Hobbs & Towne Assists LifeLabs Design in CEO Search April 26, 2021 – Executive search firm Hobbs & Towne has recruited former North Face executive Scott Mellin as CEO of the newly formed company LifeLabs Design, a commercial brand built on patented textile technologies from two Stanford University scientists. The assignment was led by partners Ryan Houder and Tom Watchko. LifeLabs Design revolves around the earlier work of Yi Cui, director of Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy, and Meng Sui, CEO of EEnotech and 4C Air Inc. “LifeLabs is about textiles,” Mr. Mellin told Out...