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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Greater Boston Area

Led business development initiatives, driving the adoption of scaled Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions.● Sales Growth and Portfolio Diversification: Forecasted and executed annual sales revenue plans to $1.7million. Boosted sales lead generation by 80% through strategic networking in the Consumer Product industry. Negotiated subscription-based resin pricing to enhance recurring revenue by 20%. Spearheaded resin portfolio diversification, with custom formulations, aligning with customer needs and industry standards.● Solution Sales and Customer Relationship Management: Guided customers through digital manufacturing transitions by identifying customer challenges and delivering innovative solutions.● Strategic Supply Chain Penetration: Conducted business intelligence to identify, plan, and penetrate the supply chains of three new markets. Footwear, Contract Furniture, and Transportation Seating.● Product Positioning and Value Propositions: Defined product positioning and crafted value propositions, tailored to specific application needs in alignment with industry requirements and market trends, for FreeFoam™ and Elastic Tough Rubber™ resins.

Greater Boston Area

Product innovation and manufacturing sourcing services for the footwear, apparel, wearable technology, and textile industries● Footwear: Led product management, design, product development, costing, and factory sourcing for a start-up outdoor footwear company projected to achieve $140 million in sales.● Wearable Technology: Conducted audits for a wearables company with an annual revenue of $4.5 million. Identified manufacturing and material specification improvements, resulting in enhanced part quality and a 15% reduction in FOB pricing.● Medical Textiles: Developed textile component specifications, manufacturing process methods, and established factory partnerships for a USFDA Class 2 medical device company.

Greater Boston Area, Greater Tampa/St. Petersburg Florida

Led cross-functional technical teams in research and development (R&D). Driving the execution of innovative material and manufacturing solutions to facilitate new product introductions for customers.● Domestic Footwear Manufacturing Venture: Partnered with Strategic Planning to establish a domestic footwear manufacturing venture. Aimed at serving local markets, shortening lead times by 2 months, minimizing environmental impact and stimulating economic growth in the local community.● Advancing Digital Footwear Manufacturing: Drove the adoption of digital footwear manufacturing technologies to enhance production capabilities and improve efficiency by 25%. Using 3D Printing, 3D Knitting & Braiding, Digital Printing and PUR Molding.● Strategic Material Sourcing:Collaborated with Supply Chain Management to formulate material sourcing strategies to support a $4.5 billion customer.● Customer-Centric Growth: Collaborated with Business Unit Management to analyze and plan new business opportunities. Mapped the customer journey to cultivate new customer relationships and drive growth.

Boston, Ma Usa & Herzogenaurach, Germany

Directed business strategy and planning for performance footwear and apparel research and development (R&D) initiatives.● Strategic Roadmaps and Product Briefs: Crafted strategic roadmaps and product briefs to steer cross functional teams in innovating new footwear cushioning and apparel fit technologies. Contributing to $1.2 billion in combined sales.● Environmentally Preferred Materials: Evaluated and integrated analytical tools to assess, measure, and recommend environmentally preferred footwear and apparel materials. Achieved a 15% reduction in the corporate carbon footprint and cost savings of 5% over 3 years.● Cradle-to-Cradle™ Certification: Collaborated with multi-disciplined teams to create the first Cradle-to Cradle™ certified footwear and apparel collection. Generating $5.0 million in sales.● Efficient Project Management: Introduced a structured phase-gate project management system incorporating dashboard tools. Reducing product development lead times by 20% and enhancing internal reporting efficiency.● Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitated program status meetings with key stakeholders to ensure buy-in and smooth handoffs of research and development (R&D) initiatives. Improving innovation adoption for commercialization by 50%.● Supplier Collaboration: Fostered collaborative relationships with suppliers to drive innovation in new material development and manufacturing processes.

Boston, Ma Usa & Herzogenaurach, Germany

Led Global Footwear Design operations, guiding a team of 25+ professionals across 3 continents. Successfully planned and administered an annual budget of $5.8 million. Accountable for the timely delivery of seasonal footwear designs contributing to $3 billion in annual sales.● Creative Direction: Provided vision and directed seasonal color, material, finish, trend, and design themes for Footwear, Apparel, and Accessory seasonal collections comprising 3700 SKUs annually.● Workplace Culture and Retention: Cultivated a motivated and inspired workplace characterized by trust, integrity, and accountability. Implemented personal development incentives, resulting in a 25% improvement in staff retention.● Market Insights and Transformation: Led seasonal category briefings and design reviews, identifying optimal market opportunities and design directions. Partnered with cross-functional product creation teams to create an agile organization. Streamlining the product creation cycle from 18 months to 16 months.

Canton, Ma Usa

Directed a multi-disciplined, 18-member technical team with three direct reports. Planned and managed $4.6M annual budget. Responsible for new footwear technologies contributing to $3.7B annual sales. • Grew technology portfolio, penetrated new markets, and improved margins 15%, by developing line extensions of DMX™ and 3D Ultralight™ footwear cushioning systems and The Pump™ fit technologies.• Redesigned cushioning components to improve performance, aesthetics, and reduce component cost by 50% through process automation.• Integrated the use of 3D Printing, for prototype footwear components, tooling, and fixtures, into existing product development work streams.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Design

Certificate, Entrepreneur Studies

Candidate, Master Of Science, Engineering Management