Fashion

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Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Snowboarding

Hiking

backpacking

Camping and playing guitar. i also own and operate a colorado mountain ranch as side business with my wife that offers private camping and events!

+Brand Developer
+Product Creator
+Process Innovator
+Entrepreneurial Minded Leader 

I’m a brand, product and process innovator from the mile-high city of Denver, CO with a unique background and skills. I have over a decade of experience in building, leading and managing several international businesses. This means I have experience in just about every aspect of business, but have a special talent and passion for brand development, product creation/ direction and innovating processes for collaboration and efficiency. I gained most of my experience by necessity as a young entrepreneur, building brands and products since 2009. I learned a lot in those early years and found that I really thrive at improving and creating unique solutions for just about anything. I have a knack for creating something remarkable that makes people talk. 

I’ve shown this in the two internationally distributed backpack brands I founded when I was just 22 - MHM (Mile High Mountaineering) & CO.ALITION - these brands went on to shake up the bag industry with unique innovations and designs. Since selling my backpack companies in 2016, I went on to start and operate a product development agency, Vagari Design Collective. I did that for almost 2 years until I was approached with an opportunity to lead the product department at a 40-year-old heritage outdoor brand. I was hired at Mountainsmith as the Product line and Development Manager in January 2019. Since joining their team I’ve lead the brand into a new generation of innovation to their product line, processes and overall brand development.

 I love to travel, snowboard, camp, hike, fish, and play guitar. I’m a former collegiate All-Amercan and national champion Snowboarder. My wife and I also own and operate a small side business offering private camping and events on our own mountain ranch in Colorado.

As an entrepreneur, I had to learn a wide range of skills. I handled everything from processing & boxing orders, logistics, marketing, PR, social media to accounting & payroll. You name it, I’ve done it. I’ve filled just about every role of the businesses I founded at some point. My main role was focused around the overall creative direction of product and branding.

PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION
+Drove & managed the entire process from beginning to end
	+ product ideation & initial concept sketches
	+ created design direction briefs
	+ CAD line drawings
	+ assisted factory in patterning & shaping process
	+ tech pack creation
	+ managing the factory sample development team
	+ sourcing & developing materials & trims
	+ comments & updates on prototypes
	+ managed production timeline
	+ visited factory for hands-on QA of productions
+Designed a custom product design process & theory 



FOUNDER | PRODUCT & BRAND DIRECTOR

Jeff Popp is a FOUNDER at Denver Design Co. - MHM - CO.ALITION | Jun 09 - Jul 17 in Denver, CO.

Jeff Popp

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University of Colorado