About Us

Profiles of principals

Eric Schneider, president of Phase One Design, received a BFA in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University in 1975 and a Masters degree in the Dynamics of Organizations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. Eric has practiced industrial design for over 30 years and started Phase One Design in 1992 after working in corporate and consulting positions. He taught at University of the Arts and has lectured on Industrial design in China and Hong Kong.

Bill Van Ocker, a Phase One Design associate, was a manager of Machine Development at Avery Dennison Soabar before becoming a consultant. His experience includes a variety of machine and product design projects and is particularly familiar with the design of electro-mechanical systems for the printing and bar coding industries.



Ken Weinzler, also a Phase One Design associate, was an electronics engineer with Avery Dennison Soabar before becoming an electronics design consultant. His engineering experience includes motion control, process control, circuit board design and layout, and software development.

Resources

We rely on Solidworks and Pro/Engineer, the two most powerful and widely used 3D design software packages available. We also make use of Autocad, Freehand, and Hypershot rendering software. Mockup work, breadboard construction, and testing are done on site and we make use of our network of resources for detailed prototype and fabrication services such as:

CNC machining
Sheet metal fabrication
Stereolithography
Fused deposition modeling
Casting
Prototype molding