My one page Curriculum Vitae, or CV for short.
If you don't know, this is a Latin phrase that means "course of life." In other words, a written summary of a person's career, qualifications, and education.
Dave is an industrial designer and educator. As an industrial designer, he has developed products for Microsoft, LG, Umbra, Target, and Hasbro. He has won numerous industrial design awards, with work recognized in media coverage worldwide.
As an educator, he has taught at the college level at OTIS College of Art and Design since 2001. He is also a LinkedIn Learning author of 20 courses covering 3D in design, modeling, rendering, animation, and prototyping.
In 2018, he founded Gridopolis Games. Gridopolis is an innovative 3D strategy game and modular game system. Dave not only executed the design work, but did the engineering, packaging, website design, factory sourcing, and marketing efforts.
For fun, Dave likes to design cool stuff, make 3D models and fly his paraglider.
1993 San Diego AIDS Memorial, Citation Award
1996 Lego International Design Competition, Interactive Game, First Place
1997 San Diego Home and Garden [magazine & cover], ‘House of the Year,’ Home in Rancho Sante Fe
2010 Chaos Group Rendering Competition, Third Place, ‘Philco PC’
2011 Parents' Choice Gold Award, ‘Nancy B Science Club Microscope’ for Educational Insights
2011 Family Fun Magazine's Best Toy Award, ‘Nancy B Science Club Microscope’ for Educational Insights
2012 LG Innovation Award, ‘Roto Retro’ cell phone, First Place (1 of 524)
2013 Grand Prize: Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation for ‘Kinsa Smart Thermometer’
2013 Grand Prize: Health 2.0 / DC2VC for ‘Kinsa Smart Thermometer’
2013 Grand Prize: New York City Innovate Health Tech, for ‘Kinsa Smart Thermometer’
2013 Grand Prize: Demo Mobile 2013, for ‘Kinsa Smart Thermometer’
2014 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, ‘My First Microscope’ for Educational Insights
2014 Parents’ Choice Silver Award, ‘My First Microscope’ for Educational Insights
2014 Toy of the Year Finalist [top 6] ‘My First Microscope’ for Educational Insights
2015 Toy of the Year Finalist [top 6] for ‘Black Light Illuminator’, for Educational Insights,
2015 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Seal Award for ‘Black Light Illuminator’, for Educational Insights
2018 IDA Gold Award, Board Game category, ‘Gridopolis’
2018 IDA Gold Award, Educational Toy category, ‘Gridopolis’
2018 STEM.org certification for an educational product, ‘Gridopolis’
2018 Kickstarter Funding Campaign, successful for ‘Gridopolis’
2019 European Product Design Award, Silver Prize in Construction Category, ‘Gridopolis’
2019 European Product Design Award, Silver Prize in Educational Category, ‘Gridopolis’
2019 Mom’s Choice, Gold Award in STEAM Category, for ‘Gridopolis’
2020 National Parenting Product Award, First Place, for ‘Gridopolis’
2020 Toy Insider’s Top Holiday Toy, Winner, for ‘Gridopolis’
2021 Toy of the Year, STEAM finalist (1 of 7), for ‘Gridopolis’
2021 Mensa Select, Award winner (1 of 10) for ‘Gridopolis’
1993 Contemporary Trends in Landscape Architecture [book] San Diego AIDS Memorial, 5 pages
1993 Contemporary Trends in Landscape Architecture [book] Residential Project, 5 pages
1997 San Diego Home and Garden [magazine & cover], ‘House of the Year,’ Home in Rancho Sante Fe
2009 Engadget [article] ‘Philco PC concept makes the ‘50s seem less lame’
2009 Gizmodo [article] ‘I Would Buy the Philco PC Right This Second’
2009 New York Times [article] ‘A PC Rooted in the ’50s,’ coverage of ‘Philco PC’
2010 Gloss [magazine] coverage of ‘Philco PC’
2010 CPU / Computer Power User [magazine] coverage of ‘Philco PC’
2010 Real Design [magazine & cover] coverage of ‘Philco PC’
2014 Retro & Vintage Design [book] for ‘Philco PC’ two-page project spread
2021 Newsweek Magazine Best in STEM [magazine article] for ‘Gridopolis’
SchultzeWORKS designstudio, Founder and Owner. 1997 to present.
Gridopolis Games, Founder and Owner. 2018 to present.
OTIS College of Art & Design, Instructor. 2002 to present .
Microsoft
LG Electronics
Target
Mattel [20 projects]
Hasbro [40 projects]
Educational Insights [15 projects]
bMuse
Skechers