5.11 Tactical competitors

Timothy Boyle (born 1949) is an American billionaire, and the president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear.

Steve Rendle is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at VF Corporation. He has more than 30 years of experience in the specialty outdoor and action sports industry, more than half of which have been with VF. Steve was appointed CEO in January 2017 and then Chairman of VF’s Board of Directors in October 2017. Prior to being named CEO, he was President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing all of VF's business coalitions worldwide: Outdoor and Action Sports, Jeanswear, Imagewear and Sportswear. He also was responsible for VF's Global Supply Chain and Direct-to-Consumer platforms. Prior to becoming President and COO, Steve was Senior Vice President, Americas and was responsible for driving the strategies to support VF's continued growth in its Americas-based businesses. Previously, Steve spent three years as Vice President, VF and Group President, Outdoor and Action Sports Americas, leading VF's Outdoor and Action Sports businesses in North and South America. Steve also served as President of VF's Outdoor Americas coalition, where he oversaw The North Face®, JanSport®, Eagle Creek®and lucy®brands, as well as business development for the coalition. From 2004 to 2011, he served as President of The North Face. Steve began his VF career with The North Facein 1999 and shortly afterward was promoted to Vice President of Sales, where he worked to reshape the business' sales organization, product and marketing strategies, and go-to-market model. Before joining The North Face,Steve held leading sales management roles at Youngone Corporation and at W.L. Gore and Associates. Steve serves on the Board of Directors of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, as well as the Board of Directors of Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc., an organization working to enable a manufacturing-based approach to transform traditional fibers, yarns and fabrics into highly sophisticated, integrated, and networked devices and systems. He is a founding board member of the Outdoor Industry's Outdoor Foundation and also has served in an advisory capacity to Bainbridge Graduate Institute where he provided insight into its creation of a Master of Business Administration program with a focused concentration on sustainability. Steve was honored with The Mountain Institute's annual Exemplary Corporate Stewardship of Mountains award in 2007. In 2018, he was named CEO of the Year for his progressive environmental, social and governance agenda by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Washington.

Blake Krueger is a Director at Merrell Europe Ltd, Board Member at The Right Place, and Board Member at Bissell and is based in Rockford, Michigan. He has worked as Chairman/President/CEO at WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC /DE/, Exec VP/Secretary at WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC /DE/, and Chairman at Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA).

Mr. Fadden has deep experience in customer service and distribution, having built a 25-year career at Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), where he most recently served as President of its Uniform Division. At Aramark, he was responsible for rental and direct sale uniform operations with nearly 17,000 employees and revenues in excess of $2.5 billion.

Michael Stitt is a Board Member at Haggar Clothing Co, VP/General Manager at Haggar Canada, and Chief Executive Officer at Haggar Clothing Co and is based in United States. He has worked as President at Haggar Canada and Director of Merchandising, Sourcing & Sales at Mister Leonard. Michael attended University of Western Ontario and Schulich School of Business, York University.

Julie L. Wainwright is an e-commerce entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of The RealReal, an online marketplace for authenticated luxury consignment.

Douglas Audette is a President/CEO at UNITED HARDWARE DISTRIBUTING.