Daniel Keating

Product Development Lead in the design life cycle and in-house manufacturing of TAXA Habitats, Gear and Accessories as the servant leader of on-time management and mentoring a 10-person team - industrial designers, drafters, engineers, and consultant engineers.
 Directed the design of four evolution habitats with leadership over the launch of two new camper habitat concepts with Bluetooth connection and Goal Zero power, retailing at $25k and $80k respectively, resulting in the achievement of a $9M retail plan.
 Managed domestic and international sourcing, development, and negotiation of cross-category own-brand product development.
 Utilized Project Management software Monday.com for timelines, stage gate process, and development tracking of over 200 component parts and precision technologies per habitat.
 Launched two Private Brand Roof Top Tents with a 50% margin, contributing to a $1.5M accessories growth plan for 2024.
 Achieved 100% scale prototype habitat assembly, effectively managing a team, color management and managing up with a multi-material soft/ hard goods and technical accessory vendor base of performance gear across the USA, Mexico, China, and Vietnam.

Product Design - ‘BuzzFeed ‘TASTY & goodful, The Pioneer Woman, Cooking Light, Country Living, DTC Brands, Primula & ecolution.
• Walmart Exclusive TASTY House-wares 2020, 2021, 2022
• ‘goodful’ brand for MACYS 2019/2020 & Amazon Launch 2020
• The Pioneer Woman for Walmart – 2020 Annual Event and Inline Cutlery and Cookware Launch 2021.
• Primula QVC Hydration & Storage – 2018/ 2019/ 2020