Under Armour, Inc. announced the promotion of two key senior executives and the addition of two new members to the company's management team designed to effectively position the business for the long-term and support the company's strong ongoing growth in both domestic and international markets.
Wayne Marino has been promoted to Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. As part of Marino's new role, he will oversee the company's Sales Operations and Production Planning units. He will continue to hold responsibility for the Accounting and Finance, Information Technology, Distribution, Facilities, and Human Resources departments.
Marino joined Under Armour as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2004 and was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Prior to joining Under Armour, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Nautica Enterprises, Inc. from 2000 to 2003.
William Kraus has been named Senior Vice President of Marketing. He had previously been Vice President of Sports Marketing, Team Sales and Licensing. Kraus will assume the senior leadership position for the Product Creation and Merchandising functions and will also oversee the Brand Marketing organization as well as the Sports Marketing team. Prior to joining Under Armour in 2002, Kraus served as Director of Eastern Retail Sales for Champion Products.
Kevin A. Plank, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Under Armour, Inc., stated, “These promotions recognize the critical contributions of key individuals and the additions to the team ensure that we have strong resources and significant bench strength as we continue to build both our brand and business.”
Richard Zielinski has joined Under Armour as Vice President, Technical Services. In this new position, he will oversee fabric development, product development and quality assurance. Zielinski most recently served as Divisional Vice President, May Merchandising Corp., and prior to that was Vice President, Quality Assurance/Technical Services for J. Crew. He will report directly to Kip Fulks, Senior Vice President of Sourcing and Quality Assurance.
Tony O'Neill has joined the company as Sales Director, Europe. Based in the company's new European headquarters in Amsterdam, he will work closely with Ryan Wood, President of Under Armour Europe, to build the Company's network of direct sales, distributors and agents in the European market. Prior to joining Under Armour, O'Neill was Head of Sales, Continental Europe for adidas Golf.
In addition to the aforementioned promotions and additions, the company announced the March 2006 departures of Scott Gilbertson, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, and Mark Mackay, Vice President of International Sales.
