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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

• Managed 40+ fit and wear projects per season for performance running, basketball, and training footwear, from recruiting testers, analyzing samples, generating reports, and presenting findings to support product decisions. • Collaborated closely with footwear developers, designers, and plms teams to recommend solutions related to fit, comfort, and durability, ensuring alignment with product creation goals. • Partnered with developers on new upper and totally new development projects, gaining insights into the entire footwear product development process from concept to production. • Developed new testing platform, optimizing fit & wear testing procedures. • Applied knowledge of factory manufacturing, assembly, and tooling SOPs to enhance product understanding and inform technical decisions. • Experimented with CT scanner to analyze carbon-plate durability and foam compression in performance shoes. • Recruited additional wear testers, expanding the tester database by 50%.

• Captured motion data (Qualisys), processed (Visual3D), and analyzed human gait in modeling software (OpenSim).• Studied effectiveness of gait retraining program for knee osteoarthritis by measuring muscle contractions/forces.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

• Handled 40+ projects for 2022 and 2023 PlayDoh products at all stages of development. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams and manufacturing partners in Asia to find creative solutions to design and marketing challenges while optimizing cost, quality, and safety.• Lead cost-saving meetings with designers to recommend different materials to meet pricing targets. • Assembled spec sheets with materials, colors, and products for factories to begin production. • Tested product functionally of prototypes/mechanisms. • Utilized information stored in PLM and PDM systems such as vendor quotes, packaging specs, CAD files.

Westbrook, Maine, United States

• Communicated with cross-functional teams to ideate potential diagnostic instruments.• Modeled instruments mechanisms in SolidWorks to help visualization during brainstorm sessions.• Prototyped and tested 3D printed parts to help improve the reliability of existing products.• Analyzed over 150 cpk values and presented analysis to engineering team to investigate critical tolerances.• Designed custom centrifuge within unique specification guidelines for potential instrument use.• Conducted static structural tests on redesigned parts for stress analysis using Ansys Workbench.

New Hyde Park, Ny

• Monitored production flow by operating multi-needle embroidery, screen-printing, and vinyl-cutting machinery.• Managed unique machine parameters such as color, temperature, and machine speed to produce designs.• Inspected and cleaned finished products to determine packaging and shipping method needed.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Education record

Footwear Product Developement Course