About

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Experience

• Exterior Design Intern & Master Thesis

  Volkswagen

  January 2024 - July 2024

  Germany

• Transportation Design Intern

  KISKA.

  June 2018 - September 2018

  Austria

• Lead Body / Aero Designer

  Blue Devil Motorsports - Formula Hybrid

  September 2017 - February 2019

  United States

• Creative Design Intern

  Volkswagen

  May 2017 - August 2017

  United States

Education

• Hochschule Pforzheim

  Master of Arts in Transportation Design

  March 2022 - July 2024

  Germany

• Lawrence Technological University

  Bachelor of Science in Transportation Design

  August 2015 - May 2019

  United States

Licenses & certification

• Gravity Sketch Certified Trainer

  Gravity Sketch

  January 2025 - December 2025

• Gravity Sketch Student Ambassador

  Gravity Sketch

  April 2024 - April 2025

Design skills

• 3D Modelling
• Aerodynamics
• Attention to Detail
• Class-A Surfacing
• Manufacturing Processes
• Prototyping
• Rendering
• Sketching
• Traditional Drawing Skills
• Virtual Reality (VR) Integration

Design tools

• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Alias
• Arnold
• Blender
• CATIA
• Maya
• Procreate
• VRED