Responsible for assisting fans in acquiring tickets for Tampa Bay Buccaneers home games. Provide customer service, and find solutions for fans. After the 2020 season, I was one of the team employees selected to work Super Bowl LV; helping with mobile ticketing and a health-screening questionnaire app.

Coordinating with the stores from the stock room, to keep merchandise fully stocked for Philadelphia Phillies home games in Grapefruit League play. This is both a game-day, and non-game-day position.

Responsible for the hosting duties, production, and acquiring interviews for the Irish Baseball Podcast. New episodes debut every-other Monday. Duties include conducting interviews with broadcasters, journalists, coaches, scouts, authors, and more as we talk about topics related to Ireland, Irish-Americans, and the sports we all love...baseball.

Responsible for all of the research, production, and equipment to produce on-air shifts for an internet radio station focusing on the rock format. Creating promos for station events, and providing news-related segments for air. Primary personality on the station to coordinate, execute, and produce interviews with artists who fit our format. Past interviews have included members of Soul Asylum, Sponge, Royal Bliss, Kingdom Collapse, and many more.

Assisting fans at Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida for home games of the Tampa Bay Rays. Maintaining a professional, accommodating, and welcoming demeanor, while dealing with the on-your-toes-nature of the game-day atmosphere.

Working as a vacation planner specializing in Disney and Universal theme park vacations. Maintaining entertaining and engaging social media content to widen my potential client base. I am an Authorized Disney Travel Planner. Since October of 2020, I have also produced and hosted a travel-focused podcast. This podcast has been rebranded to Tall Guy Talks Travel, since February of 2021. rick@eartotheretravel.com

Writing blog posts and articles for Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence.

Assisting fans at merchandise locations at Tampa Bay Lightning home games Amalie Arena.

Organize, prepare, and execute one 10K/5K race per-month at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Coordinate with the main office, and with other race directors to acquire appropriate supplies and information. Work with volunteers, and seek out volunteers for race day. Set up the course; register runners; answer all appropriate questions; and assure accurate times for post-race awards. This experience was interrupted during COVID-19, but has resumed as of September of 2020.

Worked in the box office for Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training games in Dunedin, Florida. Handled ticket sales and questions for fans, and also frequently worked the Player Will Call window, after showing a professionalism and ability to handle issues quickly.

Camera operator for the Kim Komando Show.

Ticket sales and customer service for Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox home games in Cactus League play. Utilizing my knowledge of baseball to assist fans who are looking to take advantage of the Spring Training setting in Arizona.

Over the course of my eleven years at Radio PA, I provided a number of functions; including the role of sports director from April of 2010 to June of 2018 (serving as the sports director as an independent contractor on-location from Arizona). Responsible for scheduling and hiring part-time sports anchors and monitors; producing, voicing, and writing morning sportscasts on weekday mornings; scheduling sports coverage from stringers across the country; producing specialty programs; providing… Show more Over the course of my eleven years at Radio PA, I provided a number of functions; including the role of sports director from April of 2010 to June of 2018 (serving as the sports director as an independent contractor on-location from Arizona). Responsible for scheduling and hiring part-time sports anchors and monitors; producing, voicing, and writing morning sportscasts on weekday mornings; scheduling sports coverage from stringers across the country; producing specialty programs; providing on-site coverage of certain highly important sporting events; maintaining the monthly department budget (including greatly reducing the amount spent during my time as sports director); and many other tasks. Show less

Responsible for all the preparation and execution for part-time on-air shifts for Hot AC station Hot 97.5 and 103.9, KMVA-FM. This includes social media obligations.

Recording video of local high school sporting events and other community-oriented events for later broadcast on not-for-profit cable television channel. Responsible for all of the on-site equipment.

Creating the Scoreboard in the