Kevin Bailey
President @Design 1st
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WORK HISTORY
President @Design 1st
Kevin has spent 30 years in new product development. Early jobs at National Research Council, Alberta Research Council, Shell Oil, Syncrude and General Motors led to 13 years in the global development design group at Nortel Networks. Design1st was founded in 1996 and Kevin grew a team of designers and engineers into a 25 person company serving 70 clients a year developing new hardware products for companies that are looking for fast, low cost and high quality business oriented solutions. From custom electronics and embedded software to Industrial design, user interface and mechanical engineering the team at Design1st wakes up every day and invents for clients in North America and now around the globe.Ottawa Business Journal Blogs -
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo
BaSc, Engineering Mechanical
SKILLS
ABOUT KEVIN BAILEY
As product development consultants we are looking to provide a positive and predictable experience for start up and established companies who are looking for an expert hardware product design team. With 25 staff our skills include industrial design, user experience, mechanical, electrical and software engineering to enable global new product design and development. We use an expert team with state of the art processes and 3D engineering CAD tools to create, validate and quantify the user experience, product solution and manufacturing strategy arriving at high quality product designs that meet safety and regulatory scrutiny.Our years of experience in large corporations is the perfect fit for companies developing unique products in the Hi-Tech, Commercial, Industrial, Medical, Military and Retail markets.Specialties: Working into your marketing and business teams to bring critical cost selection decision to the early stage of design. If supply options are required we will introduce and help you qualify potential onshore and offshore component suppliers and work into the selected Contract Manufacturer.Ottawa Business Journal Blogs of in Ottawa Your Product Sense rules of
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