Mary Cassidy
“You are an amazing combination of right brain/left brain that appreciates and thrives on the creative, but understands the necessity of operational acuity. Your straightforward personality and hard-working, heads-down focus clearly makes you indispensable to management and your peers. With the ability to wade through critical design-related decisions and provide clear direction forward, you work well with all types of people. My only call-out is your addiction to candy crush and how that might affect your productivity!!! ”
I'm a technology nerd, product-centered strategist who is looking to reimagine the Product Development and Design process with the implementation of 3D technology. After 25+ years in this industry, I have come to believe in 3 things: 1.) the process should maximize people and efficiencies, 2.) inter-departmental relationships are the key to any success, and 3.) the phrase “We’ve always done it that way” should be banished. I have a strong, entrepreneurial work-ethic, a good sense of humor, and a flexible and fair outlook.
I am definitely a people-person and love the camaraderie of a team. I pride myself in being a proactive leader with a passion for new technology that will make the product (whether it be a towel, a team or a process) the the best it can be. I’ve worked for big corporations, as well as my share of start-ups and embrace the pros and cons of both.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
•Product Classification Expertise:
- Men’s Apparel, incl. Tailored Suiting / Activewear
- Women’s Apparel, incl. Activewear
- Children’s Apparel, incl. Sleepwear / Infant
- Intimates
- Hard Accessories: Handbags, Belts, Small Leather Goods
- Soft Accessories: Hats, Scarves, Gloves
- Home and Home Accessories
- Packaging
Functional Expertise:
- Technology: Browzwear, CLO3D/CLO-Set, Style3D, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Seddi Technologies, Flex PLM, Centric, Gerber/Lectra Suite, BeProduct
- Design and Development
- Technical Design / Product Engineering
- PLM Technology: PTC, Centric, Yunique, BeProduct
- Pre-Production, Sourcing and Production
• Process Evaluation / Optimization
• Resource Optimization
• Organizational Change Management
• 3D Process Implementation & Digital Product Creation (DPC)
CLIENTS:
Angora Group, Carter’s / Osh Kosh B’gosh, Ralph Lauren, Lands’ End, Jacobs by Marc Jacobs, Ann Taylor, Phillip Lim, Everybody & Everyone, CreateMe
Other Endeavors
POURTIONS was created to counter the disturbing and unhealthy trend of growing portion sizes. Hip + humorous reminder to watch what we eat + drink, to take back the power. Our focus is mindful intake by rewiring our brains (in a humorous, un-sciency way.) Our unique graphics offer a variety of nearly perfect pour lines, depending on the use, while the tabletop designs feature visual cues as well. Our idea isn’t to hit people over the head with a “message” or offer perfect serving sizes, but rather deliver a gentle nudge that helps reinforce mindful consumption. Plus, they’re really funny (because no one likes a nag :)
www.pourtionsjustright.com
Previous Lives
Director of Design Services: Home / Trend / Fashion / Apparel, Patriarch Partners, New York City
Patriarch is a private equity firm that owns 75 American heritage brands.
Directory of Design & Development: Men’s/Women’s Sportswear, Bobby Jones / Jones Global Sports, New York City
Director Of Design And Development, Sportswear & Accessories, Hickey Freeman | Hart Schaffner Marx
Designer / Product Development Sportswear, Accessories/Luggage/Dog, Filson, Westport CT
Director of Pre-Production for Home, Accessories, Baby & Intimates, Banana Republic / The Gap, New York CIty
Director Of Design And Development, Men's Outerwear, Banana Republic / The Gap, New York CIty
Senior Designer/Product Development for Men's Sportswear, Polo Ralph Lauren, New York City
Sr Designer/Product Manager, RRL OW/Bottoms/Denim, 1994-1995
Product Manager, Men’s Outerwear, 1992-1994
Asst. Product Manager, Men’s Outerwear, 1991-1992