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Cincinnati, OH, US

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, OH

Consultancy Focused on Brand/Business Development, E-Commerce, Licensing and Strategy.Partners included Custom Ink, Loudmouth Golf, Shinesty and others in addition to advising various start-ups.

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, OH

Run The Edge is a company based in Boulder, Colorado that specializes in bringing health and fitness inspiration, training, motivation and success to the running community. Started by Olympian Adam Goucher and Tim Catalano-longtime friends and former teammates from University of Colorado XC team.

A place to find and write race reviews. Like Yelp, but just for races! BibRave.com is the place to check out a race before spending your time, money, and energy on the event. It's also a great place to leave feedback on your own race experience! We're looking to apply all the benefits of TripAdvisor or Yelp to the running scene, while also helping races.

Cincinnati

Advisor for marketing and partnership efforts for the COC and their efforts 2015 ASG.

Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI) is the leading active lifestyle platform dedicated to promoting the sports of running, cycling and triathlon. CGI owns and operates 55 events around the world and various media properties. Key event series include: Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, TriRock Triathlon, NFL Run, Women's Running and Muddy Buddy.

Sportswear, Inc. is the leading online marketplace empowering consumers to create, design and buy customized merchandise in multiple channels including collegiate, K-12, Military, Greek and Running/Endurance events.Responsible for all aspects of licensing, traditional and non-traditional affiliate/strategic partnerships, campus partnerships/integrations.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Developed concept for relaunch of a unique running event from the 90’s with a large party element, benefitting local charities. First relaunch year exceeded expectations with 2500 participants running thanks to deep support from two local agencies.

UCollab was an innovative e-commerce and Co-Creation platform for the collegiate channel integrating retail brands and students on many national campuses. Developed initial concept in collaboration with collegiate licensing directors to address a channel opportunity and focus on high profile brands such as Edun Live (started by Bono, his wife Ali Hewson.

Co-founded and created annual fitness based event (501c3) that attracts more than 10,000 participants and spectators over a one-day event. Event includes a run/walk, kid's events, block party and cycling races benefitting cancer-based charities and other local community initiatives. Responsible for a variety of functions including sponsorship.

Responsible for developing and heading up new business efforts for a uniquely positioned brand design and marketing innovation agency. HyperQuake focused on core service areas including brand and package design, digital/interactive marketing, strategy and new technology. Client roster included a wide range of clients including P&G, Warner Bros., Welch's.

New business lead for key Fortune 500 clients.-Instrumental in achieving preferred vendor status at Procter & Gamble.-Conceived and executed new product/merchandise solutions used on marketing and launch campaigns for Prilosec, Gillette, Secret, Tide, Old Spice, Crest, and other key CPG brands.-Developed concepts that were used with key in-store promotions.

President of a sales, marketing and consulting group representing various brands or manufacturers in the fashion/lifestyle, footwear, action sports, and entertainment industries.-Key brands represented: Diesel, Diesel Footwear, BCBG Men's, Arnette, Polo Sport, Nike ACG, Reef Footwear, Rusty, M3 Snowboards and Calvin Klein Accessories.-Instrumental in.

-Managed Midwest sales territory for inline product.-Developed and maintained client relationships for both specialty stores and majors.-Collegiate licensed program responsibilities included management of national rep force, obtaining new licenses, securing product placement for key bowl games, product development, management of all key collegiate team and.

Directed and developed all elements of the execution and strategic planning for the territory's promotional and event marketing.-Managed and recruited event promo staff and regional elite athlete team.-Planned promotional sampling plan for Kroger and Sam's Club. -Oversaw sponsorships/partnerships for key events to position brand as the channel leader for a.

Lead manager for four state territory covering all categories and retail channels.-Led pro team relationships for territory covering NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB teams, coaches/managers and trainers. Additional properties (Indy 500, Kentucky Derby) and collegiate partners (the Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Notre Dame, FSU and others were included..

Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: CU Triathlon Team, Delta Tau Delta-Social Chairman

High School