Resume

Senior Product Manager | 2026+

DEAD AIR SILENCERS

  • Responsible for developing and managing across 3-month and 3-year product initiatives.

  • Manager + Artist + Developer for all branded merchandise.

  • Director of the Dead Air Asylum Loyalty Program: Strategy, budgeting, website, etc.

  • High-level research with trends, suppliers, factories, networks and channels.

REMOTE EQUIPMENT

Creative Director | 2023-2026

  • Directed creative vision and product strategy for premium EDC, travel, and mountaineering equipment.

  • Developed multi-year product roadmaps informed by consumer research, market trends, and business objectives.

  • Led commercialization efforts, product launches, and cross-functional collaboration from concept through production.

  • Oversaw usability testing, sourcing, manufacturing partnerships, and product refinement to deliver elevated user experiences.

EXXEL OUTDOORS

Junior-Senior Designer | 2019-2022

Ultimate Direction / SJK / Kelty / Sierra Design / Slumberjack

  • Designer of the Ultimate Direction Xodus Vest (utility patent holder).

  • Designer and signature athlete of the Blazek Series, three vest-inspired backpacks.

  • Initiated a skunk works program to motivate innovation.

  • Designer of the SJK hunt/fish Bounty hunting packs (35, 55, and 85-liter).

  • Designer for licensed and mass product lines sold at Target. ETA 2021-2022

  • Designer for all in-house licensed gear sold to Walmart’s 2021-2023.

  • Produced in Vietnam and Taiwan.

TREDAGAIN FOOTWEAR

Head of Product | 2016-2018

  • Six lines across men's and women's footwear ranging from dress shoes, wedges, sneakers, sandals, boots, and loafers.

  • Produced in Leon, MX and Novo Hamburgo, BR.

    > Color/materials
    > Market/consumer research
    > Consumer feedback/R&D
    > Brand strategy and style-guide
    > Packaging design (shoe box)
    > Product shoots (social media, staged, and catalog)
    > Graphic designer (hangtags, banners, posters, expos, etc.)

Senior Product Manager | 2023-2026

MAGPUL INDUSTRIES

  • Created and led company soft-goods program from the ground-up.

  • Defined, designed, developed the DAKA, CCW, and EDC categories.

  • Worked on both top down program needs and grass roots initiatives.

  • Bi-annual development in Vietnam and Taiwan.

CONTRACT DESIGN

Altra Running + Atreyu Running + Cavana Footwear | 2018-2019

  • Contract Designer for the Altra Running HIIT XT gym shoe.

  • Contract Designer and Developer for the Atreyu Base Model.

  • Contract Designer and Developer for a ground up initiative in men's dress shoes.

  • Developed consumer profiles, brand style-guides, marketing imagery guides, copyright and packaging design.

  • Produced in Leon, MX.