John Notar is a creative professional with 30 years of diverse sport apparel and equipment product creation, management, and leadership experience. He has a proven track record of strategic visioning, team leadership, product execution, and serving the world's greatest athletes and teams with innovative product solutions. Notar retired from Nike after more than 28 years in key leadership roles, including divisional vice president of global apparel sports categories. Since leaving Nike, he has been an instructor and assisted with curriculum development for the University of Oregon's Sports Product Management program. He is also a consultant for the sports product industry.