Stewart R. McGowan
St. Louis, Mo 63108
E-mail: *************@*****.***
Profile- *Exceptional at F.I.T. (No. 1 in class of 225)
*And still No. 1 among peers in smoothly processing garments for production, with minimal
need for correction.
Education- *Six weeks Auto Cad Course-Regan High School-Adult-Ed-2000
*A.A.S. (Cum Laude) Patternmaking Technology, Fashion Institute of Technology, 1983
*Diplomate in Fashion Design, The Clarissa School of Fashion Design, 1981
*Certificate-Gourmet Foods, Berks County Vo-Tech-1978
*Certificate-Cake Decorating, Berks County Vo-Tech-1978
Awards/Honors- *F.I.T. (Fashion Institute of Technology) Scholarship.
*Symphony Fabrics Corporation Award for excellence in Patternmaking and Draping.
*First Place Award for Uniqueness of Design.
Employment-
4/6/2015-11/6/2015 Senior Production Patternmaker/ Grader
Weissmans Dance Solutions St. Louis, Mo.
* Computerized First thru Production patternmaker (Lectra Systems)
(Child Sizes And Adult Sizes)
*Graded all Patterns Child Sizes and Adult Sizes
*Oversee all aspects of garment production first-thru final garment.
*Maintain all aspects of the Lectra System.
2002-3/27/2015 Product Development/First thru Production Computer Patternmaker/Grader, Spec Tech.
New ICM, El Campo, TX
* Computerized First thru Production patternmaker (Lectra Systems 20 years)
(CHILDREN’S WEAR, WORK WEAR UNIFORMS-MEN’S AND WOMEN’S)
*Graded all Patterns made makers when needed (1,500-patterns a year)
*Oversee all aspects of garment production first-thru final garment.
*Maintain all aspects of the Lectra System.
2001-2002 Consultant/Production Development/Designer/Patternmaker
Flying Circle Bags, Boerne, TX.
*Develop new soft luggage concepts from design to finished product.
*Develop new medical products for surgical use and or hospital use.
1999-2001 * Product Development Manager/Designer/Patternmaker/Grader/Marker Maker
Fechheimer Band Uniforms, San Antonio, TX.
*Computerized production patternmaker, Lectra Systems and Micro-Gerber
System (11 years on Lectra) (1 years with Micro)-(BAND-FIRE-POLICE)
*Lectra Grading and Marker making (Window NT-Modaris)
*Oversee all aspects of garment production first-thru final garment.
*Maintain all aspects of the Lectra System
1990-1999 Production Patternmaker (MEN’S-WOMEN’S-PETITE-CHILDRENS)
May Merchandising Company, St. Louis, MO.
*Computerized production patternmaker, Lectra Systems (Unix, LS.Model3, Modaris)
*1 Year Grading (Lectra Systems)
*1 years manual production patternmaker.
*Supervise samplehands.
*Oversee cut of first production garments and keepsample.
*Fit garments on models, (First thru production garments).
*Prepared for grading, spec sheet, and vendor production.
1988-1990 Production Patternmaker
Leslie Fay Inc., New York, NY
1986-1988 Production Patternmaker
Lisa Michaels Inc., New York, NY
1985-1986 Production Patternmaker
Paul Reed Inc., New York, NY
1983-1985 Patternmaker/First thru Production
Jondel Industries, New York, NY
(Charlotte Ford Egon Von Furstenberg)
1982-1983 F.I.T. – School Work Program
Herbert Grossman Suits/Simonelli Sportswear
New York, NY