Ana Kristiansson

Founder of Portia, Desinder & Apparel Entrepreneurship | Speaker | Author | Podcaster | Building sustainable brands through software, strategy, branding & design

Stockholm | SE

Skills

Business Ownership
Start-up Leadership
Software Development
Apparel
Sportswear

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Interests

Mountaibiking

Fashion design

Running

Skiing

Entrepreneurship

Design

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Industries

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Work experience

Portia

Founder | 06/2024 - Current

PORTIA: Sustainable Fashion Business Software
The cloud solution that helps SME brands create responsible products through integrated industry processes, workflows, project & product management (PLM), traceability, and customer feedback.
Leading fashion brands into circularity.

Apparel Entrepreneurship

Founder | 10/2016 - Current

Helping apparel entrepreneurs start and build successful, meaningful and profitable brands. apparelentrepreneurship.com

Desinder

Founder - Creative Director | 10/2020 - Current

DESINDER is an international apparel business and design agency providing startups and established brands with innovative design and strategy solutions.
 
We offer services from idea to product launch or end-to-end solutions.
We create 100% tailored solutions for brands in the following segments:
Outdoor | Activewear | Sportswear | Streetwear | Workwear | Equestrian | Accessories

We can support you with:
▶ Brand Strategy & Development
▶ Creative Direction
▶ Range Planning & Color Guidelines
▶ Design & Product Development
▶ Sourcing & Production
▶ Business Operations
▶ Sustainability Implementation

Contact Ana by sending a LinkedIn message or email: hello@desinder.com

Ana Kristiansson Design Agency

Technical Apparel Design Consultant - Design, Product Development & Strategy | 05/2015 - 10/2020

BRANDS:
2017-2020 - ORAGE: Ski Outerwear - Men's and Women's Collection
2018-2020 - ALASKA 1795: Outerwear, Midlayers, Baselayers, Bottoms: M's & W's Collection
2019 - CHEVALIER: Outerwear, Midlayers, Baselayers and Bottoms:  M's and W's Collection
2019 - TRANGOWORLD: Mountain Collection - Outerwear: M's and W's Collection
2019 - STAY IN PLACE: Women's Activewear Tops
2018 - ZERO POINT: Compression Active Tights:  Men's and Women's

For portfolio visit: thekrissco.com

Lundhags Skomakarna AB

Strategic Design Consultant | 05/2015 - 11/2017

Responsible for all apparel design. 

Alice & Ted

Co-founder and Designer | 01/2013 - 07/2016

Alice & Ted - sustainable and durable playwear

Haglöfs Scandinavia AB

R&D designer | 08/2014 - 04/2015

Special projects and innovation

Haglöfs Scandinavia AB

Senior Designer | 01/2011 - 02/2015

19FOURTEEN - Outdoor lifestyle collection
Intense - Trail running and Mountain bike collection

Sinaia

Co-founder and Designer | 01/2008 - 12/2011

SINAIA - Technical Urban Apparel

Helly Hansen

Freelance Senior Designer | 01/2009 - 12/2010

Designer Women's Technical Ski and Children's wear collection

Tenson BV Holland Filial

Senior Designer - Active Wear | 10/2007 - 01/2009

Designer for Ski wear collection, Travel collection and Outdoor collection, all technical garments

Salomon

Designer - Active Wear | 06/2005 - 07/2007

Designer for the Trail Running collection, Nordic Ski collection, Downhill mountainbike collection, and some X-Mountain. All technical apparel.

Peak Performance

Junior designer - Active Wear | 06/2003 - 05/2005

Responsible for the Women's Training collection, helped designe the Ski, Golf and Accessories collection

BADGLEY MISHCHA

Intern | 01/2003 - 05/2003

Internship - sales and marketing

EXPRESS LTD

Intern | 08/2002 - 12/2002

Internship - Shirts, blouses and dresses

Viva la Tee

Intern | 01/2002 - 06/2002

Internship - T-shirts and tanks

Education history

Parsons School of Design - The New School

BFA | 2001 - 2003

Basis Art School

1 Year | 2000 - 2001

KREATÖR+

1/2 year | 2007 - 2007

The academy of cutting and tailoring in Stockholm

1 Year | 1999 - 2000

Connections

Kai Olson

Spyder Active Sports

Chad Mihalick

Owner, Malakye.com
Malakye.com

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