Hoyt Archery Announces Zak Kurtzhals as Company President
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 6, 2021 – Hoyt Archery announced today that Zak Kurtzhals has been named the new company president. Currently Hoyt’s VP of Operations, Kurtzhals will succeed Randy Walk effective July 19, 2021.
Greg Easton, President of Jas. D. Easton and owner of Hoyt Archery, shared the news with Hoyt employees in a company meeting earlier today, explaining that after a thorough search, Kurtzhals’ qualifications, leadership skills, and passion for archery and bowhunting make him the ideal candidate to lead Hoyt. “Zak has a proven history with the company and a strong vision for Hoyt’s future. I am excited about this new opportunity for Zak and for Hoyt,” said Easton.
Kurtzhals, a native of Nebraska, is an accomplished target archer and bowhunter who joined the Hoyt team as a product engineer in 2003 and has held several key leadership positions with the company, including Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, VP of Engineering, and currently, VP of Operations. Kurtzhals has also served on the ATA Technical Committee since 2014. “I have big shoes to fill taking over for Randy,” said Kurtzhals. “He has been an amazing mentor and friend, and I am grateful for all that I learned from him during the 18 years we worked together.” Walk, who is retiring after 26 years as President, is confident Hoyt is being left in good hands. “Zak is a very talented leader who has contributed greatly to Hoyt’s success over the years. He will do an amazing job as president and I couldn’t ask for a better successor,” commented Walk.
Hoyt has a strong and talented executive team in place with over 85 years of combined experience working for the company. Todd Erickson, VP of Finance joined Hoyt in 1998; Tom Driffill, VP of Sales, joined Hoyt in 2001; Gideon Jolley, Director of R&D and Intellectual Property joined Hoyt in 1996; and Jeremy Eldredge, Director of Marketing, joined Hoyt in 2004.
Hoyt is a leader in the archery industry, designing and building superior archery products including compound hunting bows, compound target bows, traditional hunting bows, Olympic recurve bows, and archery accessories that match the excellence of the world’s most serious bowhunters and premier target archers.
For more information on Hoyt’s new President, Zak Kurtzhals, or Hoyt Archery in general, contact:
Jeremy Eldredge
Director of Marketing, Hoyt
801-433-4217
Tom Driffill
Vice President of Sales, Hoyt
801-433-4250