ENGINEERED WITH OUR PATENTED P.O.R.T. BALANCE SYSTEM

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. And in this race the important thing is not which place we finish, but that along the way, we maintain the balance to keep moving forward. At PAHI Footwear, we believe true balance originates from the place where our bodies meet the earth; our feet, so we engineer our PAHI Outrigger Technology (P.O.R.T.) system from the ground up to provide unmatched footwear balance for the performance of your lifetime. 

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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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