Nautilus, Inc. announced the departure of Chief Digital Officer Garry Wiseman while also providing an update related to the growth of JRNY, the company’s personalized connected fitness platform.
Wiseman accepted a role at another organization. His departure date from Nautilus is effective July 29. Chris Quatrochi, SVP, Innovation and Product Development, whose responsibilities include JRNY engineering, will assume Wiseman’s JRNY product management role, reporting to CEO Jim Barr.
“We thank Garry for his significant contributions to Nautilus,” said Barr. “Garry played a key role in setting JRNY’s direction, laying the groundwork for our transformation into a leading digitally-enabled at-home fitness company, and hiring several JRNY product managers. He oversaw growth investments in JRNY that significantly enhanced the user experience and drove customer adoption. We are confident that we are on track to lead JRNY through its next phase of growth.”
Nautilus reported that as of June 30, 2022, members of its JRNYpersonalized connected fitness platform, exceeded 360,000, representing an approximately 13 percent sequential growth in the seasonally slower quarter ending June 30, 2022. Nautilus said it remains on track to surpass 500,000 JRNY total members at fiscal year-end 2023.
Nautilus continues to enhance the JRNY platform including the expansion of differentiated visual connected-fitness experiences. JRNY members have access to over 1,400 on-demand instructor-led videos.
In FY 2022, approximately 80 percent of total units sold were JRNY compatible, compared to 22 percent in FY 2020. In November 2021, Bowflex SelectTech workouts launched on the JRNY platform enabling its SelectTech 552 and 1090 dumbbells connectivity for JRNY users.
“Our research shows our connected offering continues to resonate very well with customers. We expect the investments we made in fiscal 2022 and new investments going forward will drive JRNY membership growth to reach our goal of over 500,000 members by the end of FY 2023,” said Barr. “We are also focused on further unlocking the value of our acquisition of VAY, a leader in vision systems. Integrating VAY’s motion-tracking capabilities into JRNY will further advance and accelerate our highly personalized strength workout options, including the addition of rep counting and form coaching for SelectTech users.”
