In this episode, we meet with the Vice President of New Product Design at PlayPower Inc, the world's largest commercial playground and recreational equipment manufacturer. Prior to joining PlayPower our guest spent 20 years creating award-winning products for consumer product manufacturers including Tomy International, Newell Brands, and Stanley Black & Decker. Outside of work he is an avid outdoorsman enjoying activities like hunting, finishing, running, camping, and hiking.
Joe Palermo leads a...
In this episode, we meet with the Vice President of New Product Design at PlayPower Inc, the world's largest commercial playground and recreational equipment manufacturer. Prior to joining PlayPower our guest spent 20 years creating award-winning products for consumer product manufacturers including Tomy International, Newell Brands, and Stanley Black & Decker. Outside of work he is an avid outdoorsman enjoying activities like hunting, finishing, running, camping, and hiking.
Joe Palermo leads a team of designers, engineers, and project managers bringing new and innovative play equipment to market under the PlayPower brands, Playworld, Miracle Recreation, and Little Tikes Commercial. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Joe now resides in Massachusetts with his wife and eight children.
Joe is passionate about inclusion and is most proud of the teams he has helped build and the people he's been able to empower, allowing them to grow while doing something they love.
In today's episode we take a look at the PlayHill playground equipment by Playworld breaking down the multiple teams of people who combine their ideas and efforts in order to produce the exact layout desired by their clients. Outside of the actual design work Joe also highlights other elements of their product design such as preparing assembly instructions, technical documentation, and meeting safety and compliance standards.
Join us as we peek behind the curtain and take a look at the industrial side of making a fun park for children.
To watch a video about PlayHills, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2p7xXIeFow
To learn more about PlayHills, please visit https://playworld.com/playhills/
To learn more about Impulse, please visit https://impulseproductdevelopment.com
Joe would also like to give a shout out to the following people (in no particular order):
Mike Eby, Wendy Frey, Ray Seybert, Leander Shaffer, Eric Tritsch, JT Foster, Dustin Stratford, Hap Parker, Craig Mellott, Jamie Moffat, Jennifer Gates, Kylar Pontius, Levi Hauger, Bishop Aikey, Steve Stahl, Logan Corrall, Ashley Bower, Adam Krick, Megan Mertz, Ron Gibson, Zoltan Aranyos, Allen Reichenbach, Kyle Swanger, Matt Weaver, Michele Sayko, Greg Lannan, Roxane Zerbe, Kristi Teats, and the entire Lewisburg Manufacturing team.
