20+ yrs Industry Experience
Product & Systems/Process Design & Implementation
- Apparel & Product User Experience Design & Development – Project Management
- Product Engineering for High End Technical Performance Apparel
- Full Scope Design Management: project management, product management, concept, research, design & development of garments including trims and accessories, packaging, prototyping, fit test evaluation, sample production, retail production
- Graphics, Logo, & Print Design
- Trim & Finishing Materials Design (labels, hangtags, buttons, zipper tabs, packaging, etc.)
- Colour Management
- System and Process Design & Implementation + Documentation Design
Organizational Design & Coaching
- Organizational Change Management
- Team Building and Skills Cultivation
Production Management – Local and Offshore
- Production Coordination
- Vendor Meetings and QA Inspection
- Purchasing & Inventory
Inside Sales & Customer Experience
- Servicing Sales Reps and Retailers
- Consumer Warranty Service
Experienced in Collaborating with:
- Clients/Customers – Directors, Managers, Manufacturers, Partner Services, Design Studios, Sales Consultants, Jobbers, Startup Entrepreneurs
- Categories – Custom/Private Labels, Medical Wear, Winter Sport, Outdoor, Lifestyle, Children’s wearAthletes – Snow Sport, Run, Cycle, Yoga
- Designers
- Tech Designers & Developers
- Offshore Merchandisers
- Pattern Makers/Graders
- Sample Sewers
- Local and Offshore Factories
- Material and Trim Suppliers
- Trade Shows & Sales Team Liaison
- HR management in small teams
- Collaborative facilitation with Cross function teams (Marketing, Finance, Sales, Procurement, Disbursement, Customer Service, Directors, Stakeholders)
Companies worked with & Projects worked on:
(click on links to see available portfolio sample or company’s website)
- Prenabelt (Medical Wearable Device – 2016 & 2019) – in collaboration with GIRHL & Shiprah Biomedical. Medical Apparel design & development and Production Mgmt. Phase 2 – Service/Business Design Coaching plus Research and Design.
- Burgundy Bums (Baby wear startup – 2019) Apparel Business Coaching + Initial Brand Discovery for concept creation.
- UnderArmour (Performance Snowsport Private Label for Ski Resorts 2015/16) in collaboration with Leba Design Studios & a Major Ski Resort conglomerate
- Arctic Cat (Snowsport 2015/16) in collaboration with Leba Design Studios
- Ride509 (Snowsport 2017/18 ) Technical Design in partnership with Westcomb Outerwear.
- Swansea Urban Apparel (Outdoor/Travel/Lifestyle – Private Label 2013) in collaboration with Materials and Manufacturer in Bangladesh
- Fruv (Yoga/Active Lifestyle) fruv.com
- LIJA Style (Golf/Active – Women’s 2011 Collection) lijastyle.com
- Garçon Model (Men’s undergarment) Startup Coaching, Graphic Design & Technical Design
- Lela Designs (Golf/Lifestyle) http://leladesigns.ca
- Sugoi Performance Apparel (Technical Active)
- Sierra Design Canada (Outdoor/Active Lifestyle)
- Westcomb Outerwear (Performance Outdoor Technical – Men’s & Women’s)
- Leba Studios (Performance Outdoor Technical Apparel)
- Hot Chillys (Performance Under Layers)
- Couloir Actionwear (Outdoor Technical) Design & Development, Catalogue Design and Print Production, Design Management
- Vancouver Opera – Wardrobe Dept. (Costume customization, creation, restoration, alteration – Sewer, Cutter)
- Nemesis Apparel (Pattern services and Garment restoration)
- Catherine Regehr (Purchaser/Inventory Control/Design Asst.)
- Bard On The Beach/Vancouver Playhouse (Costume Assistant/Sewer)
- Cannell Films (Wardrobe Department)
- Kwantlen College (Teacher’s Assistant/Student Assistant)
Apparel Development – Technical Design samples
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Apparel Graphics and Sublimation Print Design
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