# Cougar Oswald > CEO @ Montage / Freelance Product Designer Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/cougar Freelance Product Designer & CEO & Design Lead @ Montage https://getmontage.co Prior work includes: - Freelance Designer for 5+ years - Design Lead (Product + UX) @ MTailor - Product strategy, forecasting, and design roadmap @ Apple (iPad) - Conducting user experience research with Adobe beta products - Early-stage design and model-making for children's toys @ Bestway - Building medical device manufacturing systems @ Medtronic - Ground-up product development of sustainable home appliances for Stanford Solar Decathlon - Brand strategy & design consulting for Plantlab worldwide agriculture technologies ## Work Experience ### Freelance Product Design Consultant @ Self-Employed Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area UX Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, Branding, Digital + Print Marketing Materials, Business Cards, Logos, & Design Strategy. ### User Experience Designer @ MTailor Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States The technology these guys have created is insanely cool. It's the future of clothing retail. Very excited to be involved. - Completely overhauled the UX design of their existing iOS app (new version is now live!) - Developed new UX for their recently released LiDAR measuring technology - Produce new creative marketing content (videos, graphic art, animations, slide decks) Download it and let me know what you think! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mtailor-custom-clothing/id816042916 ### Cofounder, CEO @ Montage Jan 2017 – Present | Oakland, California, United States Montage helps you rally friends to create group video gifts for people you love. Birthdays, weddings, employee appreciation... any excuse to show someone how loved they are. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ d.School, Stanford University Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA Graduate Design Program, Mechanical Engineering Dept. ### Intern for VP of iPad Worldwide Product Marketing @ Apple Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cupertino, CA Product concepts, tech. forecasting, design research, ethnography, user testing, product development, collaborating with 3rd party apps/accessories, etc. ### Speaker @ TEDxOrangeCoast Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Los Angeles, CA https://vimeo.com/89490804 ### Product Development Lead @ Stanford Solar Decathlon (Product Design Team) Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 On the Product Design Team we are designing and manufacturing a suite of household appliances, which will be installed in Stanford's "Start.Home" for the global Solar Decathlon competition in October 2013, funded by the U.S. Dept of Energy. We are a multidisciplinary 6-person team with a workspace at Radicand tech/prototyping shop in Redwood City, CA. Some projects include a touch screen "RoomSwitch" that replaces traditional light switches, a foot-pedal sink system, and a dynamic art installation which responds to the the home's solar energy production. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Medtronic Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Spearheaded a six-week project designing a new manufacturing tool, employing capacitive touch sensors, pneumatic actuators, and an automated timer. The new tool alleviated the ergonomic problems of its predecessor, and improved assembly-line efficiency by 5%. ### Intern: Head Product Design Engineer @ Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Shanghai, China Worked on a five-person design team for a ten-week paid internship in Shanghai, China. Finished an array of diverse projects (e.g. kayaks, robotic vacuums, inflatable furniture, toys) to be produced/sold in 2012. Ample experience in team leadership, need-finding, ideation, prototyping, manufacturing, and presenting. ### Student @ University of Oxford Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Tutorial in Philosophy of Nietzsche, Stanford BING Program ### Intern @ Noospheric Consulting Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Assisting with projects involving Phonehalo (a startup client), First Click SEO (a search engine optimization consulting company within Noospheric), Limebot software integration for several clients, and website development for several clients. Email: mcoswald@noospheric.com ### Event Supervisor @ Pure Joy Catering Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 On-site manager for Weddings and Special Events. Typically managing a staff of 10-30 employees and managing events with 100-300 guests. Responsible for supervising and delegating waiters/servers, chefs, bartenders, musicians, DJ's, etc. In charge of setting up, coordinating, and tearing down the wedding ceremony, the reception, and the party. Also accountable for communicating and synchronizing lighting companies, rental companies, location managers, and wedding parties on site. ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Management Science Engineering Stanford University Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering - Design Stanford University Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Product Design Stanford University Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cougies - Portfolio: https://cougaroswald.com - Portfolio: http://getmontage.co --- Source: https://flows.cv/cougar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/cougar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25