QUALIFICATIONS
Over 10 years of on-the-job technical experience in the fashion industry, this includes:
• Six Sigma Greenbelt Training
• Pattern Making both manual and computer
• Over 10 years of Manual and CAD Patternmaking and Grading experience with Gerber AccuMark PDS Systems – Versions 8.4, 9.0 and 10.0
• Fashion Illustration
• Production Fitter
• Strong Design and Textile background
• Over 10 years of experience operating and understanding a wide variety of Industrial sewing machines both manual and automatic.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a high pressured environment
• Very diverse in any cultural environment; have travelled in most of Europe, Canada, Bangladesh, some areas of Africa, Jordan, Mexico, Central and South America.
Over 10 years of on-the-job technical experience in the fashion industry, this includes:
• Six Sigma Greenbelt Training
• Pattern Making both manual and computer
• Over 10 years of Manual and CAD Patternmaking and Grading experience with Gerber AccuMark PDS Systems – Versions 8.4, 9.0 and 10.0
• Fashion Illustration
• Production Fitter
• Strong Design and Textile background
• Over 10 years of experience operating and understanding a wide variety of Industrial sewing machines both manual and automatic.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a high pressured environment
• Very diverse in any cultural environment; have travelled in most of Europe, Canada, Bangladesh, some areas of Africa, Jordan, Mexico, Central and South America.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
4/2013 to Present Senior Manager Of Prototypes and Shirt
Patternmaker
Fechheimer Bros., Cincinnati OH
• Create new patterns, grade, and adjust existing patterns
Formal Uniform Apparel. Responsible for shirts and
outerwear.
• Anticipates and resolves any preproduction issues
• Create construction and measurement specifications with
additional sewing instructions and Adobe illustrations
when needed.
• Supervised 5 sewing operators employees in sewing
prototypes and MTM (Made to Measures).
4/2013 to Present Senior Technical Designer and Patternmaker
Corona Clothing Co., Forest Side, Mauritius, Africa
• Design and tailor high-end men’s suits for retailers such as: Harrods’s, Thomas Pink, Richard
James, Chester Barrie, Suit Supply and others
• Create new patterns, grade, and adjust existing patterns for custom men’s suits according to their
specified needs
• Anticipates and resolves any preproduction issues
• Create construction and measurement specifications with additional sewing instructions and
illustrations when needed
• Supervised CAD team of 7 employees in marker making and MTM process of orders
• Execute daily operations of orders cued to the department
• Create department policies and procedures
8/2012 to 4/2013 Designer, Technical Designer and Patternmaker
Astor and Black Custom Clothiers, Miami, FL
• Create new patterns, grade, and adjust existing patterns for custom men’s suits according to their
specified needs
• Create specifications for the factories with illustrations and any additional sewing instructions
• Supervised patternmakers to ensure patterns and specs are created as expected
• Execute daily operations of orders cued to the department and help meet the needs of the clothiers
and their customers
• Interviewed potential candidates for patternmaking positions
• Participated in writing the technical design department policy and procedures
• Create standardized grade rules and assisted in creating the Made to Measure Program alteration
codes or the corporate blocks
2/2011 – 8/2012 Freelance Designer and Patternmaker
Chicago, IL
• Design, grade patterns, develop tech packs and do alterations for various companies and
boutiques; catering to men, women and preteen retail and custom formals, suits and sportswear
apparel.
12/2007 – 2/2011 Designer, Technical Designer and Patternmaker
V-Tex Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL
• Create, implement and ensure new and revised patterns of Direct Sale Uniform garments
• Increased sales 25% after first month of catalog release of new products
• Due to Greenbelt training, a continuing success in the ability to improve production processes; to
reduce waste, inefficiencies and reduce cost by 20% in the first 4 months
• With proven experience in developing long-term relationships, I provided resources in search of
oversees contractors while negotiating strategic agreements to ensure constant cost and quality
improvements
• Prepare and maintain accurate product specifications that contractors, both domestic and offshore,
can produce; to make sure the pattern is proven effective and functional
• Travelled domestically and internationally to Central America to correspond with contractors to
ensure pattern sewability, construction issues while guiding the production of garments from start
to finish
• Cross-trained sewing operators on various machines used in production lines
• Wrote and updated procedures in spreading, bundling, sewing, measuring and finishing a product.
