OneOak Design, Inc.

OneOak Newsletter – Spring 2013

oneoak — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:09 +0000

Welcome to the Spring 2013 Edition of the OneOak Design Newsletter.

There have been some internal changes here at OneOak and we would like to bring you up to date. First of all, we are saying “Good-bye and good luck” to Jon Winebrenner who has left the company to pursue personal goals and interests. Thank you Jon for your hard work and friendship over the last 8 years.

We are excited to add a new member and new capabilities to OneOak Design. Please welcome Carl Trepanier. Carl is a business owner and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing and Corporate Finance. He will be heading our Sales and Marketing efforts. With the addition of Carl, OneOak Design can now offer clients a full range of Marketing Services to help you with market analysis, business planning, and market strategy for your products. We are very excited to be able to offer these additional services. Carl will be contacting clients in the coming weeks to introduce himself and see how we can serve you better.

OneOak will continue to offer outstanding Product Engineering, Design and Management Services. Bruce Miller heads up our Electrical and Electronics Design team while Craig Gauld is in charge of Mechanical Design and Engineering. OneOak Design will also continue to provide Industrial Design Services for our clients.

Finally, we would like to thank all of our clients and partners over the years who have helped us grow from our humble beginnings in 2005 into one of the premier Engineering and Design companies in the Lower Mainland. We look forward to applying our “One Of A Kind” development approach to your next product idea.

BCTIA October Peer to Peer Group

oneoak — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:55:31 +0000

OneOak Design is co-chairing its monthly peer-to-peer networking group sponsored by BCTIA. The group is an open table conversation on topics that are directly related to the world of Product Design & Development and is open to all BCTIA members. This month’s topic is “Crowdfunding: Its Effect on Design & Innovation”.

Jump over to the BCTIA website to sign-up and join us for this months conversation about crowdfunding.

If you’re not a BCTIA member, or you can’t make it but might be interested in more information on the crowdfunding trend we’d love to hear from you. How do you think Crowdfunding will affect product development moving forward? Lastly, how will you navigate the new Kickstarter guidelines?

The following is what will be happening next week:

Crowdfunding: Its Effect on Design & Innovation

Crowdfunding has the ability to democratize ideas. Professional designers and garage inventors alike now have a channel for gauging the validity of their idea and raising funds to make it a reality. Canada has been slow to jump on the crowdfunding bandwagon, but there is no question that websites like Kickstarter.com, rockethub.com, and indiegogo.com are here to stay. The questions we seek to gain some insight on during this month’s PD&D session is to figure out the effect crowdfunding sites will have on the design and innovation process.

Is crowdfunding good or bad for innovation?
Are Kickstarter’s recent changes that mandate functional prototypes going to help or hurt the cause?

These questions and more will be discussed in hopes of learning more about the crowdsourcing movement and the effect it might have on our industry.

OneOak Design, BCTIA, & Analytic Design Group Team Up

oneoak — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:34:21 +0000

OneOak Design has teamed up with Analytic Design Group and the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) in the formation of a new Vancouver-based technology peer group. BCTIA peer groups are small roundtable discussions that are available to BCTIA members only.

Once a month, Jon Winebrenner (OneOak) and Karyn Zuidinga (ADG) will be moderating a group discussion on the topics of Product Design & Development. The first roundtable meeting will take place on Wednesday , May 23 at the BCTIA offices in downtown Vancouver.

If you or your company are members of the BCTIA, you can sign-up to receive more information at the BCTIA PD&D LinkedIn Group where you will get information on upcoming meetings and opportunities to network online with other BCTIA Members interested in Product Design & Development.

For more information:
Product Design & Development LinkedIn Group
BCTIA
Analytic Design Group

Are you losing sleep over implementing M2M solutions?

oneoak — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:59:34 +0000

Machine to Machine (M2M) is quite the hot topic these days. M2M as a technology has been around since the dawn of the transistor. Even though it is already pervasive in its reach, it hasn’t been until the last 5 or so years that we’ve seen hockey stick growth that is making everyone talk about it like it is something new. Many experts are making predictions about the placement of M2M capabilities into virtually every kind of product we own. This demand for network capability everywhere we look is driving year-over-year growth of 24% or more.
If you question that virtually every product we come into contact with is adopting M2M capabilities, consider that products as mundane and mechanical as refrigerators are beginning to have networking capabilities built into them so you can adjust their settings remotely. Similarly the world of the automobile is poised to become the next wireless hub in our lives. The products that are beginning to adopt M2M as part of their future capabilities are endless. Our team here at OneOak is led by designers who have been developing products with M2M integration for nearly two decades. We understand the details and pitfalls required to successfully integrate M2M into your next product or service.
Specifically, we are well-versed in the following areas of M2M Solution Implementation:

Wireless Integration including telemetry and environmental controls
Research, Development, and Commercialization of new Innovative M2M Solutions for vertical markets
Certifications and other often overlooked items that slow your product from being fully manufacturable and export ready
Engineering development with a deep understanding of the pitfalls that can be encountered within tightly integrated systems encased in a single enclosure (e.g. wireless/smartphone)

If you or someone you know is convinced that M2M is part of your company’s future, but you need help with how to take advantage of this multi-billion dollar development trend, you can get in touch with us in one of the following ways:
+1-604-529-1625
conversations@oneoakdesign.com
206a – 1525 Cliveden Ave.
Delta, BC V3M 6L2