MANUFACTURING
Mawjee Joining Sole Technology
Sole Technology Inc., the Orange County, Calif., manufacturer of action-sports footwear and apparel for brands such as Etnies, Altamont, És, Emerica and ThirtyTwo recently named Esmail Mawjee as the interim president of the 30-year-old company.
Mawjee, former president of the action-sports chain Active Ride Shops, will be responsible for the overall operations, said Pierre-André Senizergues, founder and chief executive officer of Sole Technology.
“With a fast-evolving retail environment, we feel confident that Esmail’s insights and deep experience in the industry will help guide and direct our planning process as well as support our teams in the strong implementation of our brand strategies as we move into 2017,” he said.
Mawjee said he is looking forward to working with Sole Technology and its stable of brands.
“I admire the company’s purpose and values of inspiring youth through offering a portfolio of unique and authentic brands—an extremely precious asset to have in our industry today,” he said.
Sole Technology distinguished itself as a company with an environmental point of view. In 2007, it took an Ecological Footprint Survey to find out how it could cut emissions and pollution coming from its business operations. The company set an ambitious goal by being carbon neutral, or making no net release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, by 2020.
