Jason Drew Email & Phone Number

Excelsior, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Co-founded the product design company Mogotani Fast, focusing on the creation and development of products to allow everyone to enjoy their own outdoor adventures, big or small, for a healthier and happier life. We bring a passion for developing product solutions to make our clients and the people who use our products happy. Check out our website.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Co-founder of the Republic of Durable Goods - high-quality products to encourage outside time and diversion. The company was launched in 2018 through Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns with the introduction of the world's only compact freestanding hammock, the Mock ONE.

Minneapolis

• Sporting Goods Business Lead responsible for the research and development of Target’s Owned Brand product assortments to deliver differentiation and build consumer loyalty.
• Created/collaborated on the development of hundreds of products in the sporting goods category, including backpacks, travel accessories, kids luggage, adult luggage, duffel bags, lunch and coolers, air beds, and camp.
• Led Product Development Team in developing the strategy and products for the $32M Back to School category (3-month product set of backpacks, lunch coolers, school accessories), delivering product innovations in.
• Led the Circo Kids Luggage Project Team in a deep-dive into the functional requirements and purchase drivers of the kid’s luggage consumer, resulting in a refresh of the Kids Luggage category (influencing National.
• Developed multiple product innovations to solve unmet user needs, using rapid prototyping models to quickly test the concept and gain support from leadership.
• Led Luggage Quality Alignment Project to update the third-party testing requirements in the luggage protocol, resulting in a 90% reduction in testing failures and overrides without affecting product quality.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Collaborate with Design, Sourcing, Quality Assurance, and Vendors to develop Target owned brand products, focusing on meeting consumer needs for quality and functionality while achieving merchant costing and margin.
• Co-led a major research project to evaluate and redefine the Luggage Department at Target, developing the vision, imperatives, and tactics to address the areas of opportunity uncovered in the research, resulting in.
• Led committee to define communication of product quality expectations used across the entire Hardlines Product Design and Development department.
• Developed luggage quality test track to simulate worst case use scenarios to pinpoint product vulnerabilities and compare samples from multiple vendors.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Pioneered a platform-strategy to standardize the materials, trims, and components used in multiple categories within the brand to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Greater New York City Area

Designed and developed multiple full collections of highest quality luggage and travel accessories including all components, telescoping handle and wheel systems, product differentiation and innovation, proprietary color and fabric development, tech packs and sample management, revisions, and requests, and sales team presentations and packets.