Chris Parkhurst:
Challenge and exploration are a common theme in how I view life and business. Whether it is a family adventure hiking the Alta Via 1 route through the Italian Dolomites or a summit attempt of climbing Mount Rainer, I enjoy the challenges of life and the learnings these experiences bring with them. Today’s fluid and rapidly changing market require leaders that embrace challenge, engage in multi-dimensional thinking, and can build strategies to connect with customers in deep and meaningful ways.
As an established executive with over 15 years’ experience of leading some of today’s most engaging lifestyle brands in the outdoor, action sports, and sporting goods market space; I bring rigor and a design mentality to managing complex business structures from multi-brand organizations to multi-channel distribution to operational complexities of domestic manufacturing. I excel at bringing dynamic and collaborative teams together to navigate through the ambiguity to clearly define transformative strategies.