Ben Utecht

Business Description

Founder, Chief Culture Officer, author, speaker, and Super Bowl Champion Ben Utecht started playing football in 4th grade and continued through his career in the NFL. This resulted in a 20 year career of performing on fields and using private and public shower facilities all across the country. In 2008, while playing for an NFL franchise, Utecht contracted a foot fungal infection that was painful and negatively affected his performance. This injury event inspired the idea to create a product that could help solve the issue of foot infections across the world. Utecht secured the US patent for the Shower Sock?? and started his production journey with the University of Minnesota Medical Device department. Shortly after, he partnered with founder and CEO Mario Nozzarella, a global Med-Tech executive, to further develop the product, and founder Heinrich Von Solms of South Africa, international business leader and designer of the sock, who secured the international patent and trademark for the Shower Sock??, along with developing the manufacturing and chemical application process. The Shower Sock™ is the first ever disposable, anti-bacterial and fungal shower wearable, and it Sole purpose is to protect your feet. Sole Care Rx and the Shower Sock™ are the champions for the health and wellness of your feet!