Design Team

Hot Wheels's design team (colloquially known as the Hot Wheels Dream Team) comprises of casting designers, graphic designers and packaging designers.
==Current==
===Casting designers===
Name 	Joined 	Projects 	Photo
Charlie Angulo 	2018 	Mainline, Character Cars, Monster Trucks, Pull-Back Speeders, Super Rigs, Track Fleet 	
Bryan Benedict 	2004 	Mainline, Character Cars, Monster Jam, Monster Trucks, Premium 1:64 	
Craig Callum 	2022 	Mainline 	
Fraser Campbell 	1998 (left 2016, rejoined 2021)	Mainline, Track Stars Haulers, Truckin' Transporters, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers, Monster Jam 	
Kevin Cao 	2007 	Mainline, Monster Trucks, RacerVerse, Super Rigs, various others 	
Manson Cheung 	2000 	Mainline, Premium 1:64, sculpting of various models 	
Chris Colangelo 	2013 	Mario Kart, SDCC Exclusives, Star Wars Starships, Star Wars Starships Select 	
Eric Han 	2013 	Mainline, Character Cars, Pull-Back Speeders, Super Rigs, playsets 	
Rob Matthes 	2002 (left 2017, rejoined 2023)	Mainline, Premium 1:64, Dragstrip Demons 	
Phil Riehlman 	1993 	Mainline, Premium 1:64, Premium 1:43, RLC, Monster Trucks, Character Cars, Elite 64 	
Alton Takeyasu 	1991 	Character Cars, various others 	
Dwayne Vance 	2002 (left 2005, rejoined 2019)	Mainline, Character Cars, RLC, AcceleRacers, NFT Garage, Super Rigs, Pull-Back Speeders, Track Stars Haulers, Track Fleet	
Brendon Vetuskey	2007 	Mainline, Premium 1:64, Monster Trucks, RLC, Elite 64 	
Ronald Wong 	2014 	Mainline, Monster Trucks, RLC, Premium 1:64, Premium 1:43, Elite 64, Hot Wheels Skate, playsets 	
Bryan Zhao 	2023 	Mainline 	
===Graphic designers===
Name 	Joined	Projects 	Photo
Kristina Albrecht 	2023 	Premium, RLC, others 	
Andrés Andrieu 	2022 	Mainline, 5-Packs, others 	
Ralph Benítez 	2013 	NFT Garage, "secret projects", others 	
Jeremy Cox 	2007 	Character Cars, Monster Trucks, others 	
Leeway Chang 	2007 	Mainline, 5-Packs, Mystery Models, NFT Garage, others	
Kevin Geraldez 	2020 	Elite 64, Premium 1:64, RLC, others 	
Mario Godoy 	2015 	Monster Trucks, Skate, others 	
Anton Henggono 	2022 	Mainline, 5-Packs, others 	
Mike McClone 	2000 	Mainline, themed assortments, others 	
Jerry Thienprasiddhi	2001 	Mainline, themed assortments, others 	
Steve Vandervate 	2003 	Premium, RLC, others 	
Mike Vasquez 	2022 	RacerVerse, Skate, others 	
===Packaging designers===
Name 	Joined 	Projects 	Photo
Matt Gabe 	2009 (left 2014, rejoined 2018)	Mainline, themed assortments, others	
Sam Kok 	2010 	SDCC, others 	
Omar Rivero	2023 	Car Culture 2-Packs, others 	
===Packaging illustrators===
Name 	Joined	Projects 	Photo
Mike Guevarra	2013 	Mainline, Premium, themed assortments, others	
===Other notable individuals===
Name 	Joined	Position 	Photo
Chris Down	2004 	Chief Design Officer 	
Jimmy Liu 	2015 	Director, Product Design 	
Ethan Wood	2006 	Senior Director, Product Design 	
Ted Wu 	2003 	Vice-President, Global Vehicle Design	
==Former==
===Casting designers===
Name 	Joined 	Left 	Projects 	Photo
Harry Bradley 	1966 	1969 	"Sweet Sixteen" models of 1968 	
Ira Gilford 	1967 	1969 	Mainline 	
George Soulakis 	1968 	2000 	Sizzlers, Chopcycles 	
Howard Rees 	1969 	1975 	Mainline 	
Larry Wood 	1969 	2019 	Mainline, 100% Hot Wheels, numerous others 	
