• Textiles Research, Material Relationships, Design and Development of original textiles for product • Materials and Process Design and Development• Creating new vendor relationships for opportunities with materials, sourcing, and collaborative innovation• New product categories and product details through brand story and Purple's technology • User Focused Product Research

• Adjunct Faculty for technical soft goods design class, focused on apparel and bags. • Guiding students through the design process, textiles, pattern making, materials and final production of their own product concept.

• Helping companies clarify purpose and needs to realize projects that can improve their business model and allow future opportunities for growth. • Product Design and Development: Soft-goods, Branding, Logos, Market and User Research, Sketching, Illustrations, Modeling, Prototyping, Manufacturing locally and overseas.

• Responsible for all innovation, design, development, CMF and production management in soft goods category receiving Gear Of the Year awards and multiple featured publications • Improved communication with factories for shorter sampling lead times and payment terms allowing more purchasing power and sales opportunities

• User focused Product Design & Development of camping pads & accessories, backpacks and sleeping bags• Brand Development Lead for new logo direction and implementation on product and packaging• Packaging Design of original die-cut hang cards for all retail hanging product• Development with factories specializing in welded fabrics, sewn goods and hardware• Packaging & Graphics

• Re-branding of three companies under True Leaf Market as the parent company• Packaging Design, graphics and production files for variety pack, 75,000 units in first year• Designed shippable, recyclable seed displays to reduce shipping, maintenance costs and open new retail opportunities

• Discovered product solutions and beautiful forms through principles of origami• Designed Inflatable Camping Pad• Designed Luminaire Concepts

• User driven ideation of ovens, how they work and how they're made for the people living on the islands of Lake Titicaca, Peru• Conducted user interviews, and implemented product in Peru

• Final presentation for multi-million dollar contract using CAD renderings and 3D mock-ups • Reworked architectural sketches into production ready 3D assemblies • Collaborated with production to help things run smoothly

• Designed and built sea kayak prototype, patterns to be sold as part of a Build Kit• Surfaced molds and made infusion resin long boards• Research and testing for strength, cost and best material application