About Walter T. Wilhelm

With over 30 years of apparel and footwear experience, Walter T. Wilhelm is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and "connected" executives in the softgoods industry, and one of the pioneers in creating and implementing technology to streamline the product design and development processes. He has held senior positions in Retailing, Manufacturing and Technology Sales & Development. Walter has extensive experience domestically as well as internationally, having opened six offices in Europe and four in Asia.

Former positions include: Co-founder of Microdynamics; President of Animated Images (Ai); Co-founder of Wilhelm-Leslie Associates; General Manager of Hughes Aircraft Company's Apparel & Footwear Automation Systems.

About Derek Jones

Derek Jones has 30 years of executive level experience in the textile, retail and fashion industries and is a highly experienced international executive with exceptional team building skills. Derek has held senior management positions with full P&L responsibilities at Microdynamics, Gerber Europe and Xetal, and has extensive consulting experience with KSA. He has 20+ years of industry experience in consulting, technology development & implementation, manufacturing and textiles.

Former positions include: Vice President/ Managing Director of Animated Images (Ai) Europe; Managing Director of Microdynamics Europe; Director of Gerber PDM Systems Europe; Managing Director of Xetal Systems; Senior Consultant at Kurt Salmon Associates.