Linda L. Email & Phone Number

Representing Professional Pickleball players, Dekel Bar, Jack Munro, Spencer Lanier, William Sobek, Angie & Alex Walker and Patrick Kawka. Secured Global brand endorsements for professional Pickleball Players. Consultant for the APP Pickleball Tour. Consultant for the OWL Pickleball Paddle. Spearheaded innovative, start-up PR operations for ecommerce, sports and Internet clients. Leveraged the power of buzz marketing to increase market relevance for high-profile companies and individuals. Secured Gladys Knight’s first showroom named for her in her successful 40-year career and sought out new TV options and endorsements for the Grammy Award winner. Cultivated strong charity involvement for Serena Williams, (in addition to a 30 + year relationship) helping to secure contracts and assisting with contract negotiations, endorsement opportunities and charity affiliations.Created new, productive company culture for Rapport Leadership, helping to increase customer retention through innovative promotional initiatives.Consult with different companies on customer service improvement. Have laid out specialized programs on "Customer Service" seminars.

Began as a consultant to secure professional tennis tournaments world-wide, colleges and other sports for usage with a mobile app. Entered full time employment to lay out a strategic plan, create an efficient and personalized mobile app for sports. Secured 15 North American Professional Tennis Tournaments within a 3 month time period. Negotiated the mobile app for the Rolex Paris Masters, Paris, France for October, 2018. Presented a personalized mobile app to Division I, II and III colleges.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Report directly to CEO Tony Hsieh to elevate the Zappos brand across television, event sponsorship and print. Secured appearances on the Oprah Show (twice in one year), The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Nightline, Rachel Ray, Good Morning America, The Today Show and The Early Show. Structured a campaign within the sports industry for exposure and awareness to take Zappos to $1 Billion in sales and a $900 million acquisition by Amazon.com. Coordinate numerous celebrity visits to Zappos headquarters. I love my Zappos family !!!

Herzogenaurach, De

Reported to CEO, Jochen Zeitz and President of International Apparel, Alden Sheets. Developed marketing/promotional plans to promote athlete, Serena Williams and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Developed marketing presentations worldwide for sponsored events and athlete appearances. Negotiated with corporations worldwide on events and fund-raising. Supervised a budget and endorsement of $25 million annually.

Designed and developed an ovarian cancer fund-raiser to benefit research for ovarian cancer with Serena Williams. Secured athletes and celebrities for the event. Designed and implemented a national contest which involved 2900 participants to send a team to participate in the benefit. Secured millions for three years to benefit ovarian cancer research.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Was the 87th employee / person with NIKE !!!!!!!!! Designed and initiated programs to maximize endorsements and services to assist Nike to reach a Fortune 500 status. Developed and implemented team sales and fundraising programs. Negotiated and serviced endorsements with 125 college programs, 100+ athletes such as Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and more. Created advertising and in-store promotions for special programs. Initiated and oversaw the University of Michigan athletic endorsement. Worked closely with Bo Schembechler, legendary football coach. Responsible for a yearly $20 million budget.