wink”.

Rebranded WKD Vodka (UK) around the exclamation mark logo. Illustrated animation characters for press release.

Rebranded Plenish Juices (UK) to market cold-pressed juices beyond the standard “yoga-mom” niche.
June 2017 - August 2017 London, United Kingdom

Singapore Armed Forces

Lieutenant, Combat Engineer Platoon Commander

Graduated from Basic Training and Officer Cadet School in the top 1% in a cohort of 5000 enlistees. Specially commissioned by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with the Sword of Merit.

Led a team of 18 soldiers in constructing and defusing explosives, in preparation for a combat evaluation involving 120 personnel. Attained the highest achievable standard (REDCON 1) for an Army platoon.

Awarded Engineer Commander Coin and received accelerated rank promotion for outstanding performance.

Graduated from Basic Coaching & Facilitation Course, Company Tactics Course, and Engineer Officer Advanced Course—now qualified to assume Officer Commanding role to lead a field engineer company of 120 soldiers.
July 2015 - May 2017 Singapore, Singapore

Education

Northwestern University

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Product Design Engineering

Current GPA: 3.86/4.00
September 2017 - Present Evanston, Illinois, United States

Languages

English (Native),
Chinese (Advanced),

Awards

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

1st Place (Best Product Design)

2018

Maestro Guitars

3rd place in Maestro Guitars fretboard design contest

2017

Havaianas

1st place in Havaianas x Zouk international bag design contest

2016

DC Shoes

1st place (People’s Choice) in DC ‘Trase Yours’ South-East Asia

2015

DC Shoes

1st place (Best Shoe Design) in DC ‘Trase Yours’ Singapore

2015

The Kitchin

Runner-up (1 of 6 shortlisted) in Tom Kitchin’s international cutlery design competition

2012

Skills

Adobe, Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk, Autodesk, Brand Design, Design, Design, Design, Front End, Front End, Front End, Fusion 360, Fusion 360, Human-Centered Design, Human-Centered Design, Human-Centered Design, Illustrator, Illustrator, Industrial Design, Industrial Design, Industrial Design, InVision, InVision, Keyshot, Keyshot, Logo &, Logo &, Process, Process, Process, Sketching, Sketching, Sketching, Solidworks, Solidworks,