PLM Super user Senior designer Action Sports- Dakine On snow- (Ski Snowboard) Mens, Womens, youth. also Men's/Boys Surf / Swim- All Senior Design functions +++, Presentations, Garment, Fabric, Trims Design and Development - Tech packs / VLP's

- Freelance Design, Production and sourcing in the Global and Domestic supply chain for both Enterprise and Start ups - Multiple categories, Graphic design, Tech Design, Materials & Factories- Domestic:accessories, trims Unisex knits, Garment Dye - Hoodies and T’s - Embellishment, Printing, Embroidery, Garment Dye, etc- Global- Leather goods, Performance Outerwear, Woven's, Active and Accessories- Full package design, materials, sourcing, logistics and production.- DTC - Shopify / MarketingClients include - Rust Belt Nation, Centric - Robert Graham, Levy Group, (outerwear and Swim) / Dakine. Kinetic Paintball and other private label,

Split role of Product Development in both software and finished physical product for Cloud-Based apparel solutions company servicing emerging and Enterprise brands in all categories: Knits, Woven's, Active, Outerwear, Swim and Accessories.- Software-Based apparel solutions company for emerging brands and Enterprise brands in all categories: Knits, Woven's, Active, Outerwear, Swim and Accessories.- 4 direct reports co managing 180 + clients - overseeing all tiers of the operation- Emphasis on operations, sourcing, production and logisticsPRODUCT DEV. (SOFTWARE)- Data Analysis, Slides / company wide Presentations white board development on the software end.- Client facing meetings both virtual / in person.- Software training - (Spanish) for Latin America factories in the supply chain.- White board strategies for tech development- Maintenance, updates and improvements on back end of GRID software platform

Production-Heavy Private Label Designer - Manage tech design team for all Men's outerwear divisions, Including London Fog, Michael Kors. Handle all design, fitting and production Private Label Brands.. i.e. Johnston & Murphy, Joseph A. Bank, Dillard's and a variety of other special projects.

Owner operator of Casa Vista Del Mar Hotel in Rincon, Puerto Rico. Back office management for local hotels, restaurants, including payroll, Inventory management and ordering. Property management for multiple resort properties P/T Assistant to the owner and DM auditing work performance, efficiencies, Inventory, floor sets all ECKO UNLTD stores in Puerto Rico

Supervising all facets of Leather Materials management / commercialization: including new article development, color dips, approvals, Quality & QA testing, counter sourcing, Fit for Purpose / product testing, non conformance etc for 4 women full price hand bag teams / SLG's and Men's. Volumes of roughly 500 color dips / month and 7 million Sq/ft / month from 30+ suppliers from all continents.Software:All M.S office apps, PLM and SAP and EZ-vision.

Operated liaison design / product development office for China Vertical outerwear manufacturer (Winall Industries LTD): shipping 35+ million FOB / 1500 staff. Splitting time between NY and China. Categories: Men & Women’s outerwear, skirts, pants, bags, accessories and sales of finished material leather for export.• Consulted all Designers and Product Developers for above-mentioned categories via trend presentations of new materials, design boards, mockups and reference samples.• Acted as merchandiser handling all product development, assisted in fitting, working with tech designers creating sketches, initial design sheets, final tech packs, grading for over 30 brands.• Acted as in house designer for some private label and branded outerwear.• Worked with in-house tannery (Winborne) develop new articles, all testing (wet/dry colorfast) inspections and headed R&D of alternative raw material, wash treatments and finishes.Customers / Clients: Andrew Marc, Veda, Polo Ralph Lauren, Schott NYC, Haute Hippie, True Religion, Tanner, Rainforest, M.Korrs, Marc Jacobs, Dillards Inc., (Daniel Cremieux, Murano, Roundtree & York, Tre Vero, Preston & York), John Varvatos, Ellen Tracy, Jones NY, Sweetface, Intermix, North Beach Leather, TJ Max, Triple 5 Soul, Rock & Republic, Torn by Ronny Kobo, Joe Faris. • Global sourcing trips frequent in Hong Kong, China and Europe.• Attended multiple materials/leather shows and worked a variety of global leather suppliers.• Consulted in setting up production spreadsheets/systems, Tech packs, Grading, Cost Sheets, Purchase Orders, T&A and general production schedules. • Sourcing agent for wide range of other categories – (Denim, Knits, - assorted classifications out of Asia / Hong Kong) for various Clients. Software: All Mac; Adobe CS applications, All M.S office apps, Quickbooks, Ebiz and many similar PDM / web based costing, production and design software.

