1. Douglas Bashaw
Product Designer, Model Maker
Contact
Cell: 805.340.8974
Email : Doug@primeshaw.com
Address
2137 N. Dymond Street Burbank California 91505
Profile
Objective Team leader, Manager, Designer and Builder. Open to work in-house with a good team.
Availability Current
Education
1987 - 1989 Commercial Art – Industrial Design
Phoenix Institute of New Technologies, Phoenix, Arizona
Work Experience
Bashaw Design, Burbank CA.
President Current
 Fully equipped 3D Design studio
 Running SLA and FDM printers for accurate part output
 3D Scanning
 Product Design
 Product prototypes
 Project Management Design to Manufacturing
Applied Minds, Burbank, CA. Contract per project
Senior Designer Studio Lead Model Maker
Current
 Built the new AMI Design and Models Shop Studio
 Equipped and ran a crew for primary Northrop Grumman project account
 Responsible for staff Managing adhering to tight contract budgets
 Hands on Designer Builder
 Responsible for Managing in-house hiring for new staff
 High level military security clearance
 Security clearance still active
Mattel Toys Corp. El Segundo, CA. Full-time
Senior Designer Model Maker 2012- 2014
 Responsible for Design and Development for track sets for Hot Wheels
 Responsible for Design and Development of playsets for Matchbox playsets
 As a Model Maker I worked to develop outside the box using my many years of design and
building experience
 Key support for initial costing and cost maximizing for effective margin requirements
 Archive specialist, documenting and archiving Mattel history

2.  Several design patents filed
Uncle Milton Industries, Westlake Village, CA. Full-time
Product Development Manager 2006- 2010
 Built and Managed the in-house Model Shop
 Hands on Designer building proving models
 Managed Research & Development department internal and external
 Managed everything for prototype department internal and external
 In-house IT support for servers, network and user workstations
 Technical liaison between US development and China/Japan development / manufacturing
 Key support for new product ideation
 Key support for initial costing and cost maximizing for effective margin requirements
Mattel Toys Corp. El Segundo, CA. Contract
Mechanical Development Specialist 2005 - 2006
 Supervised advanced animation mechanism development
 Fabrication of advanced animation mechanisms
 Developed new rapid prototype techniques to simulate production parts for testing
 Worked with China to provide pilot engineering for manufacturing
Lanard Toys Inc. Oxnard, CA. Full-time
Senior 3D Designer 1995 - 2005
 Model Shop Manager, Hands on Model Maker
 Supervised all prototypes internal and external with HK resources
 Design and built proving models and show models
 Key support for new product ideation
 In-house IT support for Servers network and user workstations
Hamilton Prototypes and Effects Los Angeles, Ca. Full-time
Senior Model Maker – Model shop Supervisor 1990 - 1994
 Development, Design and Fabrication of products for toy industry, medical, military and film
 Model shop supervisor after 2 years
 Mattel Toys was our primary contractor
Design Software
Rhinoceros 3D - Solid Works - Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop – Quick Base project
management
Activities and Interests
PC Design and maintenance of personal, professional and server machines
R/C Active R/C pilot and aircraft designer
Travel Business travel to Japan, Hong Kong and China