Work Experience
Peloton Cycle / New York, NY / June 2016 - Present / www.onepeloton.com
Senior Designer. As the design lead on new product development for Peloton I was blessed with the opportunity to lead our small, agile, and talented group to develop Peloton's upcoming hardware offerings including the newly released Peloton Tread.
Freelance Industrial Design / Brooklyn,NY
I offer many services from complete product design and initial design to engineering translation to illustrations or renderings. Please feel free to contact me for potential work at markalankruse@gmail.com
Quirky INC / New York, NY / 2014 - 2015 / www.quirky.com
As a Senior Designer I managed many projects and designers within the product team, and worked with our video team to create digital media & tutorials for the online community. I collaborated directly with inventors, the Quirky community, electrical and mechanical engineers, and mass production vendors to create products for Quirky and their partners such as G.E., Harman, Mattel, and Wink.
Formation Design Group / Atlanta, GA / 2008 - 2014 / www.formationdesign.com
I lead many projects from the aviation industry to the medical and consumer goods industries. My daily activities ranged from ideation, modeling, prototyping, and production design. I have learned design for manufacturing techniques and use my knowledge of engineering principals to create designs and parametric data for production-ready concepts.
Internships
Formation Design Group / Atlanta, GA / Winter 2008 / www.formationdesign.com
Sea Ray Boats / Merritt Island, FL / Summer 2007 / www.searay.com
Astro Studios / San Francisco, CA / Winter 2007 / www.astrostudios.com
Herbst Lazar Bell / Waltham, MA / Spring 2006 / www.hlb.com
Fisher Price / East Aurora, NY / Spring & Fall 2005 / www.fisher-price.com
Education
University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, OH / www.uc.edu
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning / Bachelor of Industrial Design / 2003-2008 / GPA 3.6 (CUM LAUDE)
Bowling Green State University / Bowling Green, OH / www.bgsu.edu
College of Fine Arts / 2002-2003 / GPA 3.5
Professional
Project Leadership / Concept Development / Quick Idea Visualization / Sketching and Rendering / Storyboarding and Presentations / Hand Model Making / Manual Machining Abilities
Software
Adobe Suite / Corel Painter / Sketchbook Pro / Microsoft Office Suite / Siemens NX / Solidworks / Alias / Keyshot / Bunkspeed
Honors
Recipient General Motors Scholarship 2007 / Graduated Cum Laude / Dean’s List all Grading Periods