Shawn Heipp Email Address

Director of Innovation and Product Development

OATEY - Since 1916, Oatey has provided reliable, high-quality products for the residential and commercial plumbing industries. Today, Oatey operates a comprehensive manufacturing and distribution network to supply more than 6,000 products for professional builders, contractors, engineers and do-it-yourself consumers around the world. We have continued to meet customer needs for more than a century by offering innovative plumbing solutions that deliver results the first time.

Innovation, Engineering and Product Development Professional with over 20 years of new product development experience and over 12 years of management experience. Extensive knowledge of taking products from cradle to grave. Very comfortable living in the fuzzy front end of product development as well as the defined back half execution phases. Other skills include open innovation processes, quality assurance/compliance, project management, sourcing, plastics, manufacturing and innovation. Diverse portfolio including toys, juvenile products, stationery, medical, food and automotive. . Specialties: • Open Innovation • Ideation/Brainstorming • Sketch-to-Launch product development • Manufacturing processes • Project management • Process/System Implementation • Quality Assurance/Compliance for Toy/Children's Products • Design and Engineering • Patent research • Strategic market assessment • Supplier development