Experience

Danner Boots
• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Product Design Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Present

Academy of Art University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

Gabriel Phillips
• United States
• Medical Practices
• Design Consultant, Footwear/Product

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2017


The North Face

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer , Footwear

  • 2012 - 2014

  • Created new athlete focused collections which shape the relaunch of the Hiking category • Worked to restructure and optimize the styles that define the Hiking category • Helped establish new design & branding language for all categories within Footwear Department • Collaborated with leading design consultant firms and internal Advanced Concepts team to rethink “connections” on product • Travel to Asia, working closely with factories and venders to ensure all product design needs are being met Show less

• Designer, Footwear

  • 2008 - 2011

  • Identified key users and insights at the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) kick-off • Managed SMU's for domestic and international regions• Designed collections for: Hiking, Insulated, Lifestyle, Youth, Sandals and Amphibious categories• Regular participant in Bioneers Conference, a global initiative covering a broad spectrum of sustainability practices• Presented concepts, designs and inspiration to execs, sales reps as well as immediate colleagues • Actively “field test” prototypes with TNF athletes including kayaking the Tuolumne River, backpacking the Havasupai Canyon, climbing in Yosemite and more• Travel on domestic/international trade shows & trend trips• Travel to Asia, working closely with factories to ensure all product design needs are being met Show less

• Assistant Designer, Footwear

  • Jul 2006 - Jun 2008

  • Spearheaded the department's first in-house “green” footwear initiatives• Introduced new sustainable branding that was adopted company wide• Designed all mens sustainable collection• Created innovative trim/graphic/webbing components for sandals, technical hikers, multisport & lifestyle products • “Field Test” prototypes with TNF athletes including climbing in Joshua Tree, canyoneering in Aravaipa Canyon and more

• Design Contractor, Equipment

  • Nov 2005 - Jun 2006

  • Apprenticed under the Equipment department to design and develop product lines, gaining familiarity with and understanding of multiple manufacturing and development techniques of production.• Created a cohesive organizational system for both designers and developers to quickly access all trims used for the entire collection within the equipment department.• Produced innovative winter hydration pack from concept to production: research, iterations, prototypes, full scale manufacturing drawings, selection of materials and trims, formalized costing and production of final prototype Show less



Timbuk2

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Consultant

  • 2004 - 2005

  • Executed production CAD drawings of various components, generated graphic illustrations of entire product collection • Initialized research and iterations for early backpack line, conceptualized exhibit design for Interbike tradeshow • Executed production CAD drawings of various components, generated graphic illustrations of entire product collection • Initialized research and iterations for early backpack line, conceptualized exhibit design for Interbike tradeshow