Mark Henderson Email & Phone Number

North Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC, CA

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

Added responsibility to lead the Portland Innovation Location of 50+ members. Creating a high-performance center that grows and develops talent, encourages diverse perspectives, and delivers impactful consumer-led footwear and apparel innovation.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

Lead the U.S.-based Innovation team across the competencies of computational, mechanical, materials, and human factors engineering. Also, serve as global head of computational engineering. In 2021, took on a stretch assignment, with dual accountability for consumer and engineering innovation.Key Wins: Continued evolving the 4D technology platform to launch.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

Promoted and continued work in inspiring fresh thinking and bringing to life cutting-edge product and technological innovation, while co-managing adidas’ global innovation budget. Grew team to ensure adidas could deliver innovation at scale..Key Wins: Pivotal in the development and launch of FutureCraft 4D, which leverages digital light synthesis to enable.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

Built then led a U.S. engineering team with accountability for performance product innovation (footwear, equipment and apparel). Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders – industrial designers, developers and sports researchers – and collaborated with top athletes for product inspiration.Key Win: Created an engineering identity in Portland with.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

Promoted and moved to the U.S. to work on disruptive, high-visibility projects. Key Wins: Served as lead engineer for the lightest sprint shoe ever made, the Adizero Prime. Used topology optimization to reduce weight to an unprecedented 99g. Also, disrupted basketball with the adidas Crazylight, which was 15% lighter than the next lightest competitor.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE