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Technical Skills
Product Development Business Growth Strategies Marketing B2B Transactions Management Textile Design Textile, Vinyl & Green Wallcover Pattern Design Woven Fabric Constructions Jacquard Design CAD Design JacqCAD Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Digital Prints Cubicles Draperies Panel Fabrics Upholstery Fabrics Vinyl & Polyurethane (Coated Fabrics) Bed in a Bag Architectural Hardware Large Format Digital Account Management Global Sourcing
Director Level Leadership
Career has included key positions with well-known firms in the textile industry such as: FiberMark, Eastern Textiles, Designtex, Wearbest and Wyoming Weavers.
Career Level
Professional career growth holding positions as a; Jr. Designer, Hospitality Coordinator, Sr. Hospitality Coordinator, Consultant, Sr. Hospitality Stylist, Design Director, and Product Development Director through 14 year career.
Commercial Design Skills
Well networked and results oriented director possessing excellent product development experience, hands on technical woven and design experience, wallcover, 3form® architectural products, Loophouse® hand tufted rug design knowhow and marketing experience. Technically sound with design based programs and are able to assist customers on the spot to help add value to the project.
Product Development Focus
Skilled leader who has developed products and services for hundreds of customers, including Marriott, Hilton, MGM Resorts International, Manpower, Cedars Sinai Hospital, UPMC Pittsburgh Childrens Hospital, MillerCoors, Mercedes Benz Canada, J Josephson, Designtex, Maya Romanoff, and Korographics.
Substantial knowledge of corporate, hospitality, healthcare, retail, sports, entertainment and education markets with a proven track record of successful design, product development, and project leadership. Provide a high level of product knowledge, sales turnover and business volume through the development of accounts across the globe.
Achievements
@FiberMark
Independently developed two class A green wallcover products which immediately was sold to a customer in the commercial wallcover market. Growth of $500,000 in wallcover sales.
@ Eastern Textiles
Designed and developed a complete nonwoven and woven textile product with custom options for commercial textile distributors. This resulted in increased sales and capabilities by 50%.
@ Designtex
Developed textiles, hospitality wallcover, digital print wallcover, 3form® architectural and Loophouse® hand tufted rug products to $18,000,000 in sales.
Integral leader of team that delivered a single-year sales increase of 25% which benchmarked previous year end revenue of $1,250,000.
Redesigned, sourced and managed $10,000 bedding project for the Circus Circus casino/hotel in Las Vegas, NV.
Lead the hospitality product development team to increased product knowledge, greater sources and rose sales in department by 25%. Achieved sales mark through strategic supplier partnerships, sound design and better development planning. As a result of these increases was promoted to Product Development Director to lead a team of 9 project coordinators covering a greater product development responsibility.
@ Wearbest
Developed a design tool that sold the capabilities and highlighted suitable product designs that were able to be turned around fast and delivered on time. The customers targeted included, Valley Forge Fabrics, Kravet, Maharam, Designtex, Robert Allen, P/Kaufmann and Duralee. Grow international supplier relationship which allowed organization to be more successful selling to the hospitality market at price points that competitors could not. Created and managed complete technical weave library and presented new weaves at weekly product development meetings.
Career Overview
FiberMark, Inc - Consultant - 2010 - Present
Eastern Textiles - Consultant - 2009 2011
Designtex - Director of Product Development - 2005-2009
Wearbest Sil-Tex Mills, Ltd. - Sr. Hospitality Stylist - 2003 -2005
Fortune Fabrics, Inc. /Wyoming Weavers - Design Director - 1998-2003
Education
Philadelphia University - Philadelphia, PA - 1998
BS, Textile Design
