{"id":44201,"date":"2013-11-19T13:12:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T21:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=44201"},"modified":"2013-11-19T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T21:12:46","slug":"zeal-optic-moves-tj-bottom-up-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=44201","title":{"rendered":"Zeal Optic Moves TJ Bottom Up Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tj_bottom_zeal_blom\"<\/a>Former intermountain sales rep TJ Bottom<\/strong> has been named North American Director of Sales of Zeal Optics<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a small brand, ZEAL is a family, and I am pleased to promote from within to fill this key role with a member of our team,\u201d said ZEAL President John Sanchez<\/strong>. \u201cTJ\u2019s talents, connections, and drive are exactly what the brand needs to capitalize on its growth here in the States and the 19 countries we expanded to over the last year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the official word from Zeal, follow the jump.<\/p>\n

ZEAL Names TJ Bottom North American Director of Sales<\/p>\n

Industry Veteran Promoted To Lead ZEAL\u2019s Sales Strategy<\/p>\n

ZEAL Optics is proud to announce that ZEAL Intermountain Rep TJ Bottom has been promoted to the role of North American Director of Sales. In the new role, Bottom will draw on his deep industry experience to structure the sales strategy for the brand and develop a coordinated approach for growing it worldwide.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years, Bottom has grown sales in his region impressively and responsibly by leveraging relationships with key accounts that he\u2019s cultivated in the industry over the last decade, working with brands such as Burton, The Program, Electric and Nixon before joining the Boulder-based ZEAL Optics family.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a small brand, ZEAL is a family, and I am pleased to promote from within to fill this key role with a member of our team,\u201d said ZEAL President John Sanchez. \u201cTJ\u2019s talents, connections, and drive are exactly what the brand needs to capitalize on its growth here in the States and the 19 countries we expanded to over the last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to take on this new role,\u201d says Bottom. \u201cZEAL has a cause and a purpose. We pay close attention to our approach and how we bring that cause to life. Whether that be our 100% plant-based sunglass materials, or breathing life into products that make life outdoors more fun, we believe in our cause and that actually living a life outdoors is the most important part to selling an outdoor lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bottom, who describes himself as the exact demographic for the ZEAL brand, is diving into his new role by dedicating 2014 to supporting the current ZEAL retail base, which has expanded rapidly over the past two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to start by getting a feel for our retail partners\u2019 current perception of the brand and want them to feel as much a part of ZEAL as an athlete, or an ambassador. My goal is to ensure that they do. I will strive to be attentive to communication, involvement, and participation in relation to our growing community,\u201d explains Bottom. \u201cMost of our retail partners are pretty happy, and my goal is to improve their satisfaction in order to grow further, together.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we head into the holidays and trade show season, swing by the ZEAL Optics booth at
\nAgenda Long Beach, Outdoor Retailer, and SIA to catch up with TJ, slap some high fives,
\nand see the new line of goggles and sunglasses that has the ZEAL Optics family fired up
\nfor an amazing year.<\/p>\n

TJ Bottom, Photo: Daniel Blom<\/p>\n

About ZEAL Optics: Proudly the most sustainable sunglass company in the world, ZEAL<\/p>\n

designs and crafts every sunglass from renewable plant-based materials. ZEAL is also
\nknown for revolutionizing the goggle market with the HD Camera Goggle and the
\noriginal GPS goggle. Based in Boulder, Colo., USA, ZEAL is a boutique brand focusing on
\nhandcrafted quality eyewear build for life outdoors. For more info visit zealoptics.com
\nand follow @zealoptics on Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former intermountain sales rep TJ Bottom has been named North American Director of Sales of Zeal Optics. \u201cAs a small brand, ZEAL is a family, and I am pleased to promote from within to fill this key role with a member of our team,\u201d said ZEAL President John Sanchez. \u201cTJ\u2019s talents, connections, and drive are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44203,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44201\/revisions\/44203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}