CHRISTOPHER HORNUNG – CEO
Chris is the founder and former CEO of Pacific Cycle, the largest bicycle distribution company in the world selling the Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Roadmaster and Murray brands through 60 distributors in 35 markets worldwide. Chris also holds current board positions at Methode Electronics (NYSE: MEI), Chicago, IL, Quintessence Biosciences, Madison, WI and the WAVE program at his alma mater, the University Of Wisconsin. He is also an advisor and limited partner to Wind Point Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago while being actively involved with Sharing Resources Worldwide, a non-profit medical help provider. Chris is a recipient of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
RON JOHNSON - Co-Founder and Technical Director
Ron Johnson has achieved near legendary status in western Canada’s hockey community as an inventor, trainer, coach, and advocate of scientific bio-mechanical methods in the selection and development of hockey athletes. As an avocation, Ron churns out inventions and has single-handedly applied his testing to 12,000 hockey athletes. Using his selection methodologies, Ron selected and coached the Richmond Sockeyes junior hockey team to back-to-back Cyclone Taylor Cup champions (BC provincial championships) in 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 with teams that included some of the youngest rosters in Canadian junior hockey history.
MIKE VALLEY - Co-Founder
Mike signed a free-agent contract with the Vancouver Canucks organization and played six seasons in NHL farm clubs before completing his degree in communication science at the University of Wisconsin. He experienced the hands-on benefits of Ron Johnson’s coaching, training and evaluation techniques as he progressed through a hockey career that took him to Sweden as a junior, and earned him a scholarship berth as a University of Wisconsin goaltender.
