Blending design, innovation, consumer understanding, and strategic foresight to lead and coach business teams in generating new ideas and embracing future thinking.

Led strategic foresight and innovation strategy work across a wide range of sectors including consumer goods, energy, government, financial services, transportation, and non-profit.

Contract support for the foresight center of excellence with industry scanning, articulation of drivers of change, and creation of a scanning process and synthesis system. Generated strategic foresight analysis in support of senior executive decision making.

> Led the design and delivery of futures oriented innovation programs for all global brand portfolios of Newell Brands. Facilitated global cross-functional teams in multi-year mid-horizon innovation platform identification, synthesis and development.> Supported growth of Newell Brands' innovation capabilities and culture of creativity across all brands and segments globally.> Partnered with executive leadership from across the Newell organization to advance Design and Innovation capabilities.> Developed and deployed advanced design resources to augment to demonstrate future growth potential stemming from changes in consumer context and values.

Led design planning and operations for all design functions across the portfolio of brands while centralizing the function into a global design center. Managed executive sponsored Design projects including NPD process revision and management, Design and R&D resource allocation, and the global deployment of enterprise PPM.

Designed and facilitated workshops on innovation methods, mindsets and behaviors, and innovation strategy in the US and Europe. Facilitated global cross-functional teams in developing innovation strategies for Parker, Paper Mate, and SHUR-LINE brands. Co-developed and rolled out R&D career paths, resource trackers, and capability assessments to global workforce.

Organized and conducted design thinking sessions for NPD teams leading into concept screening. Conducted market entry research in EMEA, LATAM and APAC. Partnered with outside firms to conduct cross category contextual inquiry to develop long-term innovation portfolios. Standardized concept testing methodology with SPSS analysis and reporting.

Collaborated with NPD teams and external global vendors as lead industrial designer to develop and launch products under the IRWIN, Strait-line and Bernzomatic brands.

> Designed products and accessories for power tools and lawn and garden categories.