{"id":218,"date":"2020-05-12T03:43:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdewald.com\/design\/about"},"modified":"2023-02-01T09:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:07:38","slug":"about-jesse-dewald","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdewald.com\/design\/about-jesse-dewald\/","title":{"rendered":"About &#8211; Jesse DeWald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:380px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-1-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div role=\"img\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-10 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/jdewald.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/landscape-mountains-sky-4843193.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center top-padded has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-me\" style=\"font-size:65px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">About\u200b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">Jesse DeWald, DeWald Designs LLC<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"design-better\">Design Better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/jdewald.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UCSD-JacobsSchool-20180816-Dewald_Jesse-01906-8MP-scaled-e1648840544777.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse DeWald posing for photo\" class=\"wp-image-2793\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>I went to a great school. <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cooper.edu\/about\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art<\/a><\/em> is free for all who attend under the belief that &#8220;education should be as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/16\/nyregion\/cooper-unions-tradition-of-free-tuition-may-be-near-end.html\">free as air and water<\/a>&#8220;. It taught us to be engineers; to be problem solvers. And we graduated not with a debt to a bank, but with a debt to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jdewald.com\/design\/portfolio\">For 15 years<\/a> I worked as an engineer in R&amp;D, large scale manufacturing, product design, and higher education. I did this on two continents and three states. Along the way, I was reminded that unless I was making the world a better place, I wasn&#8217;t paying my debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That education made me who I am. I&#8217;m an engineer, a designer, a machinist, a programmer, a builder, a dad. But above all that, <em>I&#8217;m a problem solver with a debt to pay<\/em>. Because we have a world to take care of and I hope to do my part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"jd\">-Jesse DeWald<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-none uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-10 align uagb-block-484c7fbc uagb-columns__columns-3 uagb-columns__max_width-theme uagb-columns__background-undefined uagb-columns__valign-undefined alignundefined uag-hide-tab uag-hide-mob uag-hide-tab uag-hide-mob\" id=\"misionVisionSection\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-9739aa75 animated fadeInRight delay-200ms colPad\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mission\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\">Develop solutions to important problems by building intimate relationships with innovative and responsible clients<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-ab499cad animated fadeInRight delay-1s colSep\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vision\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\">Establish DeWald Designs as a leader in engineering design for climate technology and research with full rapid prototyping capabilities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-d301ed89 animated fadeInRight delay-2s colSep\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"values\">Values<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"listText\">Trust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"listText\">Comprehension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"listText\">Fearlessness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-none uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-20 align uagb-block-9234ed73 uagb-columns__columns-3 uagb-columns__max_width-theme uag-hide-desktop uag-hide-desktop\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-542cc0cf animated fadeIn delay-200ms\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mission\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To develop solutions to problems for my clients by building professionally intimate relationships with a fearless approach to challenges .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-91089da7 animated fadeIn delay-500ms\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vision\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To establish DeWald Designs as a leader in engineering design with full rapid prototyping capabilities and a portfolio of clients built on trust and results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-1ae4da7d animated fadeIn delay-500ms uag-hide-tab uag-hide-mob uag-hide-tab uag-hide-mob\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"values\">Values<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Trust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comprehension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fearlessness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer uag-hide-desktop uag-hide-desktop\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design Better I went to a great school. 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