Ethnotek is a socially conscious, mission-driven company focused on celebrating culture by bringing demand to textile artisans around the world. We make laptop bags, backpacks, and travel accessories utilizing direct trade textiles from Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia & Vietnam combined with high-tech ballistic nylon and the highest quality manufacturing. Our customers have included REI, Urban Outfitters, and major distributors in Asia-Pacific and Europe. Find us at ethnotek.com.

Wore all the hats in product development as Senior Designer and Product Manager and was in charge of carrying all laptop bag, camera bag and luggage lines from napkin sketch to freight on board for North American, Central American, European, Middle Eastern and Asian markets. Designed all packaging, hang tags and directed ad-campaigns and photo-shoots.

Lived and worked in Vietnam & Switzerland as Junior Designer for German owned company Crumpler. Had a close relationship with in-house and out-house sample rooms, developers, pattern makers and sewing workers. Hands on learning of various softgoods manufacturing processes and how to balance and design several products to be sold in European, South African, Middle Eastern and South American Markets. The category of products developed ranged from small leather accessories, to technical laptop bags and all the way into garments.

Research, design, and development for medical equipment, consumer and commercial cleaning tools, office supplies, home improvement, optical films and library systems. Learned various hard-good production processes. Hosted internal marketing brainstorm sessions and brand building exercises.