Sandra Ramirez Herrera Willem Frisostraat, Eindhoven (+31) 6 44 32 8369 srahe@ymail.com LinkedIn: http://lnkd.in/ShiMm3
About Me
I am product designer with 3 years of experience in developing products for different industries. My interest focuses on user and context research to create better and holistic solutions that are tailored to the user’s needs, desires and feeling.
Work Experience
From Oct. 2015
Junior Interaction Designer - Philips Design Working in different projects as SMS intermediair external
From Feb. 2015 Until Sept. 2015
Graduating Student - Philips Research. Research, design and development of a device to help detect pneumonia by measuring the SpO2 from children in low-resource setting. Supervisor: Pavan Dadlani.
From Sept. 2014 Until Jan. 2015
Disruptive Designer – Unilever R&D Working in a team of 6 Master students from different design specializations, the Joint Master Project (JMP) offered a great opportunity to applied academic, creative and professional skills for a company. Our case in Unilever R&D center was offered to work inside the company to get involve in the internal environment and enhancing the company’s innovation process, being regarded by Unilever as Disruptive Design Studio (DDS). Supervisor: Erik Krijnen.
From Jan. 2011 Until July 2013
Chief of Design - Fantaxias S.A.S Design and develop innovative and creative new products, plus updating and enhancing current products and their manufacturing process. Lead the team to translate trends into concepts that respond to business needs and work with and communicate effectively with cross-functional team members. Supervisor: Eduardo Nino.
From Feb 2007 Until Nov. 2007
Research Assistant - Centro de Investigacion en Ergonomia Measurement and anthropometric data collection. Supervisor: Maria Fernanda Maradei.
http://issuu.com/shanarahe/docs/cv_portfolio
Online Portfolio
Awards and Recognitions
Nominated: TherapyTech 2015 Design Award, Netherlands. Nominated: Innovation for Health Design Award 2015, Netherlands. Winner: Design for All at the Pemios Diseño y Punto 2014, Colombia. IDE Faculty Scholarship from Delft University of Technology, 2013, Netherlands. COLFUTURO Scholarship 2013, Colombia Second place: Urban Water Movie Contest from TU Delft, 2012, Netherlands. Nominated: Best Product Concept in the Lapiz de Acero Award 2012,Colombia. . Finalist: Talentos Design 2010 Contest - Product, Fundacion Banco Santander, Spain. Outstanding Student: First academic period 2006 and 2004 at UIS, Colombia.
Patent Applications
2015, Gear for holding a physiological sensor, European Patent application 22-12-2015, Philips Internal Reference 2015PF00980
Education
From Sept. 2013 Until Aug. 2015
M.Sc. Design for Interaction at Delft University of Technology Specialization in Medesign
2010 December
BA Industrial Design at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS); Bucaramanga, Colombia..
Additional courses and training
2008 November
CNC CAD/CAM at Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Giron, Colombia, 80 hours.
2008 October
CNC Processes of Machining at SENA; Giron, Colombia, 60 hrs.
2006 December
Basics of the wood work, SENA; Floridablanca, Colombia, 50 hrs.
Lenguages Skills:
Spanish: English: French: Dutch:
Skills
Mother tongue Fluent Basic Beginner
Software Skills: Adobe iIlustrator, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop and Luxology Modo: Advance SolidWorks, Rhinoceros and InDesign: Good 3D max and Adobe Flash: Medium Platforms: Windows and Mac OSX
Hobbies and Interests
• Rock climbing, Water ski, Roller skating: I am an active person who enjoy sports. • Travel; but I do not do it as much as I would like to. I am as well an animal lover