City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Jack of all Trades. Bit of a Serial Entrepreneur. Before that decade or two in sales, marketing, management and consulting for a huge company. Started off way back as an engineer for another ginormous company.
Majority owner and managing partner at CityROCK. South Africa's premiere indoor rock climbing gym operating company. Two gyms, in Cape Town and Johannesburg. 4,000 m2 and 3,000 m2. Also own Mountain Mail Order, the largest specialty mountain equipment retail and online Shop in Southern Africa. Our wholesale business imports and distributes various outdoor brands, such as Mammut, Evolv, Fiveten, Metolius, prAna, SoIL gear in South Africa.
Movement is the largest operator of climbing gyms in the USA. Probably the world. I am a silent shareholder via the Planet Granite acquisition.
Co-owned in an indoor rock climbing company. We operated 3 gyms in the San Francisco Bay Area and 1 in Portland, Oregon. Bought out by TenGram Capital.
Fresh Rock Films specialises in outdoor adventure documentaries. Produced "Africa Fusion", a rock climbing adventure documentary starring Alex Honnold (USA) and Hazel Findlay (UK).
• Taught Internet & high-tech marketing electives to 2nd-year and working professional MBA students.