• Digitize patterns needed for developing a new project
• Wrote weekly quality assurance audit reports
• Analyzed fashion trends to enhance the uniform apparel vision for the company
8/2003 - 12/2007 Product Developer, Patternmaker and Technical Designer
Cintas Co., Cincinnati, OH
• Create, implement and ensure new and revised patterns for the Rental, National Accounts and
Direct Sale garments
• Prepare and maintain accurate product specifications that contractors, both domestic and offshore,
can produce; to make sure the pattern is proven effective and functional
• Traveled domestically and globally to Africa and Honduras to correspond with contractors to ensure
pattern sewability and guide production of garments from start to finish
• Digitize patterns needed for developing a new project
• Conduct fit sessions and compile fit and construction reports
• Maintain updates with wash testing progress reports on washes done on garments
• Research product comparison with competitors; maintain expenditures, reviewed the market place
and quality expectations
4/1996 - 8/2003 Designer/ Senior Technical Designer,
Signature Classic, Evansville, IN
• Sketched, designed, draped, made first patterns, grade patterns, develop tech packs and made the
production patterns for all men, women and children’s seasonal lines
• Ordered sample fabrics, trims, buttons, etc.
• Supervised the sample room staff of 8 individuals to ensure sewability of patterns and the
completion of every collection
• Ensure the designs through to production
• Fitted models for photo shoots and fashion shows
• Daily communication with domestic sewing vendors with construction issues
• Traveled domestically and globally to Europe, Africa, Jordan, Bangladesh, China, Mexico, Central
and South America to correspond with contractors to ensure pattern sewability and guide
production of garments from start to finish
5/1993 - 3/1996 First and Production Apparel Patternmaker,
Caron, Inc., Chicago, IL
• Created first patterns, draped creations, grade patterns, develop specifications for women’s
dresses, suits and sportswear apparel
• Digitized all patterns to prepare for them for production
• Made markers for production
• Supervised the sample room staff of 8 individuals to ensure sewability of patterns and the
completion of every collection.
• Ensure the designs through to production
• Fitted models for photo shoots
5/1991 - 3/1993 First & Production Patternmaker,
Wear In Good Health, Chicago, IL
• Created patterns, draped, grade patterns, Prepared all patterns for production
• Supervised the sample room staff of 5 individuals to ensure sewability of patterns and the
completion of every collection
• Ensure the designs through to production
• Responsible for quality assurance before the garments were shipped to the stores
3/1988 - 4/1991 Assistant Designer/Patternmaker,
Bender-Glick Sportswear Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL
• Began as a sample cutter of Missy blouses
• Promoted to assistant designer of Missy dresses, sportswear and Pre-teen formals where I was
responsible for ordering sample fabrics, buttons, trims and other notions.
• Draped from sketches
• Developed first and production patterns and created sewing specifications
• Created markers for the Pre-teen lines
• Supervised 9 sample room operators
Part Time Positions and Internships:
Tailor at Men’s Wearhouse in Chicago, IL in 1994-1995; Evansville, IN in 1996- 1998 and Cincinnati, OH in 2006.
Wardrobe Assistant to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions in 1988 for 6 months.
Instructor at Indiana Technical College Fashion Design Program from 1984-to closing in 1987.
Wardrobe Assistant to Isaac Mizrahi Fashion Gala at Chicago’s Marshall Field’s Fashion Week in 1984.
Spent 3 weeks in a Internship Program as a Cutter and Patternmaker for Gianni Versace in Milan, Italy in 1983 during my summer vacation from college.
EDUCATION
9/1986 to 12/1987
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
9/1982 to 6/1984 and 2008 to Present
Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
ADDITIONAL INFO
Certified in all Gerber PDS Training;
Certified Corporate Culture and Skilled Based Leadership and Management Classes from Cintas Inc.
Certified in Greenbelt Training from Villanova University
Creating formals for individuals participating in Miss Teen and Miss Indiana Pageants, working in International and Local (Indianapolis and Evansville) Hair and Fashion Shows televised, which presented selected artist to design Suits, Formals, and Avante Garde Designs.
REFERENCES
David and Jacqui Callow
Known since April 2013
David is the CEO at Corona Clothing Co.; Jacqui was the former Style Director at Corona as well.
La Brassier Rd.
Forest Side, Mauritius, Africa
Contact: david.callow@hotmail.com or jacqui.callow@hotmail.com
230-5499-0503 or 230-5494-7738
Joseph Harris
Known since September 2012; He is my supervisor of the CDMO Department at Astor and Black Custom Clothier.
Senior Vice President at Elevee Clothiers
2010 NW 150th Ave. 2nd FL
Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
Contact: joseph.harris@elevee.com
917-375-4855
Amy Quiring Masse
Known since November 2012; did consulting work with CDMO on adding alteration codes to our corporate blocks for our Made to Measure Program.
Owner of A-Tech Consulting, LLC
Contact: atech@snet.net
203-464-9648
Cynthia Manika
Known for 4 years as a coworker at Vtex, Inc. and friend.
ITT Support and Trainer
5 Shagbark Rd.
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Contact: cyncynllc@gmail.com or cyncynly@comcast.com
847-401-1401
Jim Klimek
Known for over 3 years since hired me at Vtex, Inc.; written a Letter of Recommendation upon request.
