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Jeffrey Richard Spivack
Contacts
 4 impasse du Pigeonnier
44700 Orvault, France

+33 6 82 28 06 03
jeff@jeffspivack.com
http://www.jeffspivack.com
Objective

Design can have the power to change people's lives. When design addresses peoples' needs, and does it well, users and beneficiaries can reap enormous rewards in their daily lives. I feel that I can make a unique contribution to the field by applying my skills as a product designer.

Experience
2007 - PRESENT
Design Office Manager
Aquaproduction
Chemere, France

Managing the design office for a shower cubicle and enclosure manufacturer

  • Management of a team of project managers and draftsmen
  • Product Development Strategy and Scheduling
  • Recruiting and adding to the team

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    2003 - 2007
    Production Manager
    Technical Director
    Director, R&D
    Screen Research
    La Chapelle sur Erdre, France

    Production Manager, "ClearPix" videoprojection screens (07/03 - 10/03)

  • Management of a small manufacturing team
  • Supplier Sourcing
  • Quality Control

    • Technical Director (10/03 - 05/04)

  • Product Design and Development
  • Technical Support
  • IT and Internet presence

    • Director, Research and Development (05/04 - present)

  • Product Design and Development
  • Product Development Strategy and Scheduling
  • Management of Technical Support and Internet presence

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    1999 - 2002
    Product Designer
    ApproTEC
    Nairobi, Kenya

    Design Team Leader, MoneyMaker Handpump

  • Product Research and Development
  • Product Design
  • Tooling and Manufacturing Design

    • Lead Trainer, Manufacturing Trainings

  • Training Design
  • Training Coordination

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    1998 - 1999
    Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California

    Assistant Manager, Product Realization Laboratory

  • Equipment maintenance
  • Personnel management
  • Capital improvements

    • Instructor, Design for Appropriate Technology

  • Course creation and organization
  • Principal lecturer

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    1996 - 1998
    Volunteer-Water and Sanitation Engineer

    Design and fabrication of improved tools, hydrological improvements (rural water wells, water-lifting devices), sanitation (pit latrines, local refuse collection), skills enhancement (masonry, gardening).

  • Identification and evaluation of local needs
  • Institutional and financial project organization
  • Technical assistance and supervision

     

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    Education
    1992 - 1996
    General Engineering (Product Design)
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California
    Bachelor of Science

     

    Languages

    Fluent in French and Spanish; conversant in Bambara, Peuhl and Kiswahili