Jeffrey Spivack
Contacts
 5404 N. 16th Street
Arlington, VA 22205

1-703-532-5520
jeff@jeffspivack.com
http://www.jeffspivack.com
Objective

Design can have the power to change people's lives. When design addresses peoples' needs, and does it well, users and beneficiaries can reap enormous rewards in their daily lives. I feel that I can make a unique contribution to the field by applying my skills as a product designer.

Experience
1999 - 2002
Product Designer
ApproTEC
Nairobi, Kenya
Design Team Leader, MoneyMaker Handpump

  • Product Research and Development
  • Product Design
  • Tooling and Manufacturing Design

    • Lead Trainer, Manufacturing Trainings

  • Training Design
  • Training Coordination

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    1998 - 1999
    Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California
    Assistant Manager, Product Realization Laboratory
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Personnel management
  • Capital improvements

    • Instructor, Design for Appropriate Technology

  • Course creation and organization
  • Principal lecturer

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    1996 - 1998
    Volunteer-Water and Sanitation Engineer
    Peace Corps
    Bounguel, Mali
    Design and fabrication of improved tools, hydrological improvements (rural water wells, water-lifting devices), sanitation (pit latrines, local refuse collection), skills enhancement (masonry, gardening).
  • Identification and evaluation of local needs
  • Institutional and financial project organization
  • Technical assistance and supervision

     

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    Education
    1992 - 1996
    General Engineering (Product Design)
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California

    Bachelor of Science

     
    Languages

    Fluent in French and Spanish; conversant in Bambara, Peuhl and Kiswahili