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Glenview, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Il

With 22+ years of professional experience and a proven track record, we truly believe that relationships are the key to success. ConnectTIVITY strives to provide the best quality of service possible. From strategy through execution and analysis, we make every effort to increase our client’s visibility, traffic and customer acquisition. Dedicated to understanding our client’s needs and establishing a strategic plan for success, we help determine an entry point into key target markets by connecting our clients to their customers and helping them build new relationships. At the end of the day, our goal is to help our clients achieve their goals and expand their business.

Chicago

Bump 50:50 is an digital 50/50 raffle solution provider uniquely positioned to help organizations increase their revenue through 50/50 programs. Our platform is a milestone in the evolution of the 50/50 raffle and allows for foundations to access the technical and business management capabilities required to increase revenue, efficiency, and accountability for their 50/50 raffle program. Bump 50:50 attends to all aspects of the 50/50 raffle program including: business strategy, set-up and execution, training and platform support, as well as ongoing in-depth sales analytics to ensure business performance optimization. Bump’s management team has extensive experience as leading 50/50 raffle solution providers with expertise in both the operational and technical processes required to design, build, and optimize a 50/50 raffle program. With no upfront costs to the organization, Bump 50:50 delivers the best strategies and solutions to 50/50 raffle programs.Our clients include many professional sports organizations from the NBA, NHL, NFL and Motorsports.Bump 50:50 is a division of Sportech Racing and Digital. Sportech is a sports gaming and entertainment company and one of the world's leading pool betting organisations, focusing on highly regulated markets worldwide.

Chicago, Il

BULLS CHARITIES FOUNDATION• Managed the Chicago Bulls Charitable Foundation. Managed, created and directed all charitable foundation fundraising efforts and initiatives with an average annual revenue budget of more than $1 million. • Developed sustainable fundraising sources: a) 50/50 raffle – Initiated a raffle in 1995. Responsible for strategic development, nightly execution and budgeting. Since its inception, the 50/50 raffle has generated several million dollars for the foundation. b) Annual dinner/auction – planned annual “meet the team” dinner. Coordinated all aspects of the event including sponsorships, tickets sales, auction, entertainment and program. The event raised $250,000 annually.c) Game-day silent auctions and merchandising – Initiated live/silent auctions and other promotional fundraisers during games. Average yearly revenue exceeded $200,000.• Oversaw all management functions, including budgets, licenses/permits, financial projections/reports and distributions.• Development of major, multi-million dollar contributions and projects.COMMUNITY RELATIONS / PR / EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS• Managed all day-to-day logistics regarding external communications/community relations’ efforts. Designed and successfully implemented numerous external programs.• Managed full-time and game day staff; assigned responsibilities, conducted performance reviews and provided continuous professional development. • Member of the senior leadership team, which included collaboration with senior directors, general manager, head coach and administration staff. • Directed media support for all CR initiatives including press conferences, website, media alerts, team magazine, email subscriptions, annual report, social media, press events, etc.• Primary contact for all off-the-court player activation efforts. Led more than 150 annual player and team activities, including appearances, special events and marketing programs.

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing

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