Owner of a small product development design consultancy providing services to manufacturers from Fortune 500 companies to small start-ups. Clients include: Red Bull; QuikSilver/VSTR; Ogio; Otterbox; Tumi; Rawlings; Kelty; WaterPik; Fisher-Price; Dick's Sporting Goods; Polaris; The Coleman Company; Esteé Lauder; Mattel; BestMed; Outer Circle Products; Sage; Cabela’s; Fishpond USA; Clarke Products; Laser Technology; Kyjen; Dimension Z Golf; Camping World; PharmaJet; Vergent Products; eBags; JETT; Goldbug; Hewlett-Packard; American Recreation Products; SkiPodz; Chamberlain; Rudy Project; Slappa; Woodbolt; Diono; Little Tikes; Safeline Kids; Agile Brands; Slumberjack (Browning); PetMate; Propel Labs; The Boppy Company and startups.•Consistently built blue-chip client list by cultivating market impression of much larger office through branding of the firm including naming, identity, blog, ad campaign, and all communications.•Exclusive Retainers with Agile Brands (2008-2010); American Recreation Products (2002-2008); Safeline Kids (2000-2002) and Fisher-Price (1998-2000).•Grew consulting revenues each year with consistent profitability.•Hired and managed a network of design, engineering and marketing professionals based on project needs.

Outdoor products include all products under the Field & Stream and Quest brands including backyard, camping, Hiking, fishing, and paddle. • Manage and directed internal Industrial Design personnel and external resources to develop products for the Field & Stream and Quest brands. Moved back to Colorado due to illness in family.• Responsible for the product design and development of Dick's Private Label Brands within the various categories of backyard, camping, hiking, fishing, and paddle.• Acted in a consultant role working with various internal product development teams within Outdoor, Golf, and Cycling.

Founded and directed all the efforts of a small manufacturing business of messenger bags and travel accessories, including design and development, manufacturing overseas; sales management of all retailers and online website, inventory management and warehouse storage including fulfillment center. •Responsible for growing business from a startup to the #1 selling brand of LDS Missionary bags in all retail stores focused mostly in Utah, Arizona and Idaho.•Conducted user research and needs identification for all products including trend research, material selection and competitive analysis.•Business has grown into producing exclusive product offerings specific to key retailers and their needs.

Ogio is a bag maker of sports gear with the vision of today’s top athletes. Its unique niche is focusing on bag design for functionality. Ogio manufactures about 400 different types of golf club bags, backpacks, duffel bags, and day packs under the Ogio brand name. Ogio makes a line of duffel-type computer bags, corporate travel gear, gym bags, school backpacks, motocross bags, and other accessories. Ogio also manufactures brands for other companies (Red Bull, Lotus, BMW, Ducati, Polaris, KTM, Arctic Cat) including promotional ASI products.•Directed a team of designers with a focus on backpacks, work and travel product categories, including the ASI promotional business.•Worked closely with all factories to implement designs from initial concepts, sampling efforts into final production. •Responsible for setting design direction for each category working closely with marketing and sales team including research, trends and competitive market evaluations. •Implemented new Design process within Design team in an effort to streamline the creative process and how upper management interacts with design.

Agile Brands specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of Computer Bags, Backpacks, Messenger Bags, Camera Bags, Sport Bags, Outdoor Gear as well as Agile’s own personal brands. Clients include: Skullcandy; Dell; Sony; Hewlett-Packard; Lenovo; ExOfficio; Marmot; Rawlings; Serfas; Fuji; Intel; Acer; Office Max; Cabela’s; George Hincapie Sportswear; Pearl iZumi; Telmex; IBM; JP Lizzie; Yakima Products; ADCO; Bumkins; Lanix; Camping World•Worked closely with Chinese factory to implement all designs from initial concepts, sampling efforts into final production...including trips to manage and oversee development in China. •Helped establish Design process and operating procedures in relationship to the Chinese Manufacturing facility owned by Agile.•Signed exclusive design retainer responsible for Conceptualizing design directions, Project Manage all programs, develop and assist in Customer Presentations.•Conduct ergonomic, technical, user interaction, material selections, research and competitive market analysis. Ideation to specification packages including; conceptualization, design refinement, ID control drawings.

