Our unwavering commitment to our clients utilizes our decades of experience in supply chain.

Meet the team OF EXPERTS

Manufacturing, Materials and Logistics Expert

25+ years of industry leading experience

Master facilitator, collaborator, mentor, & coach

Dave Kelley

Principal

Material Development, Operations, Supply Chain & Sustainability

25+ years of global leadership experience

Strategy, Metrics, Business Process, & Organizational development

Annette Herboth

PartneR

Brand & Product Development, Sourcing, End-to End Strategy

25+ years of global leadership experience

Strategic growth planning & implementation

Lee Myers

PartneR

 

40 years FW & AP leadership

GM of Liaison offices in Asia and America

Product, Growth, Leadership and Innovation focus

Ellen Schmidt-Devlin

Partner

Footwear R&D, Seasonal Development & Engineering, Innovation, Methods of Make

35+ years Industry  Experience in Europe, Asia, & North America

Sustainable Manufacturing, Reduced Direct Labor, Closer to Market Solutions

Steven Ploem

Director of Footwear Engineering & InnovatioN

25+ years in International Trade, Logistics, and Compliance

HTS classification, product marking, labeling, and customs compliance

Logistics Partner and Trade lane analysis

Åsa Emanuelsson

Director of Global Logistics and Trade

 

Senior footwear and accessory business development, strategy, sourcing and sustainable manufacturing expert

Bruce Goldberg

SENIOR ADVISOR

End-to-End Supply Chain Planning & Omni-Channel Expert 

Operations, IBP & Business Process

+25 Years in Planning 

Facilitator, Collaborator & Coach

Joan Spiller

Director of Supply Chain Planning

Footwear Sourcing, Development, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance

20+ years of industry experience across Europe & Asia

Expertise from handcrafted orthopedic shoes to high-end fashion and performance footwear

Daniel Doerfler

Senior Consultant Footwear Development

 

30+ years of global apparel leadership

Product and Materials Development and Sourcing (soft goods and hardlines)

Proven Process Optimization and Digital Transformation Expert 

Krista Schreiber

Senior Consultant Apparel Design and Sourcing

Sourcing, Manufacturing & Operational Excellence Leader 

Quality Management Systems & Product Integrity Expert

25+ Years of Global Leadership Experience

Tom Young

Senior Consultant Manufacturing Optimization

Edison Award winning Footwear Innovator

25+ year cross category Brand experience

Leader of Global Innovation teams and processes

Fred Dojan

Senior Consultant Footwear Innovation

 

30+ Years Building and Running Responsive Supply Flows 

Retail Leadership & SaaS Founder Combining Strategic View with Practical Approach. 

Unlocking Throughput & Free Cash Across Global Supply Chains to Retail

Jasper Zeelenberg

Director of Responsive Retail Supply Chains

 
 
 

We cover the footwear, apparel, and accessories ecosystem through our work with brands, factories, and material suppliers.

 

 Partnerships

Technology

Making Technology as simple as it can be, and as complex as it needs to be! We accelerate the potential of your team and your ideas to drive value quickly.

sustainability

Lake Advisory is an independent consultancy specializing in responsible sourcing and sustainability. We work with businesses, investors, non-profits and governments to drive greater transparency, responsibility and efficiency in global supply chains.

Quality

Our quality management experts on ground protecting your brand and providing real time data for better decision making.

 
 

“We onboarded the Zefyr team for a 6-week engagement to support in the development of a 3-year supply chain and sourcing strategy. The Zefyr team were able to build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business over a short period of time, and leveraged their deep expertise in apparel supply chain strategy to create recommendations that were tailored to our business’ needs.

They also ensured a clear roadmap was provided with practical steps for our teams and the support required to ensure we could now start bringing their recommendations to life.”

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