Previous COO at Vtex, Inc.
Contact: james.klimek@yahoo.com
847-477-7347
Jenny Mitchell
Known since 1988; was my supervisor for 5 years at Bender Glick Sportswear, co-worker at Caron, Inc for 4 years and a friend.
Freelance Patternmaker
2745 Diversey Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
773-637-0367
Endia Crowe
Known since 1977; a friend and we had worked together for a number of years as a coworker at the Mens Wearhouse.
Owns Tailoring Business
1351 Division St.
Evansville, IN 47713
812-962-0211
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4/2013 to Present Senior Manager Of Prototypes and Shirt
Patternmaker
Fechheimer Bros., Cincinnati OH
• Create new patterns, grade, and adjust existing patterns
Formal Uniform Apparel. Responsible for shirts and
outerwear.
• Anticipates and resolves any preproduction issues
• Create construction and measurement specifications with
additional sewing instructions and Adobe illustrations
when needed.
• Supervised 5 sewing operators employees in sewing
prototypes and MTM (Made to Measures).
4/2013 to Present Senior Technical Designer and Patternmaker
Corona Clothing Co., Forest Side, Mauritius, Africa
• Design and tailor high-end men’s suits for retailers such as: Harrods’s, Thomas Pink, Richard
James, Chester Barrie, Suit Supply and others
• Create new patterns, grade, and adjust existing patterns for custom men’s suits according to their
specified needs
• Anticipates and resolves any preproduction issues
• Create construction and measurement specifications with additional sewing instructions and
illustrations when needed
• Supervised CAD team of 7 employees in marker making and MTM process of orders
• Execute daily operations of orders cued to the department
• Create department policies and procedures
8/2012 to 4/2013 Designer, Technical Designer and Patternmaker
Astor and Black Custom Clothiers, Miami, FL
• Create new patterns, grade, and adjust existing patterns for custom men’s suits according to their
specified needs
• Create specifications for the factories with illustrations and any additional sewing instructions
• Supervised patternmakers to ensure patterns and specs are created as expected
• Execute daily operations of orders cued to the department and help meet the needs of the clothiers
and their customers
• Interviewed potential candidates for patternmaking positions
• Participated in writing the technical design department policy and procedures
• Create standardized grade rules and assisted in creating the Made to Measure Program alteration
codes or the corporate blocks
2/2011 – 8/2012 Freelance Designer and Patternmaker
Chicago, IL
• Design, grade patterns, develop tech packs and do alterations for various companies and
boutiques; catering to men, women and preteen retail and custom formals, suits and sportswear
apparel.
12/2007 – 2/2011 Designer, Technical Designer and Patternmaker
V-Tex Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL
• Create, implement and ensure new and revised patterns of Direct Sale Uniform garments
• Increased sales 25% after first month of catalog release of new products
• Due to Greenbelt training, a continuing success in the ability to improve production processes; to
reduce waste, inefficiencies and reduce cost by 20% in the first 4 months
• With proven experience in developing long-term relationships, I provided resources in search of
oversees contractors while negotiating strategic agreements to ensure constant cost and quality
improvements
• Prepare and maintain accurate product specifications that contractors, both domestic and offshore,
can produce; to make sure the pattern is proven effective and functional
• Travelled domestically and internationally to Central America to correspond with contractors to
ensure pattern sewability, construction issues while guiding the production of garments from start
to finish
• Cross-trained sewing operators on various machines used in production lines
• Wrote and updated procedures in spreading, bundling, sewing, measuring and finishing a product.
• Digitize patterns needed for developing a new project
• Wrote weekly quality assurance audit reports
• Analyzed fashion trends to enhance the uniform apparel vision for the company
8/2003 - 12/2007 Product Developer, Patternmaker and Technical Designer
Cintas Co., Cincinnati, OH
• Create, implement and ensure new and revised patterns for the Rental, National Accounts and
Direct Sale garments
• Prepare and maintain accurate product specifications that contractors, both domestic and offshore,
can produce; to make sure the pattern is proven effective and functional
• Traveled domestically and globally to Africa and Honduras to correspond with contractors to ensure
pattern sewability and guide production of garments from start to finish
• Digitize patterns needed for developing a new project
• Conduct fit sessions and compile fit and construction reports
• Maintain updates with wash testing progress reports on washes done on garments
• Research product comparison with competitors; maintain expenditures, reviewed the market place
and quality expectations
4/1996 - 8/2003 Designer/ Senior Technical Designer,
Signature Classic, Evansville, IN
• Sketched, designed, draped, made first patterns, grade patterns, develop tech packs and made the
production patterns for all men, women and children’s seasonal lines
• Ordered sample fabrics, trims, buttons, etc.
