As a founding partner of LIFE SPAN labs, Rod Tallman brings a wealth of experience to lead the company’s management, marketing and product development efforts. After a 19-year career at Nike in Sales and Marketing, he started LIFE SPAN labs in 2005 focusing his talents in a direction that takes advantage of his breadth of experience and that also aligns with an area of personal interest, natural products for men that support healthy aging, sexual

Ken Hobson was employed by the owner of small chemical company. The owner, a true entrepreneur, had a vision to build an international chemical packaging and distribution company. Over seven years, Mr. Hobson was involved in every aspect of this business as it grew into an international middle market company. As president of this company, he oversaw its purchase and transition into a Fortune 500 company. Since then, he has owned, grown and sold 1

Dean Porter has over 20 years of Fortune 500 company leadership experience in operations, finance, and planning. From a CPA position at Coopers & Lybrand, he moved into a long and fruitful role with Nike. In his career there, he led virtually every aspect of Nike’s complex apparel supply chain and financial operations. Since then Mr. Porter has been involved with start-ups including a 4 year stint as CFO with apparel retailer Nau and currently CF

At Nike, Inc. for 19 years, Dave Edwards served primarily in the roles of Vice President and General Manager with responsibilities for 1,500 people and $1 billion in sales. A CPA who also holds an MBA, he developed strategies and execution plans for international startup operations at Nike and was an integral part of their growth to global dominance. As a VP International/Managing Director, he established Nike’s presence in emerging markets in mu