Brooks Mike
Graduated in 1965
Following a brief stint in the leather tanning industry, Mike rejoined the Brooks family footwear manufacturing business in 1975, in Nelsonville, Ohio, where the small company, with annual sales of $3MM, made private label shoes and boots for large American department stores. Through a series of successful innovative product introductions and branding efforts, Mike has orchestrated the company’s growth with globally recognized brands to annual sales of $240MM. The company is now publicly traded on NASDAQ stock exchange, (Symbol: RCKY), and is regularly recognized for product innovation and design leadership. Now, as Chairman of the Board of the company, Mike spends time between the company and philanthropic activities where he focuses on improving the local community and educational institutions.
Jenkinson Trevor
Graduated in 1974
Trevor has spent the first part of his amazing career at Bata in 1971 working in many different countries until 1995 when he joined the Nike team in Guangzhou as Technical Services Manager. Since 2009 he holds the position of Regional Engineering Operations Director stationed in Taiwan
Piero Zicchetti
Graduated in 1972
Piero starts his atonishing career whe he was 10, building shoes with his grandfather. After graduating in Ars Sutoria in 1972, and working with different Italian companies and a 4-year teaching experience, Piero begins to work with Sergio Rossi, which will be acquired by Gucci in 1999. This was a great chance for him to start working and focusing on foreign companies, chance that brought Piero to start working frequently in Thailand as a Country Manager, where he works now as a consultant for many Thai companies.
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Quarente Umberto
Graduated in 1969
Started his career in Italy in shoe factories while in 1976 he was hired at Bata New Zeland, then moved to Indonesia where he worked until 1989. For seven years he has been a team leader in Reebok Indonesia, then Timberland, G.H.Bass and finally he joined Sketchers Taiwan in 2003 as R&D consultant. An extensive and international experience in R&D, Technical Commercialization, Product Integrity, QA and QC.
Steyns Roland
Graduated in 1969
The adventure of Roland in the footwear industry starts in Belgium at Ambiorix, then in 1985 he was appointed Country Manager at Adidas Korea and then at Reebook Indonesia and India. Roland was also Production Director at Crockett & Jones. He served as technical consultant and project manager at UNIDO, Project Director at CTC South China and he is currently working as consultant for major international companies like Hugo Boss and Jimlar