S. Brian Ouellette

Hi, I am S. Brian Ouellette, Co-founder & CEO of Shoewallet Active Gear & Pro Athlete Direct. I am also a contributing business & fitness writer for the Examiner.

For over a decade, after graduating from the University of Washington, Brian was a money manager working in Chicago on the Chicago Board of Trade, on Wall Street in New York City & in Seattle's financial district. In 2000, while managing money for the Private Client Group of CIBC Oppenheimer, Brian was invited to be the Market Commentator for Q13 FOX News This Morning. For 3 1/2 years, he reported daily from his CIBC Oppenheimer office. Credited with over +2,000 live TV appearances in Seattle to as far away as Washington DC, he reported to the 12 largest media market in the US during the biggest boom & biggest bust in the history of the US stock market. In April 2004, he left money management to launch Shoewallet Active Gear LLC. Since then, the "Shoewallet" from Shoewallet Active Gear LLC has been featured on: NBC's Today Show, CNN Headline News, NY1 & over 200 radio stations nationwide. In addition, it has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Shape magazine, Runner's World magazine, Women's Day magazine, amongst dozens of others in print & on the web. Shoewallet Active Gear LLC has produced private label Shoewallets for such brands as Southwest Airlines, US Air Force, Department of Defense, YMCA, Jamba Juice, Skechers, Pitney Bowes, Dunkin' Donuts, Boeing, UCLA, amongst 100's of others. The brand is led by it's public safety campaign: Be Smart. Be Safe. Carry ID. (Free ID card included with every Shoewallet). Leveraging his 10 years of experience in money management, in September 2010, Brian launched Pro Athlete Direct™ as a tool to bridge brands, organizations & non-profits with professional athletes and their agents together to enable them to connect, network and collaborate together in mutually beneficial ways for the greater good. He is a contributing writer for the Examiner.com (204th busiest website in the US, Source: Alexa) as their Outdoor Fitness writer & Business Events writer.