BALTIMORE, March 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Under
Armour (NYSE: UA, UAA) announced that Clay
Dean has joined the Company as Chief Innovation Officer. Mr.
Dean will be responsible for driving Under Armour's global vision
and strategy for Innovation, and cross-functional collaboration
with its internal Design, Marketing, Product, and Category
Management teams. Mr. Dean will be based out of the Company's
Global Headquarters in Baltimore,
Maryland, and will report to Kevin
Haley, President, Category Management and Innovation.
"Clay brings a unique perspective to Under Armour and deep roots
in design, manufacturing and innovation that will be critical in
guiding how we make and deliver products now and in the future,"
said Kevin Haley. "At Under Armour,
a relentless pursuit of innovation is at the core of everything we
do. Adding Clay's proven expertise further validates our commitment
to meaningfully advance our ability to bring category-defining
products and technology to our consumers."
Mr. Dean joins Under Armour after more than twenty years of
success at General Motors (GM), most recently leading GM's Global
Advanced Design organization. His extensive design portfolio
includes leading the strategic creative vision for several of GM's
Concept Cars, serving as the Chief Designer that produced the
HUMMER H2, H2 SUT and H3 programs, exploring GM's future mobility
solutions, as well as collaborating on athletic footwear projects
with a major brand. Mr. Dean holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
in Industrial Design from Brigham Young
University.
About Under Armour, Inc.
Under Armour, the originator
of performance footwear, apparel and equipment, revolutionized how
athletes across the world dress. Designed to make all athletes
better, the brand's innovative products are sold worldwide to
athletes at all levels. The Under Armour Connected Fitness™
platform powers the world's largest digital health and fitness
community through a suite of applications: UA Record, MapMyFitness,
Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. The Under Armour global headquarters is
in Baltimore, Maryland. For
further information, please visit the Company's website at
www.uabiz.com.
Under Armour has two classes of publicly traded common stock
listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Class C stock trades under
the ticker symbol "UA" and Class A stock trades under the ticker
symbol "UAA". For more information about Under Armour's
stock, please visit the Company's Investor Relations website at
http://www.uabiz.com/investors.cfm.
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