Testing & Quality Leadership
Nearly 14 years at adidas across R&D, testing, and lab operations.
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Professional Overview
Testing and quality leader with nearly 14 years at adidas across R&D and lab operations. Experience includes scaling testing to more than 4,200 tests annually through cross-functional collaboration, KPI implementation, and reporting standardization.
Work has supported a sustainable ink platform launch, World Cup product initiatives, and AI-related operational projects.
Core Strengths
Core Strengths
Lab Operations
Leads teams, oversees testing, evaluates materials, and develops new testing methods and lab capabilities.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partners with design, engineering, manufacturing, vendors, factories, and global teams.
Reporting & KPI Implementation
Built tracking and reporting systems that improved data visibility and supported reporting standardization.
Product Development Support
Supports product development decisions, product innovation, and initiatives including sustainable ink platform and World Cup product work.
Tools & Skills
Smartsheet, Power BI, MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, basic Python, leadership, project management, data analysis, communication, and collaboration.
Experience Snapshot
Experience Snapshot
adidas
Senior Manager, Embellishment Development & Testing Excellence
Leads R&D and lab teams for trim, fabric, and embellishment testing, partnering with design, engineering, and manufacturing teams to support product development decisions.
- Oversees testing, evaluates materials, and develops new testing methods and lab capabilities.
- Improves workflows and reporting systems, including tracking that improved data visibility.
- Collaborates with vendors and factories, investigates product failures, and implements corrective actions.
- Mentors team members and supports lab operations.
adidas
Manager, Embellishment Excellence - R&D
Collaborated with global teams on product development while managing material testing and quality feedback for R&D work.
- Provided data insights to product teams.
- Supported product innovation efforts.
- Managed material testing and quality feedback.
adidas
Production Art / Manufacturing Roles
Led production art teams and workflows while supporting manufacturing processes and equipment integration.
- Reduced error rates in production processes.
- Supported manufacturing and equipment integration.
- Improved efficiency and reduced waste.
Education
Education
MBA - Project Management
Anderson University
BFA - Visual Communication Design
Herron School of Art + Design
Certification
Six Sigma Black Belt