Joe Walkuski

Joe Walkuski is the chief product officer for Texbase. He has been working in the textile, apparel and software space since the mid-1980s. For 13 of those years, he was the director of textile research and development at Patagonia and was a founding member of Patagonia’s Advanced Concept Development Center in Bozeman, Montana. During his tenure at Patagonia, Joe was responsible for innumerable textile innovations, such as creating the first global supply chain for organic cotton and being the first to convert soda bottles into recycled polyester fabrics. In 2002, he founded Texbase, which delivers software-as-a-service to the consumer products industry focused on material quality and testing, compliance, traceability and sustainability. Joe is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, holds a U.S. patent and has won numerous awards for his contribution to the retail industry. As an avid outdoorsman, he takes full advantage of Southwest Montana, where he lives with his wife and family.