Vasque Footwear announced it has hired Austyn Dunham as product developer. She will be responsible for taking design intent, managing the construction, collaborating with the suppliers and manufacturers to make each design come to life, and ultimately ensuring it functions in the way it was intended. Dunham has more than 13 years in product creation starting at Target Corporation.

Dunham joins Jes Sandrin and Scott Kendall on the product team, who both came to Vasque in the last two years. Sandrin as Product Line Merchant and Kendall as Footwear Designer. With experience at Red Wing Shoe Company and Michael Kors, Sandrin owns product category strategy, selecting a core set of products to drive growth. Kendall is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of footwear design experience at brands such as New Balance, Wilson and Puma. At Vasque, he’s been tasked with modernizing the brand’s design language, driving a move towards more sustainable materials and creating product designs that appeal to both the traditional hiker and a new, more athletic and lifestyle-minded outdoor consumer.