Former IMG Senior Executive Joins Leading Wellness Products Brand
(LARKSPUR, California) – Clarus Transphase Scientific, Inc. – developer and manufacturer of Q-Link and other wellness products featuring Sympathetic Resonance Technology (SRT-3) – announces that former IMG Vice President and corporate attorney Drew Mearns has been hired as Head of Business Development.
In his new role, Mearns will help develop and establish innovative partnerships for Clarus across a variety of sports, wellness and lifestyle markets. This will include taking a global perspective on growing all aspects of the company’s business, including new product development, alongside its existing range of field-based technology offerings.
Mearns’ 30 years of high-level experience includes establishing and managing the Athletics & Fitness Division for International Management Group (IMG), the world’s largest sports marketing and management firm, as well as developing and managing numerous sports, fitness and wellness promotions and strategic alliances for clients as diverse as Footlocker, Dunkin Donuts, Levi Strauss, Reebok and many others.
An attorney with a diverse legal background, Mearns began his career coaching track and cross country at NCAA powerhouses University of Virginia and University of Kentucky, before practicing corporate law in Cleveland for international firm Jones Day.
“Drew has an exceptional record of success and innovation across all spectrums of the business, sports and legal worlds,” says Richard Gray, Clarus President and CEO. “His experience is already proving invaluable as Clarus continues the global expansion of its product offerings, partnerships and distribution channels.”
A devoted educator, coach and sports business developer, Mearns founded and managed Heritage Sports, a multi-million dollar marketing, promotions and management firm and still serves as the Executive Director of Action Sports Alliance, Inc., an association he founded to represent and support female action sports professionals. Through Mearns’ leadership, theAlliance recently secured an historic agreement which will bring pay parity to female XGames athletes in 2009 for the first time in more than 14 years. Mearns regularly lectures at universities and conferences on sports, ethics and social issues.
“On the intellectual, academic, personal, corporate and commercial levels, I’m truly excited about my new position and the future of Clarus’ business,” says Mearns. “There’s a longstanding record of Q-Link products enhancing performance at the highest levels of golf, baseball, cycling and many other sports. Just as important, SRT-3 technology has been scientifically proven to positively impact the wellbeing of athletes and non-athletes alike at all ages.”
A magna cum laude graduate from Yale University, Mearns also conducted graduate studies at Oxford University and the University of Kentucky before earning a law degree from theUniversity of Virginia. He and his wife have five children, and all are active athletes.
About Clarus Transphase Scientific, Inc.
An innovative technology company founded by Robert O. Williams, Robert Richards and Patricia Parlee, Clarus has for 30 years been devoted to improving and optimizing products, raw materials and living systems that support and sustain life through its fundamental breakthroughs in the field of energy resonance.
For the past decade, the company’s range of pendants, bracelets and ‘Active’ Q-Link products has enhanced the performance and wellbeing by strengthening mind/body coordination. Its core technology, SRT-3, was developed through more than 25 years of research and development, including work by leading scientists and doctors at Stanford, University of California Irvine, Imperial College London and the University of Vienna.
Widely available at clubs, spas, doctor’s offices and resorts throughout North America, Clarus’ global distribution includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dubai, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Nigeria, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands and Turkey.
For more information, visit www.q-linkproducts.com or call 800.246.2765.
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