Meet our Manager of Design Strategy – Rob! #MeetMako

What is #MeetMako?

As a Product Design Firm, here at Mako Design and Invent we interact with our clients on very close basis in order to be very transparent about the design process and the development of an inventor’s product. We are a team of positive, friendly and happy people who are excited and passionate about design, growth and learning about new ideas and concepts every day! With three current open offices, each of the members in each office all carry a unique and special persona that adds to the amazing quality of what makes Mako Design and Invent so great. We started the #MeetMako campaign to allow clients and future clients who are interested in working with us to learn more about who we are and who you’ll be working with! This campaign also serves as a great resource to learn about who will be helping you produce and develop your product and introduce to you a little more about who Mako Design and Invent is, what it’s like to work here and about the office culture!

Last week, we introduced our Electrical designer Navdeep for our second #MeetMako. For this week’s third installment, we are introducing our Manager of Design Strategy, Robert Colgan!

Meet Rob!

As the Manager of Design Strategy, Rob carries a couple different roles at Mako, especially during the concept design phase of any new projects and products we receive here. Rob’s main responsibilities include maintaining a clear design language that ensures that every product idea we receive at Mako has a clear future design and is easy to take to the market. Rob understands the best ways to design a products language that is both simple and unique and can ensure its success in the market.

We’ve had Rob with us for a while here at Mako, and among some of his favorite things about working here, he emphasizes his enjoyment on working on new and different projects and products daily, and how working with a team of diverse and talented designers is beneficial to not only himself – but the whole team in growing, learning, and developing their skills and horizons. Rob mentions that the variety of different projects and products we receive is what keeps him motivated and every new product idea is what keeps every day at Mako an exciting place to work in! One of his favorite experiences with a past product from Mako was our best-selling Moonlite! Rob speaks on the genius of its design, and how great it was to see a product become that successful coming from Mako.

Check out Rob’s #MeetMako video below to learn more about rob and his advice on how to create a successful product just like Moonlite!

Interested in more of what being the Manager of Design Strategy is like? Watch another of one of Rob’s interview in a past blog here!

If you want to learn more about the talented team members that we have at Mako, check out our spotlight features on our Senior Designer Magnus, or our Mechanical Engineer, Demsey!

If you have a great new invention and you’d like to learn more about this process, get in touch with MAKO here and visit our website to find out more. Feel free to give us a call at 1-888-MAKO and we can set you up on a call with our product analyst!

About: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry's leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about MAKO Design + Invent!