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Industrial Design, New Product Development, and Strategic NPD Communications

Steven
Founder of Umbach Consulting Group, he directs all UCG projects and is the core contributor on many.  Steven is an award-winning designer with previous experience as design department manager, senior design director, and marketing manager for various national and global corporations.  He holds a degree in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MBA in management from Georgia Tech.  He has published many articles on design and design management and has taught for 5 years at the University of Houston in the Industrial Design department.

Lisa
Serves as the Office Manager for Umbach Consulting Group since its founding.  Lisa brings years of accounting firm professional practice experience and also finds time to teach high school algebra!  With her help, we are able to better focus on the client’s project work instead of all those distracting tasks required to run a small business.  Lisa has an Economics degree from UCLA.

Affiliates

Umbach Consulting Group takes great pride in the close partnerships developed with design, development, IT, and other R&D companies and professional consultants.  Through these trusted affiliates we are able to assemble the right level and size of project team to assist our clients for industrial design, design communications and NPD programs.