Taka Okai

Senior Technical Associate @ Colgate-Palmolive

Country

United States

City

Piscataway

Industry

Consumer Goods

Skill

3D Computer Aided Design (3D CAD), Creative Problem Solving, Oral Communication, Communication, Problem Solving, Prototyping, CAD Tools, Consumer Products, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), CMF, Industrial Design, Concept Development, Concept Generation, Rendering, Product Design, Concept Design, Manufacturing, Sketching, Design Management, Project Management

Experience

Senior Technical Associate

Colgate-Palmolive

2018-5 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

Piscataway, New Jersey

Technical Associate

Colgate-Palmolive

2012-10 - Present · 14 yrs

Piscataway, NJ

Senior Industrial Designer

LDA

2012-2 - 2012-10 · 9 mos

Irvine, CA

Senior Industrial Designer

OpenPeak, Inc.

2010-9 - 2012-2 · 1 yr 6 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

While at OpenPeak, projects ranged from consumer based kids tablets to enterprise devises, smart phones and accessories. Responsibilities ranged from project management, vendor/modelshop oversight, and concept development.

Senior Industrial Designer

M3 Design

2002-11 - 2010-8 · 7 yrs 10 mos

Round Rock, TX

Projects at M3 Design ranged from consumer electronics, toys,outdoor activity products, pet products and enterprise products to medical products.

Industrial Designer

ID Net.

2002-4 - 2002-10 · 7 mos

Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Projects at I.D. Net ranged from consumer electronics and house hold items, to health care products.

Industrial Design Intern

Astro Studios | Part of PA Consulting

2000-9 - 2001-8 · 1 yr

San Francisco Bay Area

Projects at Astro ranged from sporting goods, and toys to consumer electronics.

Industrial Design Intern

Fox Head, Inc.

2000-6 - 2000-8 · 3 mos

Morgan Hill, CA

Projects at FoxHead included creating illustrations for catalogs, generating kidney belt concepts and conceptualizing a new tool-bag for motocross market.