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Portland, OR, US

Elda, Alicante, ES

• Proven leader of cross-functional product creation teams delivering market leading concepts and product while meeting client’s business and product requirements.
• Evaluating client’s product creation and business needs to address design, marketing, engineering, sourcing, and logistics requirements. Thus, providing for an effective and efficient creation process from ideation to.
• Manage customized global consulting network to provide a complete business solution to bring brand’s ideas into reality.IDEA GENERATION: Providing a spectrum of concepts and ideation that will incorporate brand.

Chase Easel & Accessories’ vision is a world where any person anywhere who wishes to create will have the ability and access, whether a small studio, a classroom, Urban, Wilderness, or a physical disability. The patented Chase Vertical Easel is the cornerstone product to be placed on the foundation of humanity and respect which all products will be.

Ferndale, WA, US

Emeryville, CA, US

Union City, California, US

• Lead Fit and Wear Testing Department: Expanded department to meet company’s needs and updated the testing process to provide information to categories in a more efficient and meaningful fashion while decreasing the.
• Manage Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and US based commercialization teams: Updated process of sample inspection providing information to liaison offices decreasing commercialization timeline.
• Set and managed testing, quality, and travel budget for engineering and quality team.
• Directed the integration of product performance, biomechanical evaluation, and engineering across all footwear categories improving performance and providing test data to marketing department used to educate sales.
• Manage product and factory expansion into Mexico as Ariat’s development and product presence diversifies outside of Asia.

Portland, Oregon, US

• Initiated and managed future ideas, product creation and enhancements, and improving product performance while optimizing manufacturing efficiencies.
• Men’s Journal Gear of the Year Award 2016; Popular Science: Best Gear for Weekend WarriorTeam lead, senior engineer and developer for the Danner Mt 600 performance hiking boot. Mt 600 has contributed to the fastest.
• Danner Comfort System – Patent: Footwear Airflow System, Number 9,943,131 Senior Engineer and team leader creating an integrated cushioning and air flow footbed technology for hiking, work, and law enforcement product.
• Danner DryCreated price point driven waterproof membrane, allowing Danner to successfully enter into a price sensitive market segment significantly increasing sales across all categories.

Portland, Oregon, US

Portland, OR, US

• Engineering the highest quality athletic footwear based in science and biomechanics. Present products include track and field, running, badminton, basketball, and fit systems. Also, part of the team setting direction.
• Recognized market opportunity for Li Ning to enter into the US running market. Lead product creation team to deliver unique and innovative running product to meet this opportunity. Developed initial marketing story for.
• Cross department and athlete communication leading to the initiating, developing, and engineering high performance product for world class athletes:Lin Dan: Number one badminton player in the worldYelena Isinbayeva.
• Organized and lead a team that designed, developed, and evaluated a biomechanically correct badminton shoe to improve the performance of agility players. Independent university validated improved agility performance.
• Chairman of the Li Ning Sports Science Research Center Board: Lead the research board to promote the development and integration of biomechanics research into the footwear creation process of Li Ning.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Manage all aspects of soccer ball development including costing, sourcing, and alterative techniques for ball construction.
• Develop 25% of inline soccer ball product per season.
• Integrated new and innovative ball construction method into production types to assist in alleviating capacity and pricing issues with hand sewn product.
• Evaluated feasibility of Custom Ball Program managed within Soccer Equipment. Created process flow map to scope project and identify potential hurdles. Organized a team of Nike personnel including sales, CSR.
• Coordinated development of Champions League samples. Delivering twenty different designs of high quality product within an eight week period culminating with a senior management presentation to the Champions League.

• Successfully redesigned and redeveloped complicated and non-manufacturable running shoe technology into a simple, understandable, and producible running shoe with technology. Organized selection of designer, directed.
• Created or redesigned innovative product and concepts by working closely with in-house personnel and external support staff. These technologies included cushioning systems, traction elements, forefoot flexibility, and.
• Development Director Pearl iZUMi Running Footwear; Directed technology evaluation, development, production, and manufacturing of running shoe line. Met company goals, as well as, market needs of customer and.
• Developed and integrated technologies into specific footwear designs to achieve desired performance results by using knowledge of manufacturing in conjunction with extensive understanding of the biomechanical needs of.
• Organized numerous projects with multiple clients to meet varied specific performance, and market needs, within specific time requirements.
• Developed an understanding of the individual market relationship and direction of all clients.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

• Patent listed inventor: Intelligent Footwear System, Number 20040177531, Issue Date: Sept. 16, 2004 Prototyped, evaluated, developed mechanical aspect of cushioning system Bi-annual status update delivered to CEO and.
• Assessed, developed, and recommended traction patterns, lug shapes and lug location to Salomon Advance Concept and Development Team based in Annecy, France. Recommendations employed in successful design and marketing.
• Developed, implemented, and managed seasonal performance testing protocol used to assess key products across all adidas footwear product silos. Using these tools a major performance stability flaw was discovered in a.
• Developed and executed performance testing protocol on key adidas performance products.
• Recommended modification to footwear based upon biomechanical evaluation.