Graeme Esarey

About Graeme Esarey

If you are going to start a company or build a brand, you\'d better have a damned good reason. Ignik exists because outdoor heating products basically suck. Doesn\'t matter whether you are a polar explorer, a grandfather who walks dogs, or a 9 year old girl stuck on the bow of a 60\' boat in the Arctic. You deserve heat that works. You don\'t deserve cheap plastic wrappers, in-disposable green bottles of propane, hardened lumps of something that won\'t get warm, or unsafe heaters for the places you sleep. The team at Ignik aims to fix that, so that all people can get outside sooner and stay outside longer.

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   Ignik Outdoors

   Dec 2018 — Present · Bainbridge Island, WA, US

   Conceived in the Arctic, committed to solving problems around sustainable heat for the outdoors. Proud 1% for the Planet member, you can find our people adventuring and improving our products in cold places in the PNW and around the world.

Education

• Whitman College

  BA, Double major, Politics, Philosophy

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Retail
• International Sales
• Business Strategy
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Strategic Planning
• Brand Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Product Marketing
• Manufacturing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Product Development
• Crm
• Management
• Project Management
• Sourcing
• Leadership
• Product Design
• Brand Development
• Marketing
• Business Development
• Product Management
• Sales