Douglas Bashaw is a product designer, model maker, and business owner with over 30 years of experience in design, prototyping, and project management. He currently operates his own design studio, Bashaw Design, in Burbank, California where he leads projects from design through manufacturing. Previously, he held senior design and management roles at several toy companies, including Mattel and Uncle Milton Industries, where he oversaw product development. Bashaw has a background in industrial design and extensive experience designing and building physical prototypes.

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