• Supervised processes relating to new and remodel store growth. Led team of architects, project managers, and designers to create customer experiences, designs, layouts, displays, fixtures, graphics, and storytelling representing brand image. • Managed and fostered strong relationships with real estate, construction, store operations, visual merchandising, merchandising, marketing, digital, facilities, and vendor partners. • Functioned as leader, visionary, and voice for all phases of design from schematic through construction documents while honoring budget, schedule, and operational requirements.• Led external architects and wide variety of vendors, ensuring integration with design intent for overall experience, architecture, storefronts, millwork, fixtures, graphics, lighting, sound, and exterior signage.• Developed solutions for new fixtures, displays, graphic programs, and feature areas as required to support business. Approved shop drawings and ensured design intent met and brand integrity maintained.• Aided in value engineering of prototype designs, in-store testing, and maintained all prototype drawings.• Reviewed preliminary and final architectural design drawings created by architects for each project to ensure plans and details accurate and consistent with brand standards for materials, construction, and execution.

• Functioned as advocate for thought leadership, understanding consumer needs, and creating superior product experiences of brand. Supported strategy development, concept development, product development, and commercialization for Gold Crown product. Liaised with internal and external design teams, including design consultancies, business units, engineers, consumer research, procurement, and stage gate innovation teams to drive business growth. • Served as design and engineering patent representative on corporate patent review board for two years.

• Led store design development and visual merchandising initiatives with focus on consumer understanding, using design strategies to shape experience of brand at retail.• Provided ideas, design vision, and solutions addressing consumer needs while embodying brand within retail environment. • Liaised with internal teams including product programs, engineering, graphic design, buyers, and executive groups to achieve desired overall store experience for consumers at retail. • Won 2012 Gold POPAI OMA Award for Semi-Permanent Display and 2012 Display of the Year POPAI OMA Award.

Designed hardware for computer, thermal, electrical, mechanical, and packaging systems for materials engineering experiments for International Space Station. Supported grant-funded research and provided design solutions, research development, 3D modeling, and engineering drawing packages for NASA and foundry industry. Co-authored materials engineering publications with American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and presented at 2001 Conference and Exhibit on International Space Station Utilization. Managed engineering lab and provided prototyping and 3D laser scanning to support metal casting materials research and documentation.

Provided communications support for Air Intelligence Agency and held Top Secret SCI security clearance. Gulf War Veteran serving Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Honorable Discharge from Active Duty. Received Air Force Achievement MEDAL/1DEV, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device/1Dev, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Air Force Overseas Short Tour Ribbon, Air Force Overseas Long Tour Ribbon, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Air Force Training Ribbon, and Kuwait Liberation Medal.