Frank Zambrelli

About Frank Zambrelli

Frank is a brand and retail expert, with more than two decades as a design, merchandising, marketing, and manufacturing chief executive. His extensive professional experience spans apparel, footwear, beauty & luxury goods, food & grocery, Consumer Goods & Services, and other related industries. After more than a decade working for world-class organizations, he launched the award-winning studio, Design Quadrant, as well as NYC-based, sustainable luxury brand, 1 Atelier. His extension into academia as a university educator several years ago was inspired by a desire to better knit the changing demands of industry to future-leader education. In Frank’s latest venture he co-leads the Resilient Retail practice within Accenture, the multinational professional services company, with a focus on strategy, digital, technology and operations through the lens of resilience, impact, and governance issues. His latest efforts focus on AI integrations that transform fundamental systems across the value chain. Frank’s broad-spectrum experience has followed the pulse of change across retail and related industries, where his work has been instrumental in the success of clients for many years – a roster that spans haute luxe to everyday, Gap to Gucci and Bordeaux to Bananas. He’s a culture creator - whether shaping start-ups for long-term growth or short-term sale – or leveraging his experience to redirect venerable global brands toward more profitable, sustainable, and resilient futures.Frank also formed the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham University as the Executive Director, supporting the cross-sector collaboration of industry and education to reduce environmental and social impacts, and is the co-founder and current Vice Chair of Fashion Makes Change at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, alongside 50+ CEOs and retail leaders driving toward a future that considers people, planet and profit. A regular voice in digital and broadcast media, and on discussion panels across fashion, footwear, food and sustainability, he remains focused on guiding an industry in disruption toward a more resilient and lower-impact future. Frank holds a Bachelor of Science degree from FIT, where he sits as an officer on the Alumni Board of Directors, and a Master of Science from Glasgow Caledonian.

Experience

1. Managing Director, Global Resilient Retail

   Accenture

   Jan 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Designing the drive toward a more resilient future in Retail and related industries, with a focus on product and manufacturing systems transformation across the value chains of consumer-facing businesses. With a focus on pragmatic, compressed transformation, the practice leverages data and technology, next-gen agentic AI, and the latest impact science to generate growth and longevity for organizations.

Education

• Fashion Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science, Marketing Communications

• IE New York College

  Master of Science, International Marketing with a concentration in Sustainability

Skills

• Leather
• Fit
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Sketching
• Brand Architecture
• Draping
• Sewing
• Pattern
• Tech Packs
• Trend
• Shoes
• Wholesale
• Art Direction
• Denim
• Concept Development
• Private Label
• Sportswear
• Trend Analysis
• Product Design
• Footwear
• Design Strategy
• Brand Development
• Textile Design
• Apparel
• Luxury Goods
• Bags
• Jewelry
• Creative Direction
• Technical Design
• Fashion Writing
• Global Sourcing
• Fashion Buying
• Trend Forecasting
• Fashion Design
• Styling
• Fashion Shows
• Fashion Illustration
• Merchandising
• Retail Design