Kevin Fallon

Kevin Fallon has spent 28 years within the footwear industry, working for such brands as Nike, Puma and Under Armour before co-founding the footwear brand Speedland. Kevin is a problem solver to his core, blurring the lines between engineering and design throughout his career. With over 20 design and utility patents to his name, as well as several design awards, Kevin is a footwear professional dedicated to making technical performance products for elite athletes. Kevin started his career at Nike in 1997 as a soccer footwear designer. There he learned the attention to detail necessary to create footwear that is an athlete’s main piece of equipment. During his nearly 10 years at Nike, he played an integral part of the massive surge for this key category, driving growth from #4 in soccer market share to becoming #1 globally. From Nike, Kevin went to Germany to work for Puma where he led the soccer, motorsports, and kids footwear design teams, and designed product for the 2012 World Cup. Under Armour was Kevin’s next career move, taking him from Nürnberg, Germany to Baltimore, MD for the unique opportunity to turn an apparel company into a footwear brand. Hired as a Director, and later promoted to Vice President of Footwear Innovation, Kevin led a 20-person team across three countries from 2010 to 2019. During this time, UA footwear grew from $80m to nearly a $1.5 billion business. Kevin is a native of Minnesota, where he spent summers canoeing the Boundary Waters of northern MN, the Quetico Provincial Park in Canada, and even exploring as far north as Hudson Bay. He was captain of his ski team, and could always be found either drawing or tinkering with something mechanical. A car and airplane fanatic, Kevin attended Brown University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation, Kevin went on to attend the Art Center College of Design, where he fell in love with product design, and found his way into the footwear field. He now lives in Lake Oswego, OR with his wife of 18 years, Leslie, and their 15 year-old son Leo. They enjoy time together on Mt Hood, whether skiing, hiking, or mountain biking.