Bob Rosas 	1969 	1989 	Mainline, playsets, numerous others 	
Paul Tam 	1970 	1973 	Mainline 	
Bob Lovejoy 	1971 	1973 	Mainline, Hot Birds, RRRumblers, Chopcycles 	
Gary Saffer 	1975 	2001 	Mainline, Super California Custom, various others 	
Terry Choy 	c.1980s 	c.2000s 	Mainline 	
Michael Kollins 	1985 	2004 	Mainline, Pro Racing 	
Bruce Baur 	1986 	2002 	Mainline, Pro Racing 	
Mark Jones 	1986 	2023 	Mainline, Premium 1:64 	
Gary Swisher 	1990 	2018 	Various 	
Greg Padginton 	1992 	2008 	Mainline 	
John Handy 	c.1993 	c.2005 	Mainline 	
Dave Weise 	c.1994 	2015 	Mainline 	
Nathan Proch 	c.1994 	2006 	Mainline 	
Steve Moran 	1997 	2015 	Various 	
Eric Tscherne 	1998 	2004 	Mainline, Hot Tunerz 	
Mike Nuttall 	1999 	2016 	Mainline, playsets 	
Dave Sheltman 	c.1999 	c.2017 	Various 	
Scott Tupper 	c.1990s 	c.1990s 	Pro Racing 	
Alec Tam 	2000 	2015 	Mainline 	
Jonathan Bedford 	c.2001 	c.2006 	Mainline 	
Raffy Gonzalez 	2003 	2007 	Mainline 	
Jack Chen 	c.2003 	c.2004 	Mainline 	
Felix Holst 	2004 	2015 	Mainline 	
Jun Imai 	2004 	2018 	Mainline, Premium 1:64 	
Ryu Asada 	2004 	2021 	Mainline, Premium 1:64 	
Josh Henson 	2004 	2010 	Mainline, AcceleRacers, Battle Force 5 	
Sei Cho 	2004 	2006 	Mainline 	
Glenn Yu 	2004 	2015 	Mainline, playsets 	
Ludovico Ferro 	2005 	2005 	Mainline 	
John Violette 	2006 	2011 	Mainline, Ferrari Racer 	
York Bleyer 	2007 	2011 	Mainline 	
Joe Woo 	c.2007 	c.2007 	Mainline 	
Abe Lugo 	2008 	2015 	Mainline, Premium 1:64 	
Paul DeLorean 	20112023	20132023	Mainline, Character Cars, Premium 1:43 	
Miguel López 	2012 	2014 	Mainline, Character Cars 	
Jeff Allison 	2013 	2014 	Mainline, Character Cars, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers 	
Dmitriy Shakhmatov	2014 	2023 	Mainline, Premium 1:64, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers 	
Dave Root 	2014 	2014 	Mainline, Character Cars 	
Tyler Charest 	2015 	2020 	Mainline, Character Cars 	
Lindsey Lee 	2016 	2022 	Mainline, Character Cars, Premium 1:64, Track Stars Haulers, Super Rigs 	
Alvin Chan 	2017 	2018 	Mainline, Character Cars 	
Rick Jung 	2017 	2017 	Mainline, Character Cars 	
Omar Rehman 	2017 	2017 	Mainline, Character Cars 	
John O'Laughlin 	2018 	2018 	Mainline 	
Sonny Fisher 	2020 	2022 	Mainline, Character Cars, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers, Pull-Back Speeders	
Neal Smith 	2013 	2023 	Mainline, Monster Trucks, Hot Wheels Skate 	
Shawn Moghadam 	2023 	2024 	Mainline, Premium 1:64 	
===Graphic designers===
Name 	Joined	Left 	Projects 	Photo
Michael Heralda	1997 	2015 	Mainline, others	
Wayne Scott 	1997 	2010s	Mainline, others	
Miq Willmott 	1998 	2004 	Mainline, others	
Roman Cortez 	2003 	2015 	Mainline, others	
===Packaging designers===
Name 	Joined	Left	Projects 	Photo
John Colucci 	2007 	2023	Mainline, others	
Julian Koiles	2014 	2024	Premium, others 	
===Other notable individuals===
Name 	Joined	Left 	Projects 	Photo
Otto Kuhni 	1967 	1995 	Art direction for Hot Wheels's early days 	
Howard Newman	c.1966	1970s	Designer of the Redline wheel and bent-axle suspension	
==Trivia==
*Designers will often put their names or initials on models they have worked on.
==See also==
*Other designers not listed on this article