Functional Skills

Business Operations
Product Development
Process Design / Re-engineering
Project Management
Vendor Management
Digital Transformation
Organizational Culture
Product Design

Software Skills

Microsoft Office
Material design
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
OpenAI

Sector Experience

Consumer Goods
Retail
Fortune 500

Experience

Lululemon Athletica Operations
Senior Manager, Product Operations - Creative Ops / Digital Product Creation
1/2022 - 6/2025
• Led a 9-person cross-functional team supporting Footwear, Design, Development, and GTM transformation.
• Directed multi-year Visualization project, launching comprehensive visual line plans for global and regional merchandising.
● Introduced Generative Al for concepting and accelerated 3D prototyping in apparel and accessories.
• Built foundational systems for color standardization, onboarding new vendors and streamlining color processes.
• Partnered with executive leadership to support Design Creative Direction and platform transitions in footwear.

Rocket Donkey Design Lab (Freelance) Design
Color, Material & Graphics Consultant
1/2020 - 1/2022
• IVY PARK: Redesigned color process to align with icon-driven creative vision and seasonal calendars.
● ALLBIRDS: Colored two seasons of footwear/apparel; built key seasonal looks for a unified brand voice.
● COLE HAAN: Introduced storytelling-driven palette development for sell-in tools and creative alignment.

Adidas Design
Senior Color & Material Design Manager / Color Designer / Technical Designer
1/2011 - 1/2021
• Led Color, Material, and Gfx teams for performance and lifestyle footwear, including athlete signature lines.
• Primary designer for Damian Lillard, Derrick Rose, and Donovan Mitchell footwear.
• Collaborated with licensors including Disney, Marvel, Pixar, WWE, and Bape to translate brand language into compelling product design.
• Reimagined promo footwear creation process, saving adidas $500,000 in one year.
• Built sustainable material palettes and improved seasonal efficiency through operational process redesign.

Kaiser Permanente Design
E-learning Designer
1/2002 - 1/2011
• Designed interactive digital training for physicians and healthcare admins.
• Winner, Best of Show & Distinguished Technical Communication (Society for Technical Communication, 2010)
• Translated complex medical content into intuitive animated graphics and user flows.

MIXX Inc. Design
Graphic Designer
1/2004 - 1/2007
• Designed textile graphics and packaging for retail partners including Target, Urban Outfitters, and Verizon.
• Collaborated on licensed products for Disney, Coke, Kellogg's, DaimlerChrysler, and more.
• Managed overseas production and silhouette engineering for accessory lines.

Rocket Donkey Design Lab (Freelance) Design
Graphic Designer / Illustrator
1/1996 - 1/2002
• Designed digital and print promo materials for independent musicians and creatives.
● Built websites using HTML and Flash; illustrated greeting cards and children's picture books.