Colby Higgins

Colby Higgins is a highly experienced design professional currently serving as the Director of Design for New Categories at SharkNinja, where responsibilities include driving design innovation within personal care and home environment categories. Previous roles at SharkNinja included Principal Design Engineer and Senior Industrial Designer, with notable achievements such as leading the design on Shark's first globally launched vacuum and winning the 2019 iF Award and Red Dot Award for the Shark W1 Vacuum. Colby also operated as a Product Design and Innovation Consultant and taught design techniques as an Adjunct Faculty member at Wentworth Institute of Technology. With a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Product Design from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Colby has cultivated a diverse skill set encompassing ideation, prototyping, consumer testing, and collaborative development in various design environments.