Robert Lugar has experience in project management, client services, product development, and design. He has worked for startups developing consumer products and expanding businesses internationally. As a product manager, he oversaw licensing inventions from inventors to manufacturers, managed over 100 clients across various industries, and ensured products progressed through development, marketing, and distribution. His education focused on utilizing design and sustainability to create competitive advantage in business.

1. ROBERT LUGAR: CAREER OVERVIEW
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2. ABOUT: EMPLOYERS AND EDUCATION
Business Experience:
Project Management, Client Services, Product and Business Development
Consumer products startup Shanghai based startup Business management
that develops and launches expanding business from education focused on creating
products from independent “shop-at-home” products into competitive advantage through
inventors “big box retail” brands design and sustainability
Design Experience:
Product Design, Client Services, Marketing Assistant
Startup company licensing A design firm licensing Industrial design education
intellectual property based on intellectual property to home with a focus on the home
the founder’s roots in custom products manufacturers, with products industry
furniture design the namesake brand found at
major American retailers
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3. PRODUCT MANAGER, LICENSING
Approve
Marketing &
Product
Development
GOAL:
Licensing
Inventions To
Manufacturers
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Reporting
Feedback To
Clients Outbound
Attend
Calls &
Tradeshows
Emails
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4. PROJECT COORDINATOR PROCESS
Manage Inventor MANAGED
Contracts
(6-12 Month Cycle) 100+
CLIENTS
Manage Client Track Product Support Three INDUSTRIES:
Introductions Development Product Managers
Apparel & Accessories
(Weekly) (2 Month Cycle) (4-10 Month Cycle)
Automotive
Electronics
Receive Client Market Intellectual Transfer Health & Beauty
Documents From Creative Brief Research Property Documents For
Sales Document Documents* Marketing Home Improvement
Housewares
Infants & Children
Create Marketing
Meeting Agenda 3D Virtual Determine
Marketing
Lawn & Garden
Models*
For Staff Timeline Medical
Music
Organize Client Novelty, Gift, & Game
Conference Calls Product Concept Deliver Quarterly
And In Person Sheet Reports Via Office Supply
Certified Mail
Meetings Outdoor
Pet Products
Product Safety & Rescue
Development
Package*
Sports
Tools & Hardware
Travel
*developed if necessary
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5. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
+ Reported to ownership headquartered in Shanghai
+ Partnered with Rubbermaid Brand Council in Atlanta
for Concept, Prototype, and Final Approvals
+ Worked from home office in Chicago and traveled
internationally for on-site meetings
Brand Identity / Collaboration With Sales
Material Benefits Consultants Support
Clothes Hangers Using
Compostable Plastics And
Sustainably Harvested Wood
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6. GROUP THESIS
UTILIZED
BUSINESS
COURSES:
Strategic Marketing
Advertising and
Promotion
Intellectual Property
Law
Leadership and Team
Building
Managing Innovation
and Change
Negotiating
Design Futures
Management
Communications
International Business
Finance and
Accounting
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7. BRAND LICENSING CLIENTS
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8. BRAND LICENSING CLIENTS
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9. SENIOR THESIS
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10. SUMMARY
 Passion for problem solving and maximizing
efficiency in design driven environments
 Experience collaborating with creative teams,
clients, and business partners
 Skilled verbal, visual, and written communicator
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