Rob Prickett
Manager, Product Innovation
San Francisco, CA, USASince earning his BFA in Industrial Design from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2010, Rob has held a range of positions across product design, product management, innovation strategy, and business development.
His work has spanned consumer, industrial, scientific, transportation, and medical industries, for organizations including Medtronic, PepsiCo, and Yamaha Motorsport.
Presently, Rob is working to broadly impact global product and service development initiatives at Daikin, the worlds #1 OEM manufacturer of HVAC products. As Product Innovation Manager at Daikin's Silicon Valley-based Open Innovation Lab, Rob is driven to achieve the vision of improving occupant comfort and health while dramatically reducing the energy consumption of HVAC systems in residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
His work has spanned consumer, industrial, scientific, transportation, and medical industries, for organizations including Medtronic, PepsiCo, and Yamaha Motorsport.
Presently, Rob is working to broadly impact global product and service development initiatives at Daikin, the worlds #1 OEM manufacturer of HVAC products. As Product Innovation Manager at Daikin's Silicon Valley-based Open Innovation Lab, Rob is driven to achieve the vision of improving occupant comfort and health while dramatically reducing the energy consumption of HVAC systems in residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
Work Experience
Daikin
Manager, Product Innovation
- Conducting strategic, innovation-focused research to inform global product strategy related to high tech software and hardware. (BIM, GIS, IoT, ai, AR/VR, smart building/city, etc.)
- Overseeing product discovery: Need finding, modeling, prototyping, early testing, roadmap.
- Acting as product manager for new products and services in MVP, beta, and first release stages; leveraging lean and agile methodologies.
- Advising on strategy for BU integration of new products and services.
- Establishing strategic alliances with key innovation partners including startups, expert advisors, and academic research institutions.
- Developing and communicating internal strategy and R&D processes; laying ground work for a corporate innovation lab.
- Advising on startup engagement activities including search and preliminary due diligence.
- Overseeing product discovery: Need finding, modeling, prototyping, early testing, roadmap.
- Acting as product manager for new products and services in MVP, beta, and first release stages; leveraging lean and agile methodologies.
- Advising on strategy for BU integration of new products and services.
- Establishing strategic alliances with key innovation partners including startups, expert advisors, and academic research institutions.
- Developing and communicating internal strategy and R&D processes; laying ground work for a corporate innovation lab.
- Advising on startup engagement activities including search and preliminary due diligence.
April 2018
- Present
San Francisco, California, United States
Highway1
Mentor
Advised hardware startup founders in the areas of design, product management, and engineering.
June 2016
- December 2017
California, United States
Outfitted
Principal / Strategist / Designer
Led clients from product discovery to launch, collaborating closely with their staff to build strategy and design/engineer products that customers love.
September 2015
- June 2017
California, United States
Redgroup
Product Manager
Led activities relating to the discovery, strategic planning, and development of medical, industrial, and consumer products. Additionally, responsible for end-to-end engineering project management for projects where the firm provided full-lifecycle service (1-3yr projects).
November 2013
- December 2016
Minnesota, United States
Redgroup
Product Designer
Performed research and design activities contributing to the development of medical, commercial, and consumer products.
October 2012
- December 2016
Minnesota, United States
Sportech
Industrial Designer
Designed and developed OEM powersports vehicles and accessories. Involvement with Polaris, John Deere, Arctic Cat, Honda, & more. Interfaced with all touch points of turnkey business model.
October 2011
- October 2012
Minnesota, United States
Fuseneo
Industrial Designer
Developed conceptual sketches, models, and prototypes for structural packaging and brand supporting products/devices. Primarily for several PepsiCo subsidiaries including Tropicana and Gatorade.
May 2010
- October 2011
Illinois, United States
Difted
UI Design Intern
Cooperated with the design team to develop web, video, and print assets. Maintained the front-end of several client sites, while collaborating with developers on back-end solutions and reinforcing social media campaigns.
June 2009
- August 2009
Nevada, United States
Education
Milwaukee Institute Of Art And Design
BFA, Industrial Design
August 2006
- May 2010
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Skills
3D Modeling,
3d Rendering,
Alias,
Business Development,
CAD,
Cinema 4D,
Consumer Product Design,
Design Research,
Design Thinking,
Fabrication,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Mock-Ups,
Package Design,
Photoshop,
Product Management,
Project Management,
Prototyping,
Rhino,
Sketch Development,
Sketch Rendering,
Solidworks,
Supplier Management,
User Experience,
Ux,