As a passionate and collaborative leader in Material Innovation, I'm at the intersection of design material innovation strategy for advanced product creation. I have over 3 decades of experience in directing fabric and fiber innovation for leading retail brands and supply chain vendors, such as Levi Strauss, Gap Inc., and Artistic Milliners, my main focus is to deliver sustainable and performance solutions for tomorrow's consumers and generations to come.With a textile science and design background, I have strong product management and technical design expertise in textile and apparel manufacturing. I manage the scale-up and pricing of new materials, working with cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver high-quality and innovative products. I am passionate about creating a leading-edge R&D culture around material science innovation and contributing to the environmental and social impact of the textile industry.I'm a collaborative and inclusive team leader, I use my deep textile expertise to analyze and come up with ground breaking solution for complex problems. My main projects have been focus on enabling circularity solutions by delivering materials solutions that meet the design brief and enable the merchant team to realize margins and strong PR collateral.