Seth Fritz

About Seth Fritz

Leading Delta Faucet Company\'s Design Futures team, advanced development and showering categories, my focus is on sculpting design and innovation strategies that resonate across the enterprise. With a robust background in guiding advanced design technology, material, and trend research, our team has become instrumental in developing new product lines and markets.Our goal is to forecast industry trajectories, ensuring that we stay ahead of the curve in technology integration and category development. With the help of a multi-disciplinary team, we\'ve successfully aligned design objectives with business growth, cementing our role as a dynamic force within the organization.

Experience

1. Manager, Industrial Design Futures, Category Lead Advanced Development & Showering

   Delta Faucet Company

   Jan 2020 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US

   Leader of Design Futures Team: a multi-disciplinary team focused on advanced design technology, color, material, finish, and trends - enterprise wide+ Category Lead for Industrial Design - Advanced Development & Showering+ Alignment and Development of Design, Technology, Growth & Innovation Strategies+ Advanced Design Projects+ Advanced Development Projects+ Advanced Finish and Materials Technology+ New Finish Development Process and Research Methodology + Trend Forecasting and Research+ Design objectives within role - designing new innovative product lines, establish new markets, create new style definitions, technology integrations, new category integrations - focus on designs adding to bottom line growth + Design Strategy - owner for future ventures, collaborations, adjacencies+ Design Integrations Leader - new business unit integrations+ Change Management (certified)- new business unit integrations

Education

• Purdue University

  BA, Industrial Design, Industrial and Product Design

  1999 — 2004

Skills

• Product Development
• Pro Engineer
• Experience Design
• Keyshot
• Strategic Design
• Market Research
• Design Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Creative Direction
• Ethnography
• Hugs
• Concept Design
• Problem Solving
• Furniture
• Digital Marketing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Industrial Design
• Product Innovation
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Concept Development
• Product Design
• Design Strategy
• Brand Development
• Design for Manufacturing
• Furniture Restoration
• Surface Modeling
• Concept Generation
• Consumer Products
• Conscious Business
• Creative Problem Solving
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sketchbook Pro
• 3d Modeling
• Design Thinking