Suzy Furrer Email & Phone Number

San Leandro, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

Manage high-end custom furniture projects exclusively for interior design professionals, overseeing projects for ultra-luxury private residences. Propel creative vision and rigorous execution of custom furniture as liaison among interior designers, CAD artists, fabricators, textile suppliers, and finishing specialists, ensuring seamless coordination from project inception to delivery. Conduct weekly cross-functional meetings with production teams to ensure clear timelines and address any roadblocks, promoting synergy between textile, upholstery, and frame building teams. Conduct detailed quality checks, ensuring each piece meets exacting specifications and high-end quality standards.▪ Streamlined production timelines by 25% for new builds and 50% for reupholstery projects by implementing Asana project management tool to enable holistic view of orders and production timelines▪ Cut production errors by 50% by introducing losses tracking system to improve accountability, quality, and team performance

San Francisco Bay Area

Founded and grew fashion design school offering classes, labs, and events to 4K+ students in industry-leading skills for textiles, fashion, and costume design. Developed and project managed comprehensive curriculum, including 2-year fashion design program. Oversaw business operations, including payroll, staff scheduling, customer relations, and lease negotiations for 4.5K sq. ft. training facility.▪ Authored Building Patterns—essential textbook used in 12+ U.S. college programs, with 3rd edition scheduled for release in 2025▪ Invited to speak at 40 sewing and design conferences, teaching and lecturing both in-person and online for professional organizations▪ Pivoted to online education during pandemic, building an international student base and delivering effective, multi-camera online classes▪ Expanded teaching faculty from 1 to 10 instructors

Designed and instructed online courses in pattern drafting, sewing, and fashion design to national audience. ▪ Contributed 70 hours of filmed content for over 200,000 subscribers in collaboration with creative production team. Gained expertise in production aspects including lighting, sound, and editing

San Francisco, California, United States

Retained by Gap to develop 2-week courses and train hundreds of new hires on production timelines and fashion design fundamentals including trends, textiles, fit, fabrics, and pricing.

Oakland, Ca

Taught textiles and flat-patternmaking classes to Pixar employees who work in the Tailoring Department with a goal of creating more accurate renderings of clothing on their computer generated characters.

Liberal Arts

Certificate Of Completion