• Advance and innovate legacy brands in lighting, fans and other home products from concept through production in multiple retail outlets including The Home Depot • Active contracts with top global manufacturers including; Air Cool, Fanimation and Minka Group to develop lines of ceiling fans and lighting sold under Home Decorators Collection, Hampton Bay, Fanimation, Kichler, Minka Aire/Minka Lavery, Quorum International and other brands• Work cross functionally with International Manufacturer Executives, Engineering, National Account Teams and Product Manager/Consultants• ASID Annual Arts Award Finalist• Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design - Good Design Finalist

• Part of the founding executive management team to generate a steady flow of successfully developed products for Hubmade to sell direct to consumers, while minimizing costs • Hire and manage Product Managers, set department goals, budget, policies, and manpower plans, while working with management and Hubmade Community • Assist Project Managers to identify and vet US and Canadian manufacturers• Negotiate manufacturer contracts and monitor performance

• Five time CES Innovation award winner (2015, 2016, and 2017) for Sengled Smart Home lighting products • Managed and provided direction to China and US based employees in design, engineering, and market strategy• Presented and engaged with key customers in the US through the product development cycle • Extensive collaboration with Sales, R&D, C-Suite Management, etc., to advance brand• Product design, development and ideation for commercial and residential fixtures/bulbs, and smart home• Managed vendor relationships for displays, pallet designs, trade shows and product development• Supervised development of Sengled website, all product collateral, displays, and packaging• Oversaw CES, LFI and other trade shows from beginning to end, including design, layout, product integration, budgets and timelines for delivery• Lead Branding/logo design and development, catalogs, and brochures

Autonomously developed entire product lines from inception and directed product development with international vendors for the production of all toys

Managed the development of entire market segments and directed design departments in the development of product and packaging

Designed and developed products, collaborated cross functionally with VP’s of Engineering, Product Development and Marketing

Designed and managed products in new categories and line extensions from concept through production

Designed licensed and non-licensed products and packaging