Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 7, 2006 â?¦ PrideSports, the world’s premier golf accessory company and manufacturer of Pulsar, the #1 Cleat on TOUR, and the Professional Tee System (PTS), the #1 golf tee brand on TOUR, today announced the promotion of Harby Tran to Director of Marketing.
Tran, who came to Pride in 2005 and previously served as Product Marketing Manager, will oversee all marketing initiatives for Softspikes-brand cleats and Pride Golf Tees, the world’s #1 selling golf cleat and tee lines, respectively. Prior to Pride, Tran served as Managing Partner for Walczy.Hamilton.Tran, a full service marketing agency servicing clients such as the PGA of America, The American Cancer Society, California Tortilla Restaurants and Genesis Healthcare. Prior to this role, Tran served as Director of Account Services for Spokany & Company.
"In a relatively short amount of time, Harby has greatly helped raise the awareness of the Pride Professional Tee System (PTS), the Softspikes brand and our new Golf Digest Promotion," said Rick Oleksyk, President, PrideSports. "We are confident that Harby’s experience will be an asset in continuing to build industry equity in the PrideSports name."
PrideSports, which was formed in January 2003, following Pride Manufacturing Company’s purchase of Softspikes, Inc., and its sister company Trisport, Ltd. of England. This acquisition essentially formed the world’s premier golf accessories company, as Pride and Softspikes are the world’s leading golf tee and golf cleat lines, respectively. Today, PrideSports is the world leader in the design and manufacture of cleats, spikes and receptacles for the entire golf footwear industry.
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