As an innovator and footwear developer at Nike David worked on high-profile projects including Kyrie and Giannis' signature shoes for kids and special projects for Tinker Hatfield. He spent three years in South Korea partnering with factories, developing the integration of electronics into the footwear creation process in larger scale and mentored new innovators Lastly, David helped establish a new global express lane process and developed record-breaking track & field spikes using supercritical foams and carbon plate used in the Breaking 2 footwear.

As an innovator and footwear developer at Nike David worked on high-profile projects including Kyrie and Giannis' signature shoes for kids and special projects for Tinker Hatfield. He spent three years in South Korea partnering with factories, developing the integration of electronics into the footwear creation process in larger scale and mentored new innovators Lastly, David helped establish a new global express lane process and developed record-breaking track & field spikes using supercritical foams and carbon plate used in the Breaking 2 footwear.

As an innovator and footwear developer at Nike David worked on high-profile projects including Kyrie and Giannis' signature shoes for kids and special projects for Tinker Hatfield. He spent three years in South Korea partnering with factories, developing the integration of electronics into the footwear creation process in larger scale and mentored new innovators Lastly, David helped establish a new global express lane process and developed record-breaking track & field spikes using supercritical foams and carbon plate used in the Breaking 2 footwear.

merging the future with craft

merging the future with craft

merging the future with craft

Lead Asia Innovator for Nike’s 2nd Generation Adapt technology, managing collaboration between electronics engineers and footwear engineers to enhance the 1st Generation Adapt system for large-scale production and expansion into new categories, including Run.


  • Managed and created the process flow of electronics testing vs footwear testing to have a cohesive testing protocol for the entire footwear

  • Solved technical problems such as plate injection molding, sizing/grading of electronic system, and patterning for lacing

  • Onboarded factory partners on the technology and hosted cross functional education and brainstorming to get full team educated on footwear vs electronics

Lead Asia Innovator for Nike’s 2nd Generation Adapt technology, managing collaboration between electronics engineers and footwear engineers to enhance the 1st Generation Adapt system for large-scale production and expansion into new categories, including Run.


  • Managed and created the process flow of electronics testing vs footwear testing to have a cohesive testing protocol for the entire footwear

  • Solved technical problems such as plate injection molding, sizing/grading of electronic system, and patterning for lacing

  • Onboarded factory partners on the technology and hosted cross functional education and brainstorming to get full team educated on footwear vs electronics

Lead Asia Innovator for Nike’s 2nd Generation Adapt technology, managing collaboration between electronics engineers and footwear engineers to enhance the 1st Generation Adapt system for large-scale production and expansion into new categories, including Run.


  • Managed and created the process flow of electronics testing vs footwear testing to have a cohesive testing protocol for the entire footwear

  • Solved technical problems such as plate injection molding, sizing/grading of electronic system, and patterning for lacing

  • Onboarded factory partners on the technology and hosted cross functional education and brainstorming to get full team educated on footwear vs electronics

from concept to consumer

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