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Denver, Colorado, United States

Alliance Trading Group provides comprehensive end-to-end design, sourcing, and development services for national and international companies.• Overview: Tasked with being the account manager for 3 of our top 4 customers. In addition, responsible for designing new products for the company to earn additional revenue with.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Overview: Brought into the role to project manage both existing and new customer projects as an expert in soft goods. Role scope expanded to include Category Management. Currently managing over 1/3 of the company’s active customers. • Clients: includes Leupold & Stevens, Peak Design, and Puffin Drinkware. Personally acquired 3 brands worth $1M+.• Cost Reduction: Lead cost reduction experiment proposing a design change that would have saved the customer $500K per year.• Results: Reestablished business with a previously lost customer who now purchases $1.5M+ annually 3 years later.

Beaverton, Oregon

• Overview: Initially worked as a content manager rebuilding Nike’s entire licensed logo asset library before earning a full-time position as a Digital Creation Lead. • Logo Library: Reduced the logo library count by 1/3 resulting in the elimination of over 5K seasonally maintained files.• Operations: Combined assets, and restructured processes to reduce the project completion scope by 10X

Beaverton

Hired on contract under the content management team to analyze, report, and execute a proposal that is restructuring all license assets. To date, have successfully reduced the logo library count by 1/3 resulting in the elimination of over 5,000 seasonally maintained files.• Combined assets, and restructured processes to reduce the project completion scope from 844 hours to 88.

Hired as the first designer for Columbia Sportswear's in-house equipment division. Promoted to a senior-level position in 5 years. Managed 5 designers during a 4-year sales growth period before transitioning into the innovation department. • Overview: Led design strategy for innovation department for new product ideas and launches.• Operations: Organized the company’s in-house prototyping facility which included purchasing capital equipment, maintaining machinery, and training peers on proper operation. • Innovations: Successfully created various assets used to demonstrate and sell innovations. Ex: Created new technology (still being utilized) to weather-test materials in-house to help benchmark against in-market competition and improve performance. • Sourcing: Sourced new fabrication partner saving over $10K on the first project.• Testing Devices: Designed and constructed numerous vital testing devices that were used in the house as well as trade shows saving the company up to $40K.• Competition: Awarded first place in the company-wide innovation competition, resulting in defining the department’s next major project.• Presentations: Presented innovation technologies nationally and internationally including Columbia’s European sales meeting in Geneva.• Repairing: Repaired a $30K Bundesmann rain test device that had never been operational since Columbia purchased it. The device was continually used to benchmark new fabrics after its repair.

Hired as the first designer for Columbia Sportswear's in-house equipment division. Promoted to a senior-level position in 5 years. Managed 5 designers during a 4-year sales growth period before transitioning into the innovation department. • Overview: Led design strategy for innovation department for new product ideas and launches.• Operations: Organized the company’s in-house prototyping facility which included purchasing capital equipment, maintaining machinery, and training peers on proper operation. • Innovations: Successfully created various assets used to demonstrate and sell innovations. Ex: Created new technology (still being utilized) to weather-test materials in-house to help benchmark against in-market competition and improve performance. • Sourcing: Sourced new fabrication partner saving over $10K on the first project.• Testing Devices: Designed and constructed numerous vital testing devices that were used in the house as well as trade shows saving the company up to $40K.• Competition: Awarded first place in the company-wide innovation competition, resulting in defining the department’s next major project.• Presentations: Presented innovation technologies nationally and internationally including Columbia’s European sales meeting in Geneva.• Repairing: Repaired a $30K Bundesmann rain test device that had never been operational since Columbia purchased it. The device was continually used to benchmark new fabrics after its repair.

Hired as the first designer for Columbia Sportswear's in-house equipment division. Promoted to a senior-level position in 5 years. Managed 5 designers during a 4-year sales growth period before transitioning into the innovation department. • Overview: Led design strategy for innovation department for new product ideas and launches.• Operations: Organized the company’s in-house prototyping facility which included purchasing capital equipment, maintaining machinery, and training peers on proper operation. • Innovations: Successfully created various assets used to demonstrate and sell innovations. Ex: Created new technology (still being utilized) to weather-test materials in-house to help benchmark against in-market competition and improve performance. • Sourcing: Sourced new fabrication partner saving over $10K on the first project.• Testing Devices: Designed and constructed numerous vital testing devices that were used in the house as well as trade shows saving the company up to $40K.• Competition: Awarded first place in the company-wide innovation competition, resulting in defining the department’s next major project.• Presentations: Presented innovation technologies nationally and internationally including Columbia’s European sales meeting in Geneva.• Repairing: Repaired a $30K Bundesmann rain test device that had never been operational since Columbia purchased it. The device was continually used to benchmark new fabrics after its repair.