By David Clucas
Cascade Designs Inc. is keeping its leadership in the family.
The parent company to the Therm-a-Rest, Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Platypus, SealLine, and PackTowl brands named David Burroughs (pictured above, right), son of founder John Burroughs (pictured above, left), as Cascade Designs’ new president.
The younger Burroughs replaces Joe McSwiney, who after 10 years as president and nearly 22 years with the company is stepping down but remaining on the board. John Burroughs, who founded the company in 1972, remains as board chair for Cascade Designs.
David Burroughs steps into the president role having most recently worked as vice president, strategic business development for Cascade Designs, and has been an active member of the company’s board for a dozen years. Company officials said the move was a planned transition that will help keep Cascade Designs as an independent, family-controlled business. In his new role David Burroughs takes over all day-to-day operations at the company.
“I’ve had the privilege of working with and learning the business and industry from my father in an official capacity for 12 years, but started off in the business well before that packaging Therm-a-Rest stuff sacks in my bedroom as a kid,” David Burroughs said. “I look forward to building on the company’s heritage of engineering and manufacturing-based product innovation and furthering the tradition of making award-winning product here in the U.S.”
Based in Seattle, Cascade Designs manufactures a majority of its products at its Seattle, Reno, NV and Cork, Ireland facilities.
Lead photo courtesy Cascade Designs
