Speakers for Stride USA 2026
Aaron Cooper (aka Coop)
Moonshot Molecules
Founder | Innovation Expert | 25-year Nike Veteran
Alan Lugo
Alanandres LLC
Product Sustainability Expert, Founder
Alberto Franco
Design&Develop
CTO & Chief Software Architect
Alexander Zar
Lalaland Production and Design
CEO
Alison Coddaire
Kalypso
Senior Manager
Andrew Bjornson
ex-Vans
LCAD, Board of Governors|Senior Director - Design & Digital Product Creation
Austin White
VIZCOM
Footwear Product Expert
Baron Gumban
Ariat
Senior 3D Designer
Caley Taylor
VIZCOM
Head of Customer Success
Caroline de Baere
California College of the Arts
Footwear Industry Expert & Adjunct Professor
Chad Knight
Super Digital
CEO & Founder
Cornelius Schmitt
Zellerfeld Shoe Company Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO
David Filar
Censes Design Studio
Owner & Creative Partner.
David Franck
ex-OXMAN
Industrial + Computational Designer
Davoud Ohadi
lululemon
3D Design Director
Elias Stahl
HILOS Studio|Made in Old Town
CEO & Founder|Board Member
Ellery Connell
Independent|ex-Kalypso & Foundry
Digital Design Innovator
Emilio Alvares
California College of the Arts
Industrial Design Student
Erin Bornstein
Reborn Designs
Founder & Design Director
Fabrizio Gamberini
Vibram Group
President Vibram Corp & Global Chief Brand Officer
Gregg Meyer
Steve Madden
Chief Sustainability Officer
Henrik Arlestig
Fibbl AB
Co-Founder & CEO
Ian Batch
Something Added
Co-founder and Head of Product and Customers
Jake Rivas
Ariat
VP Footwear Design
Jake Rudin
Rudin Consulting|ex-adidas
3D Innovation Strategist
John Acevedo
ex-OluKai | KEEN | Under Armour | adidas
Senior Director, Creative, Innovation & Design
Jon Tudor
Stanley 1913
Global Creative Director
Joshua Young
Kalypso
Retail Consulting Leader
Julie Warwick
Fanatics
Manager PCM Digital Assets
Junus Khan
Carbitex
Founder & President
Justin Schlothauer
Under Armour
Global Director of Digital Product Creation
Lauriane Bensabbah
Singer Vehicle Design
3D Visualization Lead
Leila Kerze
R0AM
Director of Design and Production
Mac McMillan
Studio Noyes
Director - Product Creation
Mandy Block
Orange Logic
Enterprise Customer Success Manager
Marisa Byrne
KNS International
President
Mary Grim
New Balance
Head of Global Digital Operations
Michael Ratcliffe
PI
Director - Content & Production
Michael Sarantakos
ex-Crocs|Nike
Senior Director, Design & Innovation
Miranda Morrison
Steve Madden
VP, Design & Sustainability
Nick Fenselau
Ariat
Footwear Designer, Equestrian & Countryside Footwear
Nigel Keen
Nigel Keen Design
Principal Designer
Oluwaseyi Sosanya
Gravity Sketch
Co-Founder & CEO
Patrick Choe
Reborn Designs
Product Development Guru
Rene Medel
framas group
Senior Digital Creation Engineer
Rickard Lönn
Fibbl AB
Chief Growth Officer
Ronald Dod
Realift, LLC
CEO & Co-Founder
Sandra Gagnon
Target
Sr. Director, 3D Digital Product Creation
Satyajit Mittal
Aretto
CEO & Founder
Scott Labbe
KEEN
SVP - Product & Innovation
Scott Saunders
KEEN
Manager - KEEN Maker Lab
Sean Lane
Vans
Director, Digital Innovation and AI
Sean Scott
COMUNITYmade
Co-Founder & CEO
Taylor Canel
ex-Nike
Expert Product Line Manager
Tom Berend
R.A.D®
Head of Design & Innovation
Tomoki Scharber
New Balance
Running Footwear Design Apprentice
Ty DeHaven
HILOS Studio
Creative Director, Innovation