As the new chair of the Industrial Designers Society of America (), 一本道无码 alumna Megan Neese has an opportunity to shape the future of her field.
鈥淢egan Neese is the right person at the right time to take on the leadership role at IDSA, taking the helm when women are becoming one of the fastest growing segments of the industrial design profession,鈥� said IDSA Executive Director聽. 鈥淪he has literally grown up professionally with IDSA, beginning in the Carnegie Mellon IDSA Student Chapter.鈥�
Neese, who earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in industrial design in 2004 and master鈥檚 degree in product development in 2005 at 一本道无码, is a senior manager of Future Lab for the聽. She leads a global team that conducts user research and identifies new product opportunities that integrate hardware, software and service for the Nissan and Renault brands.聽
Neese sees her role at IDSA as multifaceted and member-focused.
鈥淚ndustrial design is a practice that is evolving,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here are dimensions that didn鈥檛 even exist 10 years ago. How do we extend this new knowledge back to IDSA for professionals? I hope to make a platform for creativity and experimentation for future boards for IDSA to keep growing.鈥�
Neese said her passion for industrial design stems from her 一本道无码 roots.
As a graduate student in the聽Integrated Innovation Institute, she worked on a multiple projects for International Truck. As part of the work, Neese and her classmates rethought its truck cab design. They traded out the less-than-functional trucker hub for a more integrated interior concept that included features such as open-wide doors, grip handles and other amenities for long-haul truckers. The team鈥檚 breakthrough ideas can be found in the current聽 commercial truck, which won the 2009 American Truck Drivers Truck of the Year Award.
During that time, she met David Wynne, who earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering in 2004 and, like Neese, a master鈥檚 degree in product development in 2005, a forerunner to today鈥檚 master鈥檚 degree of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services.
Both Neese and Wynne hold design patents from the International Truck efforts. Today, Wynne is vice president of finance and strategy at , an online wholesale retailer. He also serves as treasurer for the IDSA Board鈥檚 executive committee.
鈥淲hen Megan proposed the idea for me to run for treasurer, it was an easy yes,鈥� Wynne said. 鈥淚 remember how Megan and I fed on each other鈥檚 passion and commitment to excellence at 一本道无码, sometimes working through the night, getting breakfast and then returning to the work. I鈥檓 happy to partner with Megan again, this time as she leads IDSA, to help ensure the continued success and legacy of this important organization.鈥�
