PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY |

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ADD BLACK, | SR TECHNICAL DESIGNER

10/2017 TO PRESENT

 

CATEGORIES:

WOMENS – MISSY & PLUS: SWIM, COVERUPS

BRANDS: TARGET BRANDS: WILD FABLE, SHADE & SHORE, KONA SOL, XHIL, & VANILLA BEACH

• Manage product categories, lead fittings, work closely with cross functional team members and factories to ensure product was made to brand standards.

• Direct communication with private label brand counterparts.

 

AG JEANS

SR TECHNICAL DESIGNER – SUPER USER YUNIQUE PLM SOFTWARE

2/2015 TO 9/2017

CATEGORIES:

WOMENS: TAILORED, OUTERWEAR, LEATHER, WOVEN, KNIT & SWEATERS

 MENS: OUTERWEAR & SWEATERS

• Manage Women’s Mainline Tops technical design, create blocks and maintain standard specs, create new development 1st proto patterns, and coordinate benchmark research.

• Partner to IT Department as Super User for implementing and rolling out PLM Software across all AG Jeans divisions. 

• Leader in customizing and developing PLM software for business practices and companywide implementation.

 

GO READY GO, LLC

SENIOR TECHNICAL DESIGNER / PATTERN MAKING / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

10/2013 TO 2/2015

 

CATEGORIES: WOMENS, MENS, KIDS, BABY & ACCESSORIES

MARKETS: MASS, PRIVATE LABEL, DIRECT TO CONSUMER, CONTEMPORARY & DESIGNER

PRODUCT: WOVEN, KNIT, SWEATERS, LEATHER, TOPS, BOTTOMS, DRESSES, OUTWEAR, TAILORED, LOUNGE, BASICS

MASS MARKET: HYBRID: TARGET BRANDS: MENS - GOODFELLOW & ORIGINAL USE & KOHL’S BRANDS: SONOMA

MICHAEL GERALD LTD: KOHL’S BRANDS – MENS - SWEATERS APT 9

DESIGNER BRANDS: BALDWIN DENIM, DÔEN, ACE RIVINGTON, HARK + HAMMER, JONATHAN MARTIN, PISTOL LAKE, ALANAJULE, & BLU PONY VINTAGE

• Manage product categories, lead fittings, work closely with team and factories to ensure product was made to brand standards.

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MODCLOTH

MANAGER TECHNICAL DESIGN/ PATTERN MAKING / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

1/2013 TO 10/2013

 

CATEGORIES: WOMENS

PRODUCT: WOVEN, KNIT, SWEATER, DRESSES & OUTWEAR

• Established Technical Design Team for import and domestic, oversaw Pattern making and Sample Room.

• Work directly with co-founder Susan Koger as Head Designer developing 5 in house brands.

 

 

DISORDERLY KIDS, RANSOM & AVALON APPAREL

DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES

5/2012 to 11/2012

 

PRIVATE BRANDS: MACY’S, WALMART, JCPENNY

CATEGORIES: JUNIORS, MISSY, PLUS & KIDS

PRODUCT: TOPS, DRESSES & ACTIVE

• Direct communication with private label brand counterparts

• Digesting private label brand expectations and direct internal technical design and pattern making team

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COLOR IMAGE APPAREL, ALO LINE | SENIOR TECHNICAL DESIGNER/PATTERN MAKER

9/2011 TO 5/2012

 

CATEGORIES: WOMENS & MENS

PRODUCT: ATHLETIC, ACTIVE & YOGA, TOPS, BOTTOMS, JACKETS & DRESSES

• Managed ALO line, responsible for leading fitting, pattern corrections, guiding Associate Technical Designer

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UNGER FABRIK & ONE WORLD APPAREL

DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES

5/2009 to 9/2011

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PRIVATE BRANDS: TARGET, WALMART, JCPENNY, JCPENNY, KOHL’S, DILLARD’S, BLOOMINGDALES, NORDSTROM, CATO

CATEGORIES: JUNIORS, MISSY, PETITE, KIDS,

PRODUCT: KNITS, WOVENS, TOPS, DRESSES & BOTTOMS

• Accredited Business Partner Fit Engineer for Target Corp (ABPFE)

• Key career milestone, converted team that was majority pattern makers into technical design and pattern making department, established best practices for private label manufacturing.

• Established standards for PLUS business that contributed to 300%+ growth in 2010.

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EDUCATION |

- GERBER TECHNOLOGY, NEW YORK | CERTIFICATE FOR GERBER PATTERN MAKING, 2004

- BROOKS COLLEGE, LONG BEACH | ASSOCIATES OF ARTS DEGREE, FASHION DESIGN 1994

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SOFTWARE |

- WEBPDM, NGC, GERBER, OPTITEX, ILLUSTRATOR, EXCEL, WORD, YUNIQUE PLM