Personal data:

CV - Leon Levstik

Name: Leon Surname: Levstik Date of birth: 26/11/1977 Gender: Male Country: Slovenia City: Ljubljana Nationality: Slovenian Telephone: +38640614749 Mailing Address: Mali Lipoglav 85 Postal code: 1293 marje Sap E-mail: leon.levstik @gmil.com

Career Objective: To change designing in the way that design is no longer just a beautiful form, but beautiful form with function. And to take designing into next level of the entire process of creating of a new product, namely to reduce the time and cost from idea to manufacturing and fit our. Therefore, I am your ideal solution, because I came from a manufacturing process where I had perfected in engineering and learned to design In short, I know the whole process from idea to final manufacturing and assembly. Maybe I'm not the best for each process (designing, construction, production), but I am an exceptional combination of all three.

Work experience:

Wood technician Employer: Pololes Ltd Dates: 3/2001-11/2002 Occupation / Title: Wood technician Business sector: Wood Main activities: Foreman on vacuum press for the furniture fronts (soft forming)

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Carpenter Employer: Detelj, sheltered workshop Ltd Dates: 6/2003-8/2003 Occupation / Tile: Carpenter Business sector: Wood Main activities: Manufacture custom furniture CNC programmer, furniture designer Employer: Seaway Group Ltd Address of employer: Zapue 10a Begunje 4275 Dates: 10/2006 -1/2008 Occupation / Title: CNC programmer, furniture designer Business sector: Nautics Main activities: I design furniture, prepared geometry for programming CNC machine, programmed 5 axis CNC machine, managing and supervision current project. I used AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Catia, and UGS NX2 Network administrator, head of new projects Employer: Diveco Ltd Address of employer: Vurnikova 2 1000 Ljubljana Dates: 4/2008-2/2009 Occupation / Title: Administrator network, head of new projects Business sector: Energy, Trade Main activity: Network administrator, I prepared projects for 3D printing Designer / Technologist Employer: Biring Interier Ltd Address of employer: Motnica 9, 1236 Trzin Dates: 10/2009-1/2010 Occupation / Title: designer / technologist Business sector: Interior designing Main activities: I have designed drafted and prepared documentation for production. I also collaborated with clients, taking measurements, and design furniture per their requests. I left because company went bankrupt. Carpenter Mizarska delavnica Smolnikar d.o.o. (Carpenter workshop Smolnikar Ltd) Address of employer: Zoisova 32, 1323 Vir pri Domalah Dates: 2/2010-1/2011 Occupation / Title: Carpenter Business sector: Wood Main activities: In this carpentry I worked as an independent carpenter where I drafted, manufactured and install furniture per clients requests. Part of my responsibilities was also to train trainees. Design Through Inventive Engineering Page 2

Furniture designer Freelancer mainly for Matrix Import USA Ltd Address of employer: Pompano Beach, FL 33069 USA Web: http://matriximportsusa.com Dates 3/2012 occasionally till today Occupation / Title: Furniture designer Main activities: As freelancer I designed for Matrix Import USA bar stool Rexx. After that I designed an office chair, glass desk and three bases for office chairs. For bases I also did stress analysis

Education and Training

Woodworking school Maribor, Vocational College Level of education: Secondary education / higher vocational education Specialization: Engineering sciences and technical occupations Dates: 10/2004-9/2006 The grade / qualification: Wood technical engineer Level in national or international classification: VI Main subjects: - Technology of wood processing - Materials in wood processing - Wood drying - Surface treatment - Construction / Design - Organization of production - Economy / economics of business - Quality assurance in production

Languages Classification according to CEFR standards Mother tongue: Slovenian English Listening: Proficient (C2) Reading: Proficient (C2) Speaking: Proficient (C1) Writing: Proficient (C1) Croatian Listening: Proficient (C1) Reading: Proficient (C1) Speaking: Independent (B2) Writing: Independent (B2) Design Through Inventive Engineering Page 3

 German Listening: Independent (B2) Reading: Independent (B1) Speaking: Basic (A2) Writing: Basic (A2)

Personal skills

Social Skills: - Good communication skills (due to the requirements of previous jobs and attending workshops on personal development) - Team work (due to the requirements of previous jobs, attending workshops on personal development and work with different people) - Ability for empathic listening (acquired through team work and workshops on personal development Organizational skills: - Ability to lead and negotiate - Knowledge of project management Technical skills: - Designing and modeling in various 3D environments CAD - Programming of CNC machines in a 3D environment CAM - Designing furniture and furniture equipment - Continuous improvement of quality in the production - Striving for better solutions - "Outside the box" thinking Computer skills: - Good knowledge of MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel) - Basic knowledge of program for working with databases (Access) - Good knowledge of AutoCad platform - Good knowledge of Rhinoceros software - Good knowledge of SolidWorks platform - Good knowledge of Catia software - Good knowledge of UGS NX software - Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Premiere software - Good knowledge of other support programs in Windows, including the administration of local networks Artistic skills and abilities: - Four years learning the guitar at music school - Furniture sketches by hand

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Driving Licence Category of license: B

Requirements / Expectations

Occupation under EURES Classification: Other engineers and technicians / Foreman, production of textile or wood products / Quality Assurance Engineer, textile and wood products / Designer, textile or wood products / Technical drawer, textile or wood products Professional qualifications o Interior designing o Furniture designing o Joinery project management o Wooden structures o Planning of production, manufacture o Product development o Computer-Aided Engineering o Specialization of wood technology, engineer o Technical documentation o Material technology o Processing technology o TQM (Total Quality Management) o Management of production, production o Project management, experience o Quality Assurance

Types of employment: - Freelance - Regular employment for an indefinite period of time - Regular employment for a fixed term - Employment on contract

Expected salary: by agreement, depending on complexity and responsibility of the job and assignments.

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