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HIGHLIGHTS OF MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CREATIVITY • DIVINITY • SERVICE • SOLUTIONS

6453 ALUMNI : BEHIND THE DESIGN

APPAREL CONCEPT : “Lanvin” bleu silk bomber jacket with Bemis tape details.

SILK BOMBER JACKET CONCEPT, INSPIRED BY JEANNE LANVIN.
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BOLT THREADS : LUXURY MARKET RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS VENTURE
SOULJOUR : YOGA LIFESTYLE BRAND CO-FOUNDER
DYNE : HIGH END MEN’S LIFESTYLE BRAND, INTERIM PRESIDENT

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CREATIVE ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP : I’ve served on business and creative leadership teams driving and managing lifestyle categories for Nike.

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DESIGN LEADERSHIP :  My strength is in thinking BIG.  As a creative strategist with a passion for mentorship and unleashing creative potential, I’ve built strategies on how to connect and mobilize designers to social and environmental innovation

DESIGN STUDIO DIRECTOR FOR NIKE GLOBAL BRAND DESIGN : I was the backbone of the 40+ person design studio responsible for driving the creative talent behind a premium consumer experience for the Nike brand.

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AND INNOVATION : embedding the Considered Ethos into the product engines of Nike.

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DESIGN LEADERSHIP, DESIGN STRATEGY AND BUSINESS INTEGRATION TO INSTITUTIONALIZE A SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ETHOS AT NIKE : instrumental in driving sustainable design into many of Nike’s most recognizable product franchises.

VIDEO CASE STUDIES TO INSPIRE DESIGNERS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

ACG Apparel: Building a jacket pattern from 1 marker block: https://vimeo.com/475363688

Nike Global Football: World class, performance football boots with minimal waste: https://vimeo.com/475359304

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Nike Core Performance: A $1b+ business at Nike integrates a sustainable design ethos without compromise: https://vimeo.com/475368722

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Nike Apparel Innovation: The Swift Suit for Beijing ’08 Olympics: faster, lighter and lower environmental impact: https://vimeo.com/475361146

2006 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNHCR (UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY) : I had the privilege of leading a cross-disciplinary team of Nike designers to Azerbaijan to work with children in a refugee community. We brought them durable soccer balls for them to play and help relieve stress from their displacement. We led classes on how to design soccer balls to help unleash their creativity. Not only did we change their lives, but ours were forever altered as well. From there, the awareness campaign NINEMILLION.ORG was born.

DOERNBECHER FREESTYLE ’08 : Shoe design to raise funds for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.  Our shoe broke auction records selling for $20k per pair at the annual fundraiser.

2005 VOLVO SPORTSDESIGN AWARD @ ISPO FOR WOMEN’S FOOTWEAR : Original shoe design, the Shox Allegria won recognition for Women’s Design in the first Volvo Sportsdesign Awards at ISPO.

NIKE KIDS FOOTWEAR : Drove the creative inception of Nike Play, $250m incremental business for the brand.