Summary
Cristian Herrera is a senior product developer specializing in technical outdoor and performance footwear with nearly a decade of hands-on experience from rock-climbing cobbling to leading development at brands like adidas, Fox Racing, and HOKA. He combines deep manufacturing and assembly know-how with international supplier collaboration to move concepts from prototype to scalable production while keeping performance, cost, and quality tightly aligned. Known for building in-house prototyping labs and standardizing operations documentation, he excels at translating athlete and design needs into manufacturable solutions under tight timelines. As a consultant he has guided material selection, construction techniques, and cost engineering for emerging brands, demonstrating both tactical factory-level fluency and strategic product thinking. Based in Los Angeles, Cristian brings a craftsman’s attention to detail and a persistent curiosity—he still keeps project artifacts and unfinished work on his hard drive, reflecting a pragmatic, iterative approach to development.
8 years of coding experience
certificate, Men's dress shoe, certificate, Men's dress shoe at Bonney and Wills school of shoemaking & design