David Bulfin

Product Design Director

Charlotte, NC, USA
I am an Industrial Designer with over a decade of professional experience across diverse industries and creative arenas.

My work merges a strong aesthetic vision with deep technical competency that allow a good idea to transition from concept to reality without compromise.

By bolstering product design skills with branding and strategic leadership experience, my clients enjoy the benefits of a holistic approach to their design challenges.

Work Experience

BOLTgroup

Senior Designer + Strategy Manager

I am currently a proud member of a superlative design agency boasting a 35+ year history of innovation and design thinking. I excel in both product design and strategic leadership with numerous ongoing clients ranging vastly in industry and size. My involvement as a designer is end-to-end within our agency, immersing with deep market research and ethnography, expanding through ideation, styling and human factors / ergonomics and culminate with engineering and manufacturing support. Our projects consistently reach into new markets and touch a diverse set of consumer's lives. My mission is to ask better questions to achieve better answers and imagine my client's future beyond expectation.
January 2015 - Present North Carolina, United States

Corvid Technologies

Industrial Designer

I helped design, model and test aerodynamic configurations for the next generation of GM race cars as well as assist in the development of experimental military designs during testing including, but not limited to: armored vehicles, missile defense technologies and combat aircraft.
February 2012 - January 2015 Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Monarc Board Company

Owner

As a small business owner I engaged the local market of skaters, board-riders and enthusiasts. My company designed, developed, and manufactured skate decks using an in-house process that provides excellent camber rebound and strength equating to a superior board. Intensive R&D allowed our decks to test the boundaries of composite applications, while improving the overall rider experience. Monarc's customers enjoyed the benefits of a handmade, small batch product at a mass manufactured price point.
February 2014 - March 2020 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Education

North Carolina State University

Bachelor of Industrial Design

Magna Cum Laude
September 2006 - May 2010 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Illustrator, Keyshot, Lightroom, Photoshop, Procreate, Rhino, Sketchbook Pro,