Doug Clark Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nh, Us

Dover, Nh

American Made LLC. is focused on domestic manufacturing of apparel and footwear. Factory had capacity of producing 2,400 pairs/shift at a rate of 4 pairs/person/hour allowing for Made in the USA products at the same cost as made in Asia. Secured a 5 year contract to produce 4 million pairs of shoes from Under Armor. Sold the Factory to Jabil Circuits. Developed business plan, secured funding and built innovative state of the art automated contract footwear factory in the USA. Created factory capable of producing 2,400 pairs of/shift at a rate of 4 Paris/person/hour, allowing for Made in the USA products at the same cost as Made in Asia.Currently providing consulting services to manufacturing, supply chain, materials development, product development; companies of all sizes including start up mode.

Durham, New Hampshire

Facilitating corporate consulting projects with top shoe companies allowing students to create in real time innovative product strategies.Offering students an introduction to sports product management as it relates to brands in the current market.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Proposed, planned, developed the Under Armour Lighthouse, a technology center focused on revolutionizing the way all products are made. Technology center focused on advance manufacturing with an $8 Million capital budget and operating budget of $4.5 million per year. Established a consortium of sponsoring partnerships with 2 contract factories and 24 tier II suppliers who collaborated on the mission of revolutionizing the way all products are made. Led an advanced manufacturing effort focused on creating and disruptive technologies and processes that will allow us to optimize the use of direct labor and lay the foundation for mass customization.

Newmarket, Nh

Acquired the GoLIte Footwear business from Timberland, set up operations and re-launched the business in 2009. Won the Green Launching Pad grant and developed shoe making processes that allowed for a ten fold improvement in factory productivity. Opened more than 150 accounts and grew business to 4.5 Million in sales.Oversaw all strategy and operational aspects of company.

Stratham Nh

Conceived and established the Invention Factory, a new business incubator focused on expanding the Timberland enterprise. Led the Timberland Global Product Team to double revenues.Increased gross margin from 32% to 52%Created Timberland PRO, Timberland Mountain Athletics, Mion, GoLite Footwear and MPO. Created short and long term strategic plans that resulted in continuous growth in every season. Oversaw the planning, development and launch of Timberland PRO, Mountain Athletics, Mion, GoLIte Footwear, Travel Gear and Precise Fit. Served as the Vice President of Global Product Management, overseeing Brand Management, Product Management, Design, Development, Engineering and Tech Services for all Timberland footwear categories during eight years of unprecedented growth and margin improvements.

Stratham Nh

Vice President of Boots, Outdoor Performance, Mountain Athletic and Pro Proposed, incubated and launched Timberland PRO brand and business- June 1998-2000VP Global Footwear and Product Management 2000-2004Category Management of all five Timberland Footwear Brands

Stratham Nh

Oversaw Product Development team and functions for all footwear categories.Conceived of, designed and developed MPO line.

Stoughton, Ma

Project Leader of one of Reebok's first Advanced Manufacturing initiatives, working with Earnst and Young to develop plans for both State of the Art Factories as well as beginning to define a Factory of the Future. Project Leader of the "Clean Shoe Project", resulting in the development and launch of the Clean Telos hiking boot, a 1994 program that sold more than 1 million pairs and pioneered an approach to sustainable shoe making.Manager, Materials Development, setting up and directing a team overseeing a global material vendor network responsible for developing all of Reebok's seasonal material needs.

Reading, Ma

Primary inventor of "React" technology.

Durham Nh

Exeter, Nh

Conducted Applied Biomechanics Testing and Research, Wear Testing and Applied Market Research, responsible for evaluating and refining the development of new products and prototypes.Research Technician, Nike Sports Research Lab: Part of the research team that conducted pioneering biomechanical research that argueably formed the basis for everything we know about athletic shoe performance today. Developed an in depth understanding and appreciatioin for the requirements of the human foot and its relationship to athletic footwear with an emphais in optimizing shock attenuation and stability.