Petzl America
Benjamin Eaton currently serves as the National Marketing Manager for Petzl America's Sport Division, overseeing marketing efforts across the USA and Canada since April 2016. Prior to this role, Benjamin co-founded the Idaho Mountain Festival in 2011, where responsibilities included logistics and marketing management for a prominent climbing festival. Benjamin's experience encompasses various marketing and communications roles, including Communications Specialist at Liberty Mountain, Advertising and Digital Media Sales Manager at Rock and Ice magazine, and Race Director for the Ragnar Relay Series. Earlier career highlights include serving as Public Affairs Coordinator for the City of Rexburg and providing freelance branding consultancy services. Benjamin holds a B.A. in Communications/Advertising from Brigham Young University - Idaho.
Petzl America
Petzl's roots lie in a passion for exploration. Since its beginnings in caving, this family-owned company’s mission has remained the same: to offer practical solutions that allow people to progress through high-angle terrain and low-light environments. More than 40 years later, Petzl continues to invent products and provide solutions that allow sports enthusiasts and professionals to access some of the most challenging places on Earth, day or night. Petzl America, surrounded by mountains in Utah's beautiful Salt Lake Valley, is Petzl's North American headquarters. We were voted one of America's Best Places to Work in 2012 and 2015 by Outside Magazine, and received a bronze medal from the League of American Bicyclists for being a Bike Friendly Business. We handle all sales, marketing, customer service, and distribution functions for Petzl in North America.