Chris Sataua is an experienced product and business management professional in the sports product industry. After graduating from the University of Oregon's Sports Product Management program, he held leadership roles in product management at Careismatic Brands, BALA Footwear, and Revant Optics. He has worked for founder-led startups, private equity-backed and public companies, and fully vertical businesses—from raw materials to retail—as well as global wholesale distributors. He has also started his own companies, from ideas to profitable reality. Central to every endeavor has always been people and products. He has worked across cultures, from Latin America to Europe and both coasts of the U.S., and speaks Spanish, French, and English.