Evrnu is a social purpose corporation that specializes in the molecular regeneration of garment waste by converting it in to a high quality resource applicable for apparel, home and industrial end use applications. We are currently preparing to launch commercial pilots with prominent brands and retailers.- Responsible for setting vision for the company.- Responsible for recruiting and growing the team.- Responsible for scaling the technology from concept to customer.

Unreasonable is an organization, investment fund, and private global network dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs positioned to bend history in the right direction. Unreasonable's mission is to drive resources into and breaks down barriers for select companies leveraging profit to solve the seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges of our time.

Future Resource Collective is a collaboration hub and incubator for regenerative innovation in the apparel and textile industry.•Consult with independent design firms, manufacturers, and retailers to create and support sustainable business practices related to textiles and apparel.•Develop innovative technology to reduce inefficiencies in the textile and apparel supply chain using cradle-to-cradle, upcycling, and the circular economy principles.•Promote and advocate for a more sustainable textile and apparel industry through stakeholder engagement, lecturing, and education.•Build collective capacity among textile and apparel industry leaders to leverage relationships and scale sustainable business practices.•Manage a team of specialists on consulting and innovations projects that create positive financial, ecological, and social benefits within clients' business models.

•Identify and foster strategic relationships with suppliers.•Implement innovation of recycled polyester through product differentiation.•Provide leadership in all areas of product development from inception through production.•Set quality assurance guidance and standard operating procedures.•Travel globally to audit facilities.•Implement social and environmental policy.

•Guided design teams to meet financial objectives and maintain the design intent of seasonal line items.•Planned vendor allocation and managed vendor communication from sampling to pre-production phase.•Planned product reservations to ensure capacity for sampling and production.•Analyzed vendor garment cost information and negotiated vendor cost.•Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure all calendar milestones were met.•Researched trends in wash development and developed wet and dry process range in partnership with design.•Traveled globally to understand capabilities, evaluate production, and troubleshoot production and quality issues.•Created strong relationships with vendors to positively impact growth of category.

•Managed fabric development, sourcing, and specifications for women’s woven fabrics.•Partnered with design to develop initial vision/objectives ahead of season to upgrade fabric aesthetic within cost goal.•Collaborated with cross-functional design, product managers, development managers, and global sourcing.•Researched trend in raw materials by traveling to trade shows, mills, and sourcing offices globally.•Piloted outerwear fabric development for all divisions and created best methods to move fabric development from vendor to the internal teams.•Built strong alliances with regional fabric sourcing teams, mills, and chemical suppliers globally to ensure seasonal expectations, timing, and actions were clearly communicated and adhered to.•Evaluated all seasonal fabrics to quality assurance standards. •Negotiated fabric cost with suppliers by identifying top mills globally and leveraging volume.

•Managed global fabric collections in North America for use in trend presentations, fabric libraries, trade shows and targeted fabric marketing program.•Promoted the use of Dupont fibers by advising internal and external customers on global sourcing.•Responsible for US multi fiber fabric processing. Served as the liaison for US Lycra® Assured mills to review seasonal collections and manage integrity of fabric data entry and images •Serviced internal brand and retail account managers with the newest certified fabrics from around the world.•Managed all department projects for 3 supervisors and a total of 13 employees.