With more than 15 years of industry experience, our team’s diverse technical skills and collaborative problem-solving will help you move from stuck to scaling.

We are:

  • Collaborative partners.

  • Problem solvers.

  • Fit specialists.

  • Curious.

  • Experienced.

  • Discreet.

  • Artists & Engineers.

  • Technical experts.

  • Creative thinkers.

  • Niche.

  • A little bit geeky.

  • Here to help your idea scale.

We are not:

  • One-size-fits-all.

  • Prescriptive.

  • Mass-market.

  • Showy.

  • A manufacturer.

  • Limited to soft or sewn goods.

  • Standardized.

  • Gonna take it anymore.

Morgan Timblin

Senior Product Development Engineer

ALTER EGO:

Lead Detective & Master of Observation

SPECIALITIES

  • Asking the Right Questions

  • Systems Thinking

  • Visual Communication

  • Patternmaking

  • Fit / Anthropometry

  • Component Integration for Universal Experience

  • Technical Embroidery

  • iterative Design, Ideation & Prototyping

  • Softgoods Construction, Bonding & Fusing

FUN FACTS:

  • Playfulness and curiosity motivate me.

  • My favorite childhood television show was Vision On.

Eric Johnson

Product Development Engineer

ALTER EGO:

The Multitool

SPECIALITIES

  • Infinite Curiosity

  • Footwear Design

  • Applied Research

  • Die Cutting

  • 3D Printing

  • Textile Science

  • Bonding & Fusing

  • Systems Thinking

FUN FACTS:

  • When away from little glowing screens, you’ll find me backpacking, fly fishing Washington's rivers, cycling its roads or wrenching on a '69 Chevelle.

  • I once road a bike from Seattle to Portland in 14 hours.

Stephanie Holtz

Senior Product Development Engineer

ALTER EGO:

Disguise Artist

SPECIALITIES

  • Tactical & Safety Gear

  • Corseted Gowns

  • Pattermaking

  • Anthropometry / Fit

  • Sewing

  • CAD Softwares

  • Applied Research

  • Systems Thinking

FUN FACTS:

  • Costumes are a pastime- in a Heidi Klum kind of way.

  • Challenging the expectations laid down for a petite human (like myself) is a core value, so I started Olympic lifting and I riding a motorcycle.

  • Being a painter was my original career path (I even taught it) but bringing things to life in 3D became more compelling.

Josie Olney

Product Development Engineer

ALTER EGO:

Shapeshifter

SPECIALITIES

  • Technical Illustration

  • Print Design

  • Patternmaking

  • Sewing

  • Adobe Creative Suite

FUN FACTS:

  • I only have 28 adult teeth - 4 fewer than most.

  • I can read sheet music.

Dorothy Orzel

Technical Advisor

ALTER EGO:

The Sage

SPECIALITIES

  • Functional Apparel & Wearable Technology Design

  • Sport, Exercise, Rehabilitative & Assistive Clothing/Wearables

  • Research

  • Integrating Technology with Sewn Product 

  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration 

  • Delivering Fit, Comfort, Usability & Performance 

FUN FACTS:

  • I designed a project that was exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum - as a part of a fabulous team, of course!

  • I used to drive a backhoe.

  • My new hobby is building automata; contraptions with cranks that have no purpose except to be amusing. 

Kristine Carlton

Founder

ALTER EGO:

Treasure Hunter

SPECIALITIES

  • Operations

  • Strategy

  • Team Building

  • Collaboration

  • Listening to Learn

  • Critical Thinking

  • Thoughtful Creativity 

  • Compassion

FUN FACTS:

  • I used to spin sabers, rifles, and flags competitively, and toured domestically and internationally for competitions. 

  • I wish that I could sing. 

We welcome interesting new partnerships and projects of all shapes. To see if your product and our expertise are a good fit, let’s talk specifics.