Sports-nutrition company hires Burns as co-CEO

BOULDER — Peter Burns, former president and chief executive of Justin’s Nut Butter in Boulder, has been hired to help lead Oh Yeah! Nutrition, a maker of sports-nutrition products based in Charlotte, N.C.

Burns was recruited by New York-based CAVU Venture Partners, which has made an equity investment in Oh Yeah! Nutrition, the trade name for ISS Research LLC.

Burns will be based in Boulder and work with company founder and co-CEO Ron McAfee Jr., who is in Charlotte.

CAVU’s managing partners Brett Thomas and Rohan Oza will join the company’s board of directors.