Experience

UpWest

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Sourcing & Product Development

  • Mar 2021 - Present

• Sourcing Production Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Mar 2021

  Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area



Columbus Fashion Alliance

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • 2019 - Present

  Co-creator of the Future of Fashion Program



Breaking Bread Network

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  United States



EXPRESS

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sourcing Production Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2020

  Columbus, Ohio -Express Factory Outlets Dual Gender Knits -Lead the Express Innovation Team & 3D Task Force

• Sourcing Production Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2019

  Women's Activewear, Dual Gender Swim, Men's knits, Men's graphics, Men's knit bottoms & Underwear

• Sourcing Production Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Jan 2017

  Columbus, Ohio Area Dual Gender Sweaters, Women's Active Wear and Swim

• Senior Production Coordinator

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2015

  Columbus, Ohio Area Women's Active wear & Swim



Hanesbrands Inc.

• Manager, Product Development

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2013

  Winston Salem, NC Manage the C9 by Champion men's and kid's activewear product assortment which is sold exclusively at Target.



Victoria’s Secret & Co.

• United States
• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Sr. Engineer (Innovation and Technical Service)

  • May 2010 - Oct 2012

  Innovation across all product categories...

• Technical Services Engineer

  • Apr 2007 - May 2010

  •Manage daily operations of laboratory •Continuous improvement of current products •Quality Approval Testing of current products •Evaluation of new technologies •Writing and presenting reports for both executive design management and executive technical management Research and Development for Victoria's Secret Production.



Gentex Corp.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Textile Engineer/Chemist

  • Aug 2005 - Apr 2007

  Textile Technical lead for all R&D efforts for military contracts for chemical and biological protective textiles.



Dyadic International, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Textile Technical Service Lab Manager

  • Dec 2003 - Aug 2005

  R&D for biological enzymes for textile applications



Burlington Industries

• Process Improvement Chemist

  • May 2003 - Aug 2003

  Intern