Jim Chen is a Director Of Innovation and Director of Product Development at Converse. They possess expertise in product development, manufacturing, management, cross functional team leadership, product management and 16 more skills. Colleagues describe them as "He is passionate about his work. Strong leadership in team management and know how to support his team through the project. A good fun people to have in an organization.", "I have worked with Jim for several years in his capacity as a Technical Consultant for Gore. In this role Jim has been incredibly valuable in translating the intricacies of GORE-TEX shoe making to my footwear customer base making his 'value-added' consultations tantamount to the success of these footwear brands.", and "Jim's extensifve experience in footwear manufacturing was a great asset to Gore during his time here in a footwear manufacturing technical consultant role. Jim made significant contributions while at Gore that helped us to better understand the perspective of the factories that make GORE-TEX footwear in Asia. Jim's expertise spans technical, business and management aspects related to footwear production. In a variety of product development projects, Jim is able to work directly with the factories where new products were first introduced, paving the way for rapid prototypes to made for testing, using his network of contacts and long established relationships to get things done. These skills, when combined with Jim's technical expertise in all matters of footwear production, have been a great asset to Gore in speeding up product development efforts. In addition, Jim is great fun to work with, it is a pleasure to have him on our team."