Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the Portland Metro

“Operations and business leader with deep footwear/apparel experience who built and scaled internal operating systems for lululemon’s footwear startup division—creating strategic plans, end-to-end product-to-shelf playbooks, and launching product management software to replace Excel/Access. Previously led adidas North American Brand & Product (300 people, $500M budget) and now advises a growing footwear startup preparing for acquisition, including hands-on partnership solutions to improve inventory and P&L.”

“Engineering/exec leader (CEO experience) who built a lighting controls and building automation platform from scratch, choosing an Ethernet/PoE and Node.js web-centric architecture that anticipated market shifts and later became an industry pattern. Known for rigorous vendor QA (test-to-failure) and for delivering high-profile deployments (e.g., Black Desert Resort, Resorts World Villa 66) while leading globally distributed engineering teams.”

“Serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of professional software engineering experience who co-founded Food Truck Stars, initially a food-truck search engine and later pivoted into a catering marketplace to overcome adoption barriers. Validated the model by prototyping at car enthusiast events across the U.S. and turning a profit, using hands-on customer discovery with low-tech, time-constrained operators.”