Chris Davey

Chief Deign Officer / Product Release Director

Sacramento, CA, USA
Wide range of design skills, ranging from User Experience, Graphic Design and Product Development. Application prototyping from sketch to usability mock-ups, using the latest software packages from Adobe, Bohemia, and InVision.

Product prototypes using sketch, foam, solid modeling/rendering and 3D printing. Near production prototypes using laser cutters and CNC routers.

Currently working with a group with a wide range of disciplines designing user experiences, marketing materials, back-end control panels, as well as working with off-site contractors.

Work Experience

Bekonix, Inc.

Chief Design Officer / Product Manager

Founder and Chief Design Officer of the technology startup Bekonix Inc, focused on IoT development. Backed by 25 years of design, strategic thinking, and visual storytelling. Alongside Fortune 500 companies and agile entrepreneurs, I’ve helped develop 100’s of products, including award-winning products from Play, HP, and JBL.
January 2020 - California, United States

RocketLife

Art Director, Marketing & UI/UX, Product Development

Currently developing a hardware and software solution for LED design. This involves every skill in my bag. Software design, user experiences, and web sites for desktop and portables, as well as creating several manufacturable products.

Previous task was software development for large corporations, such as HP, Kodak, LG, Samsung as well as individuals. Custom photo creations such as photo books, collage prints and more. Driven by printing and ordering across the world in 23 languages, over 1 million uniques visitors daily using desktop software on Mac and PC.
January 2004 - Present California, United States

Global Streams

Senior Designer

Online Video Production company. Helped develop hardware and software solutions, as well as marketing materials.
January 2001 - December 2003 Rancho Cordova, California, United States

Play Inc.

Graphic Designer & Product Designer

Worked in large team of graphic designers creating advertisements, product manuals, packaging, and logos. Also worked closely with engineering wing to bring three new products to market by way of CAD and mock-ups.
January 1997 - January 2001 Rancho Cordova, California, United States

TNT

Product and Graphic Designer

Night vision company that needed a product designer to create plastic and aluminum parts as well as marketing materials for trade shows and magazines.
January 1996 - January 1997 Rocklin, California, United States

Designology

Product Designer

Started as internship, part-time, then hired full-time after graduation from ASU with BS in Industrial Design. Worked with numerous clients to market in the audio, computer, and law enforcement products.
January 1993 - January 1996 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Education

Arizona State University

B.S. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design

Majored in Industrial Design
January 1993 - July 1995 Arizona, United States

Sierra Jr. College

Associates of Arts Degree

General Education until I figured out what I wanted to do/where I wanted to attend. Took several CAD classes which lead to Industrial design eventually.
January 1990 - June 1992 Rocklin, California, United States

American River College

Certificate of Graphic Desgn

August 1989 - January 1990 Citrus Heights, California, United States

Skills

3D Printing, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Amazon Storefronts, Asana, Axure RP, CAD, Constant Contact, CSS, CSS, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Fusion 360, Geo Magic Design, HTML, HTML, HTML 5, In Design, Java, JavaScript, Keyshot, Muse, Notepad++, Pencil, Photo Shop, Rendering, Sharpee, Shopify, Sketch, Solidworks, UX/UI Design, WordPress, Yahoo Storefronts,