DALE WATERS

PROFILE

DALE WATERS

Innovator. Category creator. Entrepreneur.

Dale Waters has over 20 years of accomplishments in building purpose-driven brands, innovative digital products, and experiences that transform lives. He has a proven track record that built brand equity, IP, and increased market share. Dale is full stack creative with exceptional product design, visual, and brand user experience. Inventor and co-founder of BreathableBaby®, a category leader and innovator of simple, smart sleep products that are loved by young families worldwide.

“I build bridges between brands and people.
My passion is creating and building brands that connect with people and transform lives.”

Dale is an entrepreneurial collaborator with diverse skillsets across consumer, business, financial, technology, health & wellness, B2B, retail, fashion, manufacturing, licensing, music and broadcast media.

Prior, Dale & Susan Waters founded BreathableBaby®, a pioneer in “breathable” product innovations that make parenthood easier. The Waters invented the Breathable® Mesh Crib Liner, an alternative to conventional crib bumpers, and helped transform the baby industry by creating safer and more effective products that reduce the risks of SIDS.

Dale & Susan Waters,
founders of BreathableBaby

The company is the recipient of numerous patents, parenting awards for product innovations in making the crib environment safer and continues that legacy today as pioneers of the safer sleep movement. The products are available at U.S. retailers including Target, Walmart and Amazon, Canada, and the UK, and have been featured on national broadcast and social media channels garnering the highest brand loyalty among parents in its category. BreathableBaby is privately held and headquartered Minneapolis, MN.

Before launching their start-up company, the Waters gained business and marketing experience becoming a top creative and design outsource for Carlson Marketing Group, a world leader in engagement relationship marketing. Dale and Susan worked in seamless collaboration with cross-functional teams on globally integrated engagement programs for a wide assortment of Fortune 50 companies in fintech, technology, business, travel, and event.

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Dale began his career as a designer in the music industry working with legendary Grammy Award-winning producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis creating album covers for their artists. Dale designed, art directed, and illustrated a wide assortment of artist identities, special projects, and music videos for major record labels including Yanni and others in all genres.