Ogi Eyewear has announced the appointment of Joseph Tallier as their new chief executive Officer on January 1, 2015.
Tallier has been part of the Ogi Eyewear team for six years. He started his career at Ogi Eyewear in September 2008 as vice president of global sales. During that time his visionary leadership was instrumental in growing the sales at Ogi Eyewear by 300 per cent, communicating the company’s value through marketing, leading the direction of the design vision, and promoting worldwide expansion. He became an equity partner in 2012 prior to being promoted to CEO.
“I am incredibly excited and grateful to lead Ogi’s dynamic management team, outstanding sale force, and highly talented and motivated support team,” said Joseph Tallier. “This is a very exciting time to be appointed CEO as we continue to grow the market segment of affordable luxury that we have been so successful in pioneering.”
Tallier has 28 years of demonstrated success in the wholesale optical industry starting as a sales representative and progressively being promoted to leadership positions in several wholesale optical companies in the U.S.
