Experience

GH Labs
• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Principle, Manufacturing & Partnerships

  • Feb 2022 - Present

Confidential
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Consultant

  • Dec 2020 - Present


PMI Worldwide

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Vice President - Product Creation - R&D

  • Nov 2005 - Nov 2020

  At PMI worldwide I oversaw R&D and product development using multiple techniques and processes for two 100+-year-old heritage brands and a select few ODM customers. I was tasked with delivering innovative products and marketing solutions through the management of our award-winning creative teams. I managed an extensive global intellectual property portfolio. The make-up of my exceptional teams: - Industrial Design Designing over 150 new tooled stylish solutions per year in stainless steel, plastics, ceramics, or glass. We highly collaborated with cross-functional teams to research within our own and adjacent categories mining for evolutionary and revolutionary breakthrough objects as well as new problems to solve. - Visual Communications Was responsible for the development of customer-specific sales presentations ranging from small independents to Wal-Mart, web, catalogs, trade show booth layout, and all product collateral. We did our own hero and lifestyle photography. Produced brand style guides, product naming, and consumer-facing packaging layouts. - Graphic design In collaboration with Engineering and R&D, we pushed the limits of our factories for product surface decoration, color, and trend-forward artworks. - Packaging Engineering Supported over 300 promotions per year for Mass, Specialty, in-line POP's, and Club programs. We increased consumer satisfaction and lowered our footprint on the environment. - Prototyping Our in-house team had multiple 3D printers with the ability to print in several different materials and properties. We produced hundreds of 3D printed and painted production parts for sales tools and POG's - Design Engineering Oversaw our design for manufacturing and a direct conduit to factories - R&D Looked into the future for materials, methods, and markets - New Business Development Full responsibility for ODM customers and financial P&L. Show less



Onion I Incorporated: Bremerton, WA

• Founder & CEO

  • May 1999 - Jul 2005

  I formerly owned and operated my own corporation; setting in place all systems (creator and executor of all company Procedures and Policies, Marketing, Just-in-Time Services, First in/First out, Min/Max Inventory Systems, Pricing, Sales, Hiring, Training, Employee Supervision, and Safety Incentive Programs, as well as developer of business-specific charts & detailed spreadsheets) I formerly owned and operated my own corporation; setting in place all systems (creator and executor of all company Procedures and Policies, Marketing, Just-in-Time Services, First in/First out, Min/Max Inventory Systems, Pricing, Sales, Hiring, Training, Employee Supervision, and Safety Incentive Programs, as well as developer of business-specific charts & detailed spreadsheets)



K2 Corporation: Vashon, WA

• Manager/Process Engineer

  • Feb 1992 - May 1999

  Working in collaboration with industrial design and R&D to bring several new product lines to market. I was responsible for standardizing all processes and procedures using Six Sigma, Kaizen, and lean manufacturing techniques. I designed ergonomically correct workstations, designed and built computer-controlled machines from prototype to final production design. I was tasked to resolved issues with suppliers requiring frequent trips throughout the US and Europe. Simultaneously managed multiple departments and supervised upward of 20 employees per department. I reduced manning & off quality from 3% to 1% and increased production by 20% Show less