Tim Fletcher

Tim Fletcher, FIDSA | IDSA Government Liaison Officer | Daedalus

Tim Fletcher, FIDSA works for Deadalus as their Business Development Manager. Daedalus provides a full slate of research, design, human factors, engineering, and manufacturing transition services to medical, scientific, consumer and industrial product companies. The Daedalus team has helped bring hundreds of successful products to market for companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 50.

Tim presently serves as IDSA's Government Liaison officer supporting the organization to make inroads into and create relationships between IDSA and the US Government.

Previously he taught Industrial Design and Design Thinking at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His background in design and new product development spans both large and small corporations as well as consulting. Prior to teaching, Tim has worked in the consumer and commercial electronics, infant products and sporting goods industries. He has been working with manufactures and clients in Asia since 1989. He holds 14 design patents and 4 utility patents in the US and Europe.

Tim has been a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America since 1989. He has been in the appointed position of International Liaison Officer – Asia, building bridges between IDSA and industrial design in Asia. He has also been on the Board of Directors. Previously he has been elected to the positions of Chapter VP, Southern District VP and Carolina Chapter Chair. He received his BED in Industrial Design from NC State University in 1989 and his Masters of Design (Advanced Strategies) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2008.

Tim may be reached at tfletcher@daed.com or (412) 952-3755.