Lance Grantham Email & Phone Number

South Carolina, United States

Columbia, South Carolina

• Oversees and is responsible for all Athletic Ticketing functions for the University of South Carolina to include Revenue Projection/Generation, Invoicing, Balancing, Customer Service, Student Ticketing, Seat Selections (upgrades), Development functionality, Email offers, Postseason Offers, and Student Athlete distribution• Secondary Sport Administrator for Football• Secondary Sport Administrator for Men’s and Women’s Tennis• Member of Working Group for 2015 Football Head Coach Hire (Will Muschamp)• Liaison to Board of Trustees, President’s Office, University Development, and Government Relations on tickets, parking, postseason and customer service• Collaborates with Athletics Marketing on supervision of IMG Sales Team• Chairs the Game Day & Customer Service Committee, and sits on the Postseason Planning committees• Contributes to marketing, development, finance, and various other aspects of Department as needed• Hire, oversee and evaluate over 50 full-time and part-time staff• Manage all areas of yearly $2M budget for Ticket Office• Proficient in all Ticketmaster and Paciolan Ticket Management systems. Career Accomplishments/Organizatons• Presenter, NAATSO/NACMA Dallas 2016• NCAA Site Rep, 2016 Durham Regional Women's Tennis• Member, 2013 South Carolina Athletics Strategic Plan Working Group• Chair, 2013 South Carolina Branding and Identity Working Group Subcommittee• Participant, Division 1-A Athletic Directors Institute Dallas 2012 & 2014• Presenter, Collegiate Ticketing Conference, Dallas 2010• Participant, NFL Customer Service Committee St. Louis 2004• Presenter, NFL Ticketing Symposium Detroit 2003• Member, SEC Ticketing Committee 2012-2016• Member, NAATSO

Jacksonville, Florida Area

- Managing ticket inventory, parking inventory, customer service, financial, and box office functions for Gator Bowl Association events, including the Toyota Gator Bowl, ACC Football Championship and 2007 Alabama vs. Florida State matchup.- Oversaw update and conversion to full Ticketmaster Branded ticket system, including Archtics, Host, and Account Manager.

Foxborough, Ma

· Managing ticket inventory, personnel, scanners, customer service, financial, and box office functions for all Gillette Stadium events.· Reporting and managing all financial aspects of Ticket Office.· Handling all Player and Coaching ticketing needs, including away games, playoff, and Super Bowl ticketing.· Management of season and individual event tickets for New England Patriots, Revolution, and Gillette Stadium concerts, totaling over 2,000,000 tickets issued in 2002-04.· Opened Gillette Stadium in 2002, and was ticket manager first three years of existence.· Helped create and design the seat transfer program, “Pass it On”, resulting in a new category and revenue stream for organization.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

· Managed 300 person event staff during NHL hockey games, Arena Football League games, and all other events.· Managed the operation of 20,000 seat arena including luxury suites and club level premium seating during events· Oversaw staff human resource needs, including payroll, uniforms, work assignments, and scheduling of supervisors- Small Events Booking and management (room, Club, Ice rental)

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Augusta, Georgia Area

Fort Gordon, Ga

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Sports And Entertainment Management

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Communications