ARP is a camping gear manufacturer (Kelty; Sierra Designs; Slumberjack; Royal Robbins; Ultimate Directions; Wenzel). Hired with the Wenzel Company to function as the Design and Development Manager being exclusively retained to manage and direct the design efforts for the entire company focusing on Eddie Bauer/Target; Wenger; Swiss Gear; Rawlings and Wenzel for all product categories including tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, airbeds, furniture and accessories.•Guided design and development efforts for all licensed brands including: Eddie Bauer/Target; Wenger; Swiss Gear; Rawlings, Jeep including overseeing sample development with Asian manufactures into production.•Responsible for writing and establishing design process for the ARP branded companies (Kelty, Sierra Designs, Wenzel and Slumberjack).•Created new design approaches yearly for the Eddie Bauer Brand. Worked closely with Eddie Bauer and Target‘s internal design team to help establish trend research for each product category.•Responsible for identifying new product ideas for new categories and presenting to upper management quarterly as well as assist in Customer Presentations.•Worked closely with internal Product Managers and Sales team to identify new product directions.

Gerry Baby Products was a premier manufacturer of juvenile products known for innovation and quality and was purchased by the Evenflo Company. Product lines consisted of child restraints, high chairs, bath and training products, swings, electronic baby monitors, humidifiers, vaporizers, bouncers, carriers, gates, and cribs. Experience with Government Regulations, NHTSA, Safety Organizations, and Sled Testing Facilities related to Child Restraints and other Juvenile products.•Managed and led a staff of 7, including Human Factors Specialist, Industrial Designers, Model Shop, and Co-op Students. •Administered a budget in excess of $750K a year.•Led the design efforts on a multi-discipline development team responsible for introducing 18 New Products to shelf in less than 10 months. All products delivered on time and under budget.•Established the New Business Development Group identifying and initiating new product projects designed to capitalize on marketplace opportunities growing overall revenues by $40M. Responsible for market research, focus groups, design, financials, launch strategies and presentations to President and VP’s. Received numerous design awards for products introduced.•Invented the “Soft Gate” category resulting in over $20M in sales. Still selling at retail today.•Updated and worked closely with Evenflo Senior Management during transition of all products and proprietary information as a result of being acquired by Evenflo in 1997.

E/J/M was a full service product development consultancy (now called M Design) with a diverse range of clients designing consumer products to medical products. Clients and projects included: Interplak Toothbrush; Bausch & Lomb Oral Care Div.; Sensa Pen; Neutrogena; Thermoscan infra-red Thermometer; Harman Kardon/JBL; Sega USA; Hewlett- Packard; Bijan; Rainbird; Magnavox; Giorgio Beverly Hills; Fred Hayman Beverly Hills; Loreal; Max Factor; Carnation Products; Teledyne Water Pik; Bobrick; Cherubs; Everest & Jennings; Eldon Office Products.•Designed the “Sensa Pen” resulting in numerous design awards for the product.•Helped to design and develop one of the first electric toothbrushes...the “Interplak”. Eventually sold to Bausch & Lomb Oral Care Division.•Worked closely with Priscilla Presley to design an exclusive line of perfume products.•Designed and developed a line of cosmetics for Jaclyn Smith called “California” with Max Factor.•Worked exclusively with Fred Hayman to design and develop a new line of perfume bottles for men and women called “273” after successfully selling Giorgio Beverly Hills for $200M. •Responsible for the design development, prototyping, client presentations, budgets, and project management of each program coordinating with the client’s internal team.

Recognized as the worldwide leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products. All projects were developed and managed from a conceptual stage to production. Projects included: Aventura Whirlpool Bath/Shower; Sonata 60” Steam Bath/Shower; Spa’s; Glassworks Shower Doors and Faucets.•One of three initial designers hired to help establish the first internal design team at Kohler. Kohler had used outside design consultants for 30+ years prior.•Worked closely with internal teams of Marketing, Engineering and Sales to establish development process for all product categories.•Designed the “Aventura”, a combination Whirlpool Bath/Shower based on the way Japanese bathe. Was extremely innovative and gained national recognition at trade shows worldwide.

Teague is the oldest and largest independently owned design firm in the United States. Involved in the design and development exclusively for The Boeing Company on 747-767 airplanes. Firm was based internally on the Boeing plant and functioned as consultants. •Designed Air Force One 747-767 Presidential Plane interior for Ronald Reagan.•Worked on customized aircraft interiors for Kings (King of Saudi Arabia) and Queens in many countries worldwide.•Responsible for the innovative design development of aircraft interiors within the Advanced Concepts team.