The document is a resume for Thanh Bui which summarizes their qualifications and 20+ years of experience as a technical designer for various apparel brands. It highlights their strong patternmaking, grading, and sketching skills as well as experience managing technical aspects of production from fit samples to deliveries. Recent roles included overseeing technical specifications and quality for Walmart knitwear as a senior technical designer.

1. THANH BUI
400 - East 54th
Street, New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 371 9159 Mobile: (917) 402 6517 Email: ttbui60@gmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS
Highly experience Technical Designer with strong patternmaking skill, fully knowledge of grading method, provide clarity flat
sketches. Excellent in communication that maximizing brand product quality and design intent. Accustomed to working under
pressure of tight deliveries. Self-manage and to promote effective teamwork.
COMPUTER SKILLS: Retail Link, Web PDM, Micrographic, Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel and Word.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ONE STEP UP: Senior Technical Designer/ TD Manager 09/2012 – Present
Walmart: Cut & Sew Knitwear’s Junior, Missy and Plus
 Managing and ensuring Technical spec within client’s requirement in order to maintain cost in range.
 Pre-evaluate fit balance and garment construction comment to factories prior production fit samples within buyer
expectations.
 Managing samples tracking with factories in maintain the delivery.
 Guidance factories to understand and follow buyer fit approval process.
 Weekly attending production meeting and reporting sample tracking with designer and production team ensuring all
issue are to be solved.
 Closely working with buyer’s technical team to solve and update record on all technical issues.
MACY’S: Freelance Technical Designer 11/2012 – 03/2013
Charter Club: Woven Bottom: Missy, Petite and Women: Creating tech pack, Fit evaluates and issue fit comment.
Created tech pack, fit sample evaluated comment to supplier. Communicate with suppliers.
NYC KNIT WEARS: Freelance Technical Designer 03/2012 – 06/2012
Private label: Knit, Woven, Cut and sew sweater: Junior, Missy, Petite and Women:
Created the initial specification packages with garment detail and follow up with update information through production. Evaluated
fit sample and issued comment to factory. Communication and submitted sample buyer for approval confirm. Communicate with
oversea factory.
WAL-MART: Technical Designer 10/2009 – 01/2012
George and White Stag Labels: Missy and Women’s Classic and Outerwear: Woven, Knit and Fashion Knit Sweater.
NOBO, OP, Danskin and Faded Glory Labels: Missy, Women and Junior’s Outerwear: Woven and Knit.
 Seasonal milestones meeting with Production Development and Product Execution teams reviewing style details, bill
of materials and allocations when styles are developing.
 Posting seasonal milestone meeting across functional teams and responsible for ensuring that the sourcing global
partners and domestic suppliers are fully aware of the necessary update information to forward with the next process
while ensuring suppliers will provide the product cost as accurately as possible.
 Collaborating with Global partners and Domestic suppliers tracking samples from fit through pre-production ensuring
fit approval and cut date are met timely products delivery.
 Leading fit sessions and evaluating fit samples from development through Pre-production. Evaluating Aesthetic
samples and TOP samples as necessary.
 Store auditing for ensuring products quality fully meet Walmart standards and posting store audit reports.
 Organizing submitting Corrective Action Plan as necessary to suppliers whose production quality fails in store audit.
Aesthetic samples and TOP samples as well.
 Extending professional skill:

2. o Engaging with global teams and product execution teams in partnering with supplier to maintain the original
cost when style fit corrections effected to cost increase.
o Supporting global team when they are facing technical difficulty.
o Supporting other associates fit evaluating and releasing fit comment when necessary to help them meet
deadline.
o Recognizing the urgency that requiring delegate result in maintains the productivity.
EXPRESS DESIGN STUDIOS: Senior Technical Designer 06/2005 – 05/2009
Missy’s Wear-to-Work Jackets and Bottoms: Woven and Knit
Missy’s and Men’s Casual Top and Bottoms: Woven and Knit
 Seasonal design coordination meeting with designer and product development ensuring design details and components
are aligned before the development package is issued for ordering seasonal milestone meeting samples.
 Attended seasonal style alignment meeting and buyer meeting.
 Created technical packages from development stage and completed production tech packages in production stage.
 Tracked samples from Fit stage through Top of production stage.
 Lead fit sessions with the attendance of brand merchants and designers.
 Evaluated fit samples from development through production.
 Partnered with patternmaker in analyzing blocks, style blocks and garment area constructions as needed.
 Ensured garment consistency within fit, construction details and workmanship quality across multi-vendors.
 Interact and involved with global technical teams in solving fit/technical issue and delivery issues, as well as with
domestic suppliers.
 Organized meeting for each “Corrective Action Plan” with suppliers whose products failed during Store audit.
 On boarded and supported new associates.
 Works Reported to Technical Manager when there were potential issues.
RESEARCH CLUB LTD: Senior Technical Designer 03/2003 – 06/2005
Missy and Women’s Ready-To-Wear: Top and Bottom: Knit and woven: Bill Blass, Halston, Kohl’s, JC Penny and Maurice’s.
 Created initial specs from customer’s documents and sketches.
 Reviewed fit samples on live model, fit form and completed sample submission forms to customer for fit approval.
 Communicated with customer’s technical department and overseas factories in all technical aspects.
 Supervised one spec technician and one Junior Technical designer to help complete their projects when necessary.
CAROLE HOCHMAN DESIGN INC: Senior Technical Designer 11/2002 – 03/2003
Missy and Junior’s Sleepwear, Loungewear and Daywear: Woven and Knit: Esprit, Nine & Company and Ralph Lauren.
NAP Inc.: Designer 08/1995 – 11/2002
Men’s Loungewear: Knit and Woven: Ocean Pacific, Rocawear, Jockey, Sears and Haggar and Missy’s Levi Strauss & Co.
CRADLE TOGS INC.: Technical Designer: Woven and Knit (Girl’s Infant, Toddlers and 4-14) 01/1994 - 08/1995
NECESSARY OBJECTS: Assistant Designer/Technical designer: Woven and Knit (Junior’s sportswear) 09/1993 - 01/1994
ANDOVER TOGS INC.: Assistant Designer / 1st Patternmaker: Woven and Knit (Girl’s Toddlers and 4-14) 11/1992 – 09/1993
STARLO FASHION: Assistant Grader (Missy’s and Women’s sportswear) 05/1992 - 11/1992
EDUCATIONS
Certified in Pattern making (Fashion Institute of Technology - 1994)
A.A.S Degree in Electro-mechanical drawing (SUNY Delhi - 1985)
** Additional training: Apparel Design
** Language: English and Vietnamese