People, Innovation, People, Teamwork, People, and 3 New Products at the PGA Show
Orlando, Florida – Clarity.Golf is completing setup today for the PGA Merchandise Show, and the “gang” is geeked. “I’m still pinching myself in total awe of the team we’ve pulled together so far”, said Clarity Founder and President Bill Bales. “We had three on our staff nine months ago, and now we’ve got sixteen, and everyone is a franchise player”, Bales continued.
Bales has always been obsessed with the criticality of finding, qualifying, hiring, and then continually mentoring or supporting team members. “The corporate gig is to fit pegs in holes, give them a job description and tell them to do it”, said Bales. “I like to find incredible talent, orient them, and then fit them into what they do best and what motivates them best. That makes for happy, amazingly productive long term team members.”
Bales is proud of the fact that in over thirty years of tech entrepreneurship not one mid- to upper-level team member has resigned from a Bales company while Bales was in charge. Bales made a point to name and describe all of the team members that have brought Clarity to the PGA Merchandise Show a year ahead of plan.
A few of the “gang” Bales described:
Craig van Vliet, partner, CTO, and President of Clarity’s subsidiary Clarity Labs. “Craig is our Thomas Edison and he wears it well”, said Bales.
Doug Woodward, head of ground operations. “Doug and I grew up together. Doug is the finest human being I know, he is dearly loved by our customers–and a key founding partner.”
Jeremy Belville, head of customer relations. “Jeremy’s sole job is to make our customers happy through delivery and installation, and then for the life of the product. I brought him into AboutGolf years ago and he ran customer service for twelve years. Clarity will be his last job.”
Kathleen Wilkinson, head of golf sim enclosure/screen design and production. “I went to Kathleen in 2002 to design AboutGolf’s first enclosure/screen system. She was a genius. After Kathleen retired from AboutGolf I leaned on her and pulled her out–Kathleen is the best in the industry.
You can visit Clarity at Booth 2033 at the Golf Show. Or, check out Clarity’s show brochure.
About Clarity.Golf
Clarity.Golf (www.clarity.golf) is a new golf technology company focusing on the world of launch monitors, simulators, and related technologies. Clarity.Golf’s team is made up of prime movers within the indoor golf industry. Clarity.Golf’s wholly controlled subsidiary, Clarity Labs, includes brilliant folks from around the world working daily on future IP concepts.
Bill Bales can be reached directly: mailto:billbales@clarity.golf.
Bill Bales, Clarity.Golf Founder/President
For more information contact Mary Beth Lacy at:
Email: mb@mblacy.com
Phone: (760) 356-6942
