VP of Marketing & Operations at Gear Junkie, Ryan Johnson, is a born leader who delivers strong brands that create demand. Ryan’s main focus is to find creative, emerging brands that are disrupting the space in the outdoor industry. He is a big advocate for experiencing products hands on where he is then able to…
Airbnb’s Senior Marketing Manager & Outpost Community Member, Farzad Sharif, has helped launch, develop, and grow several products and brands throughout his career. His latest enterprise, Airbnb Experiences, hit the ground running in 2016. The new platform is designed to combine where you stay, what you do, and the people you meet along the way….
Stay lit no matter what! Founded over 45 years ago, UCO trademarked the storm proof match that is windproof, waterproof and fully submersible. Peter Pontano, UCO’s Director of Marketing & Product Development has evolved the brand into improved fire starting gear, headlamps, LED lanterns and a camp kitchen line. Peter bases his development on creating…
Yvonne Cagle is a NASA astronaut thinking about our survival on Mars and beyond. She sees “Earth as its own spaceship, a mothership” that ensures human and natural species are highly adaptable to new environments. She looks for solutions in earth’s natural environment to problems we will face as move out into space. By “mimicking” these…
Paul strayed away factory farming and started a sustainable, cruelty free small farmer coalition. Niman Ranch now has over 600 hog farmers. His non-confinement experience was amongst the first to provide animal welfare practices among hog farms. For Paul, it enriches peoples’ lives to spend time in ecosystems and nature. He believes Niman Ranch has…
