Speakers for Stride USA 2025
Aaron Cooper (aka Coop)
Moonshot Molecules
Founder & Innovation Consultant
Alberto Franco
Design&Develop
CTO & Chief Software Architect
Alex Khan
Syrup, an Anaplan Company
VP Sales
Alexander Hanhauser
VIZCOM
Head of Sales
Alexander Zar
Lalaland Production and Design
CEO
Andre Luebke
Humanetics
General Manager
Andrew Bjornson
Former Vans
LCAD, Board of Governors : Senior Director - Design & Digital Product Creation
Baron Gumban
Ariat
Senior 3D Designer
Ben Robbins
PTC
Senior Director - Product Management
Bo Lupo
ex Nike
ex-Design and Digital Transformation Leader
Brandon Napper
Deckers Brands
Digital Product Creator I - Emerging Brands (Teva, Ahnu)
Brett Golliff
Good People, Good Design (GPGD) - Snibbs, ETHICS, EQLZ, Stria Sport & Freedom
Creative Design Director & Consultant
Brian Lindauer
VibeIQ
Co-Founder & CEO
Caroline de Baere
California College of the Arts
Footwear Industry Expert & Adjunct Professor
Chad Knight
ChadKnight
3D Footwear Innovator
Daniel Nava
Little Studio Designs
Industrial Designer | Visual Designer | Artist
David Burpee
David Burpee Design
Computational Design Leader
Davoud Ohadi
lululemon
3D Design Director
Dhaval Thakkar
Vibram Group
Innovation Creative Lead
Domagoj Boljar
Earthbound Sneakers by Miret d.o.o.
CEO & Cofounder
Drew Cekada
Kalypso
Principal & Retail Lead
Elias Stahl
Made in Old Town
Board Member, CEO & Founder
Ellery Connell
Independent/Former-Kalypso & Foundry
Digital Design Innovator
Emilien Arbez
Salomon
Leader - Digital Product Creation, Footwear
Erin Bornstein
Reborn Designs
Founder & Design Director
Esteban Garza
Kalypso - A Rockwell Automation Company
Technical Manager
Heidi Van Dyck
athena studio
CEO
Hilary Char Cook
Kalypso
Digital Ecosystem Architect
Jake Rivas
Ariat International, Inc.
VP Footwear Design
James Carnes
HILOS Studio
Chief of Staff
Jonathan Beals
Adobe
Senior Solutions Consultant | Creative Cloud, Firefly, Express, Frame
Juan Jose Rafael Hernandez Rivera
PHAdhesivos
Director - R&D
Julio Alberto Hernandez Rivera
PHAdhesivos
Director
Justin Schlothauer
Under Armour
Global Director of Digital Product Creation
Kim Thomas
Kim Thomas Consulting
Founder & Footwear/Accessory Design Consultant
Kuba Graczyk
KOO.bz
CEO
Liz Graham
Ada IQ
CEO
Mark Vickers
VF Corp
Sr. Director of Digital Product Creation Technology
Mary Grim
New Balance
Head of Global Digital Operations
Matteo Burzio
Luxury Footwear Brand
Head of 3D Footwear Design
Matthew Klimpke
Vyking Limited
Co-Founder & CEO
Maximilian Bock
BlangBlang
Co-Founder, COO & co-CTO
Meka Jannali
Independent
Industrial Designer
Michael Ratcliffe
PI
Director - Content & Production
Miranda Morrison
Steve Madden
VP, Design & Sustainability
Mitch Harvey
Independent
Consultant
Nick Ziemer
adidas
Manager - Digital Technologies
Nigel Keen
Nigel Keen Design
Principal Designer
Onur Gun
New Balance
Director - Computational Design
Safir Bellali
Aliph
Strategic Advisor | DPC and Digital innovation, 3DRC Education Chair, ex VF
Sallyann Houghton
Epic Games
Senior Business Development - Partnerships Fashion/Apparel
Sandra Gagnon
3DRC
Co-Founder
Stephen Phillips
Epic Games
Solution Architect
Steven Smith
Crocs
Legendary Footwear Designer - YEEZY, adidas & Nike and Current Head of Creative Innovation
Susan Sokolowski
lululemon
VP, Footwear Innovation
Tim Downing
ex New Balance and ex Stratasys
Footwear Veteran and 3D Printing Champion
Veronica Saint Jane
Independent
Product Designer/Industrial Design BFA Graduate