Jim Ferguson

About Jim Ferguson

As an Industrial Designer and energetic problem solver, my nature is to reduce complex challenges, look for simple solutions or redefine the problem. I have been providing corporate clients with services including: Industrial Design, Concept Development, Product Development, Kiosk Design, Custom Production Furniture, Electronic Product Development, Rapid Prototyping, Project Management, Vendor Coordination and Business Development Services, Sales & Marketing.Client Engagement, Design Discovery, Design Consulting, Proposal Development, Creative Direction, Conceptual Development, Design, Ideation, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Corporate Marketing Planning, Presentation Development, Relationship Building, Social Media, Database Management, Model Making, Writing and Presenting.Photography, Committee Assistance, Writing and Communicating.

Experience

1. Principal

   Ratio Product Lab

   Jan 2015 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   I lead a product design and engineering firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. Ratio offers product ideation, industrial design and engineering services. We are focused on consumer, industrial and electronic products. We serve as a resource for large corporate clients and for the product inventors who may be ready to launch their product idea. We provide a phase approach to product development that includes: industrial design, mechanical and electrical engineering, prototyping and manufacturing. We deliver high quality product images and prototypes for functional testing and marketing appearance models. We manufacture a number of products with resources in the United States and abroad. We offer a complete turn-key approach to product development and can work from a napkin sketch of an idea, through engineered components to a request for manufactured product fulfillment. Ratio has developed Class II Medical products, embedded technology devices, demonstration devices, product packaging, consumer goods, household, commercial, military and hardware products.

Education

• Auburn University

  Bachelor of Industrial Design, Industrial Design

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• User-Centered Design
• Experience Design
• Project Planning
• Furniture
• Design Thinking
• Marketing
• Account Management
• Sustainable Design
• Concept Design
• Product Design
• Market Research
• Design Strategy
• Brand Development
• Project Management
• Customer Engagement
• Architectures
• Rendering
• Integrated Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Interior Design
• Concept Development
• Integration
• Budgets
• Team Building
• Design Research
• Corporate Branding
• Interior Architecture
• Customer Relations
• Social Media Marketing
• Manufacturing
• Strategic Planning
• Leed
• New Business Development
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Strategy
• Customer Service
• Sketching
• Rapid Prototyping
• Industrial Design
• Proposal Writing