Started business from scratch as a partner running production as well as operations for licensed / private label men’s & women’s outerwear & swim Corp. : Sales 8 million in the first year and 11 million 2nd and 3rd year.Categories: AVIREX -Textile and leather outerwear, US POLO ASSN – Textile and leather outerwear board shorts (swim).– “PELLE DI MARCHESI and “CROSBY & GRAND”- In house Outerwear and T-shirts. DILLARD’s – private label brands incl Aigle, Daniel Cremieux, Roundtree & York, Other Private label: NBA TEAM JACKETS, JOHNSTON & MURPHY and others. • Primary role to manage all aspects of production, including sourcing factories, all price negotiations, establishing terms with factories. Extensive travel to Europe, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and Korea.• Create Style Master, Pre-packs, Color and Fabric codes -Develop all samples, Monitor Cut / Sold, Negotiation of all costing & terms, research all Logistics, Generate UPC’s, issue PO’s, Create/amend L/C’s- manage all shipping & respective logistics.• Handled design, technical design and sales of private label programs.• Set T&A calendars, review in-transit, receiving, inventory, fulfillment and push pick tickets. • Signed off on all tech packs and approvals for fabric, color, PP and TOP samples.• Handled / negotiated all freight forwarding and import duties.• Created and managed overseas Q/C office in Yantai, and Shanghai China. • Solely responsible for handling the complete transition / merger of all operations to that of Jordache Enterprises and all general administrative VP duties.Software: All Mac & Adobe CS applications, All M.S office apps (Heavy Excel, Word etc), AS400, Jordache custom back office software, E-biz and many similar PDM / web based production and design software

Handled all Design, Product Development, Merchandising and Private Label Sales for Men’s leather outerwear division. Categories: Men’s Leather and Textile Outerwear. • Managed all production and sourcing duties Including PO’s / LC’s as previously described. • All sketches, tech design, tech packs, sourcing, line sheets, fitting, P.O.’s etc.• Private label: Sales, Design and Development as well as all respective customer logistics, routing, shipping and invoicing.• Extensive travel to China, Europe, HK and Korea for sourcing and setup of Q/C operations.Software: All Mac & Adobe CS applications, All M.S office apps (Heavy Excel, Word etc), AS400, E-biz, Filemaker Pro and Coral Draw.

Technical Design Director for all divisions and Production Manager for Dockers Division.Categories: Men’s / ladies Leather and Textile Outerwear.• All general Production Manager duties: (price negotiation, cost sheets, all daily factory communication, generating purchase orders/revisions, analysis of cut / sold reports, customer logistics, L/C amendments, T&A and general production schedules.• Managed technical design department of 4-6 people. Responsible for accurate and revised tech pack, grading etc a PO’s were generated. Signed off on all production tech packs and TOP samples.• Improved all means of communication between respective design, tech design and production departments and created accountability for all staff and overseas offices. • Created revised cutters must, tech-pack format (Excel), all grade rules. Attended all fit PP’s TOP’s, approved all garments for Andrew Marc, Marc, Levi’s Dockers (men’s and women’s).• Created, maintained line sheets, catalogues for Dockers division.Software: Some Mac & Adobe CS applications, All M.S office apps (Heavy Excel, Word etc), AS400, Aria.

Production and Sourcing for all categories of ECKO Men’s. Categories: Men’s Knit & woven tops & bottoms, outerwear, hats, bags and accessories.• All aspects of production including product development, merchandising, sourcing, fit / fabric approvals, price negotiation, purchase orders, tracking and inspections.• Created / maintained database / library for all trims, fabrics and hardware.• Developed database software with developers for all tech packs grading etc. .• Extensive overseas travel to India, Pakistan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Korea.