BALANCE IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL MOVEMENT

The Balance Brand

PAHI is a groundbreaking footwear brand dedicated to revolutionizing balance. We empower you to move with greater confidence, stability, and efficiency in every step you take. 

  • Patented balance sole technology
  • Scientifically tested, globally proven
  • Enhances balance, reduces fall risk
  • Improves mobility and body alignment

Our shoes were engineered with the same balance principles of a catamaran double-hulled watercraft. The catamaran, also known as the PAHI, relies on outrigger balance to successfully navigate rough waters.

We developed the PAHI brand to help those in need of better balance, improved body alignment and the confidence needed to keep moving along the pathways of life.

Meet the Team

  • Jay Piccola, Chief Executive Officer

    As President and General Manager of PUMA North America, Jay Piccola was a strategic leader in growing revenue from $27M to $1B, overseeing the United States and Canada.

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  • Shawn Powell, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder

    Shawn Powell is dedicated to the concept and development of better-balance
    footwear.  He worked with George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees to
    develop the first ever Major League Baseball Strength & Conditioning/Injury
    Rehabilitation Center.

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  • Jon Vacca, Chief Operating Officer

    Jon Vacca, a seasoned footwear executive with more than 30 years of industry experience, has worked for top brands like PUMA, Cole Haan, and Timberland; including 22 years at PUMA as Senior Vice President. In 2010 he was named a Sporting Goods Business “Forty Under 40” executive.

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  • Tom Morgan, Chief Sales Officer

    Tom Morgan brings 30+ years of sales leadership experience having worked
    with brands such as PUMA, Reebok, Keds and Life is Good before launching his own consultancy, Breakthrough Sales Solutions.

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  • Amie Hansen, Chief Marketing Officer

    Amie Hansen brings 20+ years of digital marketing and ecommmerce experience
    with iconic brands like Nike, Converse, and Crocs and deep digital exptertise
    developed working with fast-growing startups across a variety of industries.

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  • Zenon Smotrycz, Vice President of Product

    Zee Smotrycz has 40+ years of footwear product experience. Smotrycz launched his career in the footwear industry with New Balance and Converse and went on to co-found Advanced Design Concepts, designing and developing for footwear brands over the past 30 years.

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  • Eric Clement, Director of Product Design

    Eric Clement is a graduate of Pratt Institute with a degree in Industrial Design and currently serves as the Lead Designer for the PAHI Balance Brand.  Clement has accumulated over 20 years of footwear design experience.

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  • Eric Mouillon and Marie-Jose' Teisseire, Senior Director & Director of Scientific Studies and Balance TechnologY

    Eric Mouillon is the CEO of AXIS Confort Developpement in Toulouse, France. Mouillon is a Posturologist, Nutritionist,
    and Osteopathic Energetician. Marie-Jose’ Teisseire is a Doctor of General Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, qualified in Gerontology, Palliative Care and Micronutrition. Together they developed the patented and award-winning balance sole technology used in PAHI shoes.

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  • John R. Picciano, Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder, Investor

    Picciano is a major contributor to PAHI, its story, and the purpose of this innovative footwear concept. Picciano currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Oglethorpe, Inc. He has spent his career helping those in need and he continues this pursuit with the creation of PAHI.

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  • Robert M. Cohen, Co-Founder, Investor

    Robert Cohen is a Co-Founder of the PAHI Balance Brand.  Cohen the founder of Oglethorpe, Inc., which provides management solutions for healthcare facilities. 

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The World Health Organization reports that falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide