Simmi Chhabria

About

An experienced designer with a background in industrial and product design, having worked with companies like Hasbro and Crux Retail, Inc. Skilled in creating ecosystem maps, conducting SWOT analyses, and leading software transitions. Experience in the fields of innovation and operations, with international exposure in Panama with UNAIDS.

Experience

• Industrial Designer · Crux Retail, Inc2022-08-01 – 2024-06-01
• Product Design Co-op · Hasbro2021-01-01 – 2021-05-01
• Innovation Intern · enFocus Inc2019-06-01 – 2019-07-01

  -Created an ecosystem map for the City of South Bend’s Department of Innovation and Technology and provided 4 key recommendations for their Summer Youth Jobs program -Researched best practices for existing Summer Youth Jobs programs, interviewed representatives from 7 organizations, and developed an analysis of their resources based on 5 metrics - Led the transition of the Facilities Department of the South Bend Public Schools system from an outdated software to a new software -Created 5 deliverables, including training manuals and documentation of client specific processes in the new software -Designed a SWOT analysis, detailed timeline, and transition plan for a software implementation

• Operations Intern · Nippon Koei LAC2017-07-01

  - Created a tracking process for expenses and purchases corresponding to a $2 million contract for a government project for the development of new infrastructure - Consolidated documents from the HR department across 6 Latin American countries into a centralized server

• Department of Social Affairs Intern · UNAIDS2016-07-01

  - Presented at a conference of 500+ people to spread awareness about HIV risks in the youth - Spearheaded a 3 week project to reorganize and redesign the youth UNAIDS website to increase web traffic

• Human Resources Intern · UNAIDS2015-07-01

  - Led an initiative for the website content to translate 27+ documents from English to Spanish and vice versa - Utilized Adobe Illustrator to create 9 graphics for the youth UN AIDS website to symbolize the topics

Education

• New York UniversityMaster's degree
• Purdue UniversityBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Industrial and Product Design
• Purdue UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Engineering/Industrial Management
• DIS - Study AbroadFurniture Design, Furniture Design

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