Loc Dao
Industrial Design CAD Sculptor - Advancing design excellence through surface and form mastery.
- Role
- Cad Sculptor - Industrial Design at Google
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Loc Dao
Surface Designer / CAD Sculptor with 20+ years of experience developing form, precision surfaces, and tactile geometry — including 10+ years delivering concept to production-ready surfaces for consumer hardware, wearables, and automotive design.Career foundation built through a decade of hands-on physical sculpting and fine-material craftsmanship, now applied to high-performance digital surfacing and manufacturing-driven design.Specializes in translating ambiguous design intent into scalable, manufacturable surface systems across ID, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing partners. Recognized for building robust CAD frameworks that carry complex form reliably from early concept through mass production.Expertise includes Autodesk Alias, Maya, Siemens NX, class-A, NURBS, SubD, DFM, and advanced surfacing methodology.
Experience
Cad Sculptor - Industrial Design
Apr 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Consumer hardware and wearables. Leading surface development using Autodesk Alias, NX, and Teamcenter
Education
Cleveland Institute of Art
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Industrial Design & Automotive Design
Kent State University
Biochemistry/ Pre-dental with minor in Fine Arts
Skills
- Sculpture
- 3d Visualization
- Design Thinking
- Sketchbook Designer
- Graphic Design
- Art
- Concept Design
- Graphics
- Product Design
- Drawing
- Photography
- Microsoft Office
- Rendering
- Painting
- Social Media
- Lightroom
- Concept Development
- Illustration
- Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop
- Powerpoint
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Sketchbook Pro
- Model Making
- Microsoft Word
- Team-Oriented
- Sketching
- Vred
- Industrial Design
- Concept Art
- Indesign
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