Here is another recommandation, more recent, from Mark Hagen, a former colleague at Wham-O. We both left Wham-O last year after the company downsized. Mark has been a great colleague, talented and experimented expert for the categories of products he managed.
He is also a restless snowboard addicted.. great asset for product testing!
“Working with Karl at Wham-O was pleasure and I learned quite a bit from his guidance during his tenure. His thorough and detailed work and leadership thorough the process at both the product and financial aspects of the development cycle was invaluable. Additional insight into the industry, globally, helped the department and company as a whole grow and become stronger through his leadership.” May 30, 2008
Mark Hagen , Senior Product Manager , Wham-O
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-hagen/7/885/184