Michael Laut

CEO

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States18 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in transforming technologies into market-ready products.
Proven track record in diverse industries including defense and medical devices.
Strong leadership as CEO of a successful design firm.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design and Industrial Design expert with a focus on innovative technology solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignIndustrial DesignData CollectionUav Deployment

Other Skills

User ResearchCreative DirectionDesign VisualizationBusiness ManagementEntrepreneurshipIdeationSketchingRenderingConcept DevelopmentPrototypingDesign ManagementModelingAdobe Creative SuitePackagingUser Experience

About

We help companies quickly convert their existing or emergent technologies into innovative, manufacturable, and market-ready physical and digital products. Our proven design process includes insightful research, beautiful ideation sketches, production-ready CAD models, cutting-edge prototyping, and great branding. Our experience in a broad range of industries such as defense, medical devices, consumer electronics, and outdoor equipment gives our team its edge in designing for challenges like durability, safety, ergonomics, cost, and consumer appeal. The world’s most successful companies leverage design thinking to accelerate their growth and achieve their goals. Our customers know great design is great for business.

Experience

Geoptic

Co-founder, Investor

Jul 2016 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

www.geopticaerial.com
Geoptic deploys aerial unmanned vehicles (drones) to collect data on solar installations, industrial facilities, and other large assets, reports on problems found through several types of sensors, and then manages fixes for them.
Fly: Deploy UAVs to observe and collect data
Report: Detail our findings in a concise report
Repair: Put our customers system back on-line quickly
Maintain: Monitor our repair and any new potential issues

Balda

Industrial Design Consultant

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr

Designed consumer touch-screen products for major OEMs in the US and Asia

Laut design

CEO

Nov 2007 – Present · 18 yrs 4 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Our design firm helps companies and inventors create stunning products and brands that keep our clients' names memorable, sales high, and consumers impressed.

User ResearchCreative DirectionDesign VisualizationBusiness ManagementEntrepreneurshipProduct Design+27

Dynamic innovations

Industrial Design Consultant

Nov 2007 – Oct 2008 · 11 mos

Led initial design efforts with defense industry electronics projects, conceptual sketches and renders.

Touch360

Industrial Design Consultant

Nov 2007 – Feb 2008 · 3 mos

Conceptualize, Sketch, and Render various consumer electronics components for display in print and on the web

North carolina state university

Adjunct Professor

May 2007 – Present · 18 yrs 10 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Various drawing, ideation sketching, design strategy, and product development studio courses within the Art + Design, and Industrial Design departments.