• Headed all softgoods related projects, in addition to working on hardgoods within a team of eight involving senior level mechanical, electrical engineers and designers.

• Worked on 50+ projects from electronics, robotics, AR/VR to softgoods across multiple industries.

• Entertainment, household, outdoor, travel, fitness, medical and more.

• Worked with broad range of clients ranging from individual to companies, led process from conception, prototyping, testing, development and production.

• Identified key features and directions for prioritization and decision making.

• Focused on functional, realistic, aesthetically pleasing, viable manufacturable outcome.

• Researched, refined and developed original patentable physical and digital products.

• Designed original IOT devices and subsequent supporting UI/UX software.

• Created and managed technical specs from sampling, testing, to production.

• Dual design and product management role, worked directly with manufacturers and suppliers.

• Established partnerships for both small sampling and production runs from 10 - 5K+ units.

• Identified + sourced property specific materials, textiles, and trims.

• Created presentations with qualitative and quantitative results for clients and management.

• Mapped out user stories, identified critical insights, wireframed and mocked up interfaces

• Created winning pitchdeck and vision voted on by 400+ top travel industry executives for Eye for Travel Start Up Award 2018.

• Maintained effective collaboration with founder, engineers, clients, investors, and travel

industry experts to ensure continuous alignment with product vision and direction.

• Explored application of aggregated user data via machine learning to analyze,

chart, and possibly predict future fitness and health trends.

• Worked on a combination of soft and hardgoods across outdoor industry in

a dual design and development role.

• Managed design & development process as well as sourcing for materials and trims.

• Created original CADS and technical specs for sampling and production.

• Improved workflows by implementing necessary software and resources, (Cadtools, Lightbox,

Concur, InDesign, Keynote, project templates, guides, and layouts) within organization.

• Strategized market and category approaches for optimized investment return.

• Created a CAD database of commonly used parts to minimize redundant work.

• Improved information and communication flow between domestic and global

teams by illuminating the issues within closed loop channels compared with best practices.

• Researched, designed, developed over 20+ projects across a range of products (coolers, packs,

camping furniture, etc.) for clients such as Cabela's, Academy, Target, REI, Eddie Bauer,

L.L Bean, DSG, West Marine etc. in a fast paced ever changing business environment.

• Built the digital and accessories categories from the ground up into a core

business revenue stream with a primary team of three.

• Managed Bill of Materials and margin requirements for over 30+ original projects.

• Conducted user studies and observations to uncover new market opportunities.

• Conducted trends research via onsite fieldwork and attendance of industry trade shows.

• Improved internal processes by taking initiative to investigate recurring issues and their origin(s).

• Uncovered a large knowledge gap within company regarding production processes.

• Created flow chart and illustrations of findings, mapping out supply chain intricacies.

• Managed multiple projects, overlapping timelines and seasons simultaneously while

maintaining positive working relationships across several departments.

• Developed deep manufacturing & production processes within network of global vendors.

• Tasked with identifying and presenting new emerging industry technology and software to

use for improved workflow via annual attendance of the Consumer Electronic Show.