Director Product Development - Sporting Good Group
Spalding Sports Worldwide
Responsible for the planning, budgeting, design, development, and quality of three product categories: Racquet Sports, Diamond Sports, and Inflated Products that represented a peak of about $90 million in US sales. My responsibilities include both supervisory roles, selected project work, and close interaction with the marketing and procurement groups to assure successful and timely new product launches.Accomplishments • Key member of a team that developed and patented the Infusion basketball, which features a built in pump. The Infusion basketball was named a recreational product of the year by Popular Science in 2001. • Developed and patented a new composite / aluminum softball bat resulting in 1st year sales of over $1 million. • Developed and received a patent for an All Weather Football (XFL game ball) • Received 5 additional patents for softball bats and 8 for other inflated products.