Experience

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  MG2 Design

  • Seattle

  • Director, Program Management

    • Dec 2016 - Present
    • Seattle
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  Starbucks

  • Program Manager, China Asia Pacific Store Development, Design Programs

    • 2013 - 2016

    Responsible for creating standardized programs to guide the store design teams which ensured brand consistency throughout the China Asia Pacific region. Programs were created in collaboration with cross functional project teams, most often including category, marketing and operations for adoption and adaptation in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and India design studios for their respective markets.

  • Design Manager, China Asia Pacific Store Development & Concept Design

    • 2010 - 2013

    Created and implemented design guidelines, evaluating current regional store concepts and processes to determine what could be adapted to meet regional conditions, while ensuring company brand equity.

  • Design Liaison, Global Concept Design

    • 2008 - 2010

    Liaison between the concept design and regional design teams, responsible for translating the vision to in market designers for implementation of stores.

  • Design Director, Existing Store Design

    • 2003 - 2008

    Led a team of regional design managers responsible for all renovations, company programs and facilities requirements within existing stores across the United States and Canada.

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  Starbucks Coffee Company

  • Project Manager, Program Development

    • 2002 - 2003

    Store Concepts team partner responsible for development and implementation of large-scale company initiatives from ideation through rollout, utilizing resources from multiple business units.

  • Sr. Design Manager, Design Development

    • 2001 - 2002

    Team leader and business partner responsible for collaborating with category, marketing, operations and designer leadership on new concepts, custom and pilot projects. Managed a team of designers and project managers.

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  Gap Inc.

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Feasibility Manager, Global Store Design

    • 1998 - 2001
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Established and managed a new non-standard store process for store design; facilitated all feasibility studies and managed the pre-approval phase of the store delivery process for Europe and US non-standard stores.

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  The Limited

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • Designer, Store Planning

    • 1994 - 1998
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    Brand re-imaging for the Limited from sleek/black to wood/neutral concept. New concept programming, design development and consultant management for Limited Brands, including the first pilot store in Beverly Hills, CA. Generated rollout design for multiple stores per week for Limited Brands, Ba...

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  Space Design International

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Project Designer

    • 1989 - 1991
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Rollout design and space planning for specialty retail stores, including Bullocks Department Stores and Hanna Barbera; generated relevant AutoCAD documentation.