Occupation:Fashion |
Location:Allen, TX |
Education Level:Some College Units Completed |
Will Relocate:YES |
Description
I am a highly-accomplished Fashion Footwear Industry executive with a successful track record and extensive wholesale and retail product expertise in the areas of Global design technical development merchandising and sourcing. As a turnaround and repositioning specialist I am capable of quickly identifying the product challenges and provide sound solutions. I possess the technical know-how passion creativity interpersonal skills and tenacity to successfully drive the product design and development processes. I am a natural team leader and mentor. QUALIFICATIONS * DESIGN * Design Director and Designer/VP - Lane Boots - designer and director of 7 designers - successfully evolved and expanded the product line beyond classic Western boots into crossover styles and opened-up footwear * SVP/GM - Footwear and men's leather accessories - $100M business unit - repositioning the footwear, growing the men's leather accessories by guiding the designers and the design process * Design Director/SVP - Nine West Group - $1B Company - directing the Italian design studio in Stra and managing internal and freelance designers for several Global wholesale and retail branded and PL product lines * Design Director/SVP - Aerogroup Int'l - $150M Company - achieving revenue and income records, modernizing the collections, directing the Italian design studio, managing internal and freelance designers - Aerosoles Global wholesale and retail branded and PL product lines * Creative Director and Designer/Grp Pres. - The Fashion House Inc. - $30M Company - Company liaison for the licensors - designing, mentoring the designers and guiding the creative process for 5 brands in the luxury, contemporary and volume segments * Consultant/Freelance - Sam Edelman, Andre Assous - designing and directing internal designers * PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION * VP - Lane Boots - developing a unique comfort system, directing the factory's 10-member PD team and technicians in the development of new types of footwear with Goodyear welt construction - Mexico * SVP - Fossil - Footwear and men's leather accessories - $100M business unit - guiding the internal and external PD teams and technicians - China, India * SVP - Nine West Group - $300 M business unit - turning around and growing brands through successful repositioning, directing the internal and external PD teams and technicians - Global wholesale and retail branded and private label - China, Brazil, Italy * SVP - Aerogroup Int'l - $150M Company - spearheading the creation of new comfort systems, directing internal and external PD teams and technicians - wholesale and retail branded and private label product lines - China, Brazil, Italy, Portugal * Group President - The Fashion House Inc. - $30M Company - directing overseas PD teams and technicians for 5 branded product lines in the luxury, contemporary and volume segments - China, Brazil, Italy * Consultant/Freelance - Sam Edelman - directing the overseas PD team and technicians - China * GLOBAL SOURCING - FACTORIES AND SUPPLIERS * VP - Lane Boots - Mexico * SVP/GM - Footwear and Men's Lea. Acc. - Fossil, Inc. - China, India * SVP/PD - Nine West Group - Brazil, China, USA, Spain, Italy * SVP/PD - Aerogroup Int'l - Brazil, China, Italy, India * Group President - The Fashion House Inc. - Brazil, China, Italy * SVP/GM - Caleres (Brown Shoe Co.) - Brazil, Spain, Italy, USA * Consultant/Freelance - PD - Sam Edelman - China
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