Michael Pratt Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Senior Product Designer & Developer for Sports Accessories & Body Care BrandsExperience in overseeing product design & development for leading brands like Justbats, JustGloves, JustPaddles, and Routine Baseball.Spearheaded design and development for Pickleskins, an innovative pickleball accessories brandPlayed a pivotal role in sourcing and developing product for Scents of the Game, a startup baseball body care brandExpertise in sports product development, design, sourcing, and brand managementProven track record in launching and scaling product lines in the sports and body care industry.

Footwear consultancy, specializing in design, development and sourcing.

Successfully launched and expanded a startup footwear brand into double digit million dollar revenue. Built lines for 10 athletic footwear categories, establishing a development roadmap from scratch. Implementing a product creation and tracking strategy. Initially a one person department, I was able to build a lean team of 3 designers as the category grew, then expanding my role to cover product line management in addition to design and development. Extensive travel to Asia multiple times per year for development and sourcing

Coordinated Promo / Athlete Services for 34 Major League Baseball players. Adapted in line models for their on field, professional needs, accounting for weight and material concerns as well as individual style

Bachelor'S Degree, Apparel And Textile Manufacture

Human Environmental Sciences, Textile And Apparel Management