{"id":6436,"date":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2021-02-09T22:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T03:40:52","slug":"expresso-fitness-appoints-jeff-veldhuizen-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/expresso-fitness-appoints-jeff-veldhuizen-chief-executive-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Expresso Fitness Appoints Jeff Veldhuizen Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Expresso-Fitness-300x67.png\" alt=\"Expresso Fitness\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Expresso-Fitness-300x67.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Expresso-Fitness-200x45.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Expresso-Fitness.png 476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Expresso Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>SANTA CLARA, CA<\/strong> &#8211; Expresso Fitness, a leader in gaming technology for the commercial fitness market, has named Jeff Veldhuizen as Chief Executive Officer. Veldhuizen, who served as Vice President of Direct to Consumer for Zwift, a connected fitness leader in virtual cycling, and held senior roles for more than a decade at Nike, will lead Expresso Fitness\u2019 successful partner-driven B2B business, as well as drive the company\u2019s emerging direct-to-consumer strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeff has an impressive track record leading teams through periods of significant growth and innovation. He is the ideal match for the Expresso Fitness culture given his strong consumer mindset, connected fitness and direct to consumer marketing expertise, and proven success scaling brands,\u201d said Bill Stensrud, chairman of Interactive Fitness Holdings. \u201cWe\u2019re confident Jeff will take Expresso Fitness to new levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m joining Expresso Fitness at an exciting time with at-home fitness on the rise. Expresso is an immersive gamified fitness platform with more than 15 years of innovation and a highly engaged community,\u201d said Veldhuizen. \u201cI look forward to working with this talented team to deliver significant growth through cutting-edge technology, continuous innovation, and serving the community, today and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his most recent leadership role at Zwift, Veldhuizen delivered triple-digit growth through its direct-to-consumer business, expanded its product offerings, created new digital platforms and store experiences, and expanded in global markets, including the UK and Europe, as it became a recognized global market leader in virtual cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Zwift in 2018, Veldhuizen spent over 10 years at Nike where he helped pivot the brand into a world class direct-to-consumer retailer. Among his management roles at Nike, he was part of the founding team that scaled Nike.com to a multi-billion-dollar business with over 45% year-over-year growth during a ten-year period. He also led the launch of the Nike+ Fuelband, Nike\u2019s first wearable tech through direct-to-consumer channels. Veldhuizen additionally served at Best Buy in marketing and merchandising roles, launching Bestbuy.ca.<\/p>\n<p>An avid cyclist, snowboarder, and mountain biker, Veldhuizen, 44, was born in Canada and earned a joint MBA from Cornell and Queen\u2019s Universities, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SANTA CLARA, CA<\/strong> &#8211; Expresso Fitness, a leader in gaming technology for the commercial fitness market, has named Jeff Veldhuizen as Chief Executive Officer. Veldhuizen, who served as Vice President of Direct to Consumer for Zwift, a connected fitness leader in virtual cycling, and held senior roles for more than a decade at Nike, will lead Expresso Fitness\u2019 successful partner-driven B2B business, as well as drive the company\u2019s emerging direct-to-consumer strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6445,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436\/revisions\/6445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}