• Supervised the sample room staff of 8 individuals to ensure sewability of patterns and the
completion of every collection
• Ensure the designs through to production
• Fitted models for photo shoots and fashion shows
• Daily communication with domestic sewing vendors with construction issues
• Traveled domestically and globally to Europe, Africa, Jordan, Bangladesh, China, Mexico, Central
and South America to correspond with contractors to ensure pattern sewability and guide
production of garments from start to finish
5/1993 - 3/1996 First and Production Apparel Patternmaker,
Caron, Inc., Chicago, IL
• Created first patterns, draped creations, grade patterns, develop specifications for women’s
dresses, suits and sportswear apparel
• Digitized all patterns to prepare for them for production
• Made markers for production
• Supervised the sample room staff of 8 individuals to ensure sewability of patterns and the
completion of every collection.
• Ensure the designs through to production
• Fitted models for photo shoots
5/1991 - 3/1993 First & Production Patternmaker,
Wear In Good Health, Chicago, IL
• Created patterns, draped, grade patterns, Prepared all patterns for production
• Supervised the sample room staff of 5 individuals to ensure sewability of patterns and the
completion of every collection
• Ensure the designs through to production
• Responsible for quality assurance before the garments were shipped to the stores
3/1988 - 4/1991 Assistant Designer/Patternmaker,
Bender-Glick Sportswear Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL
• Began as a sample cutter of Missy blouses
• Promoted to assistant designer of Missy dresses, sportswear and Pre-teen formals where I was
responsible for ordering sample fabrics, buttons, trims and other notions.
• Draped from sketches
• Developed first and production patterns and created sewing specifications
• Created markers for the Pre-teen lines
• Supervised 9 sample room operators
Part Time Positions and Internships:
Tailor at Men’s Wearhouse in Chicago, IL in 1994-1995; Evansville, IN in 1996- 1998 and Cincinnati, OH in 2006.
Wardrobe Assistant to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions in 1988 for 6 months.
Instructor at Indiana Technical College Fashion Design Program from 1984-to closing in 1987.
Wardrobe Assistant to Isaac Mizrahi Fashion Gala at Chicago’s Marshall Field’s Fashion Week in 1984.
Spent 3 weeks in a Internship Program as a Cutter and Patternmaker for Gianni Versace in Milan, Italy in 1983 during my summer vacation from college.
EDUCATION
9/1986 to 12/1987
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
9/1982 to 6/1984 and 2008 to Present
Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
ADDITIONAL INFO
Certified in all Gerber PDS Training;
Certified Corporate Culture and Skilled Based Leadership and Management Classes from Cintas Inc.
Certified in Greenbelt Training from Villanova University
Creating formals for individuals participating in Miss Teen and Miss Indiana Pageants, working in International and Local (Indianapolis and Evansville) Hair and Fashion Shows televised, which presented selected artist to design Suits, Formals, and Avante Garde Designs.
REFERENCES
David and Jacqui Callow
Known since April 2013
David is the CEO at Corona Clothing Co.; Jacqui was the former Style Director at Corona as well.
La Brassier Rd.
Forest Side, Mauritius, Africa
Contact: david.callow@hotmail.com or jacqui.callow@hotmail.com
230-5499-0503 or 230-5494-7738
Joseph Harris
Known since September 2012; He is my supervisor of the CDMO Department at Astor and Black Custom Clothier.
Senior Vice President at Elevee Clothiers
2010 NW 150th Ave. 2nd FL
Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
Contact: joseph.harris@elevee.com
917-375-4855
Amy Quiring Masse
Known since November 2012; did consulting work with CDMO on adding alteration codes to our corporate blocks for our Made to Measure Program.
Owner of A-Tech Consulting, LLC
Contact: atech@snet.net
203-464-9648
Cynthia Manika
Known for 4 years as a coworker at Vtex, Inc. and friend.
ITT Support and Trainer
5 Shagbark Rd.
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Contact: cyncynllc@gmail.com or cyncynly@comcast.com
847-401-1401
Jim Klimek
Known for over 3 years since hired me at Vtex, Inc.; written a Letter of Recommendation upon request.
Previous COO at Vtex, Inc.
Contact: james.klimek@yahoo.com
847-477-7347
Jenny Mitchell
Known since 1988; was my supervisor for 5 years at Bender Glick Sportswear, co-worker at Caron, Inc for 4 years and a friend.
Freelance Patternmaker
2745 Diversey Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
773-637-0367
Endia Crowe
Known since 1977; a friend and we had worked together for a number of years as a coworker at the Mens Wearhouse.
Owns Tailoring Business
1351 Division St.
Evansville, IN 47713
812-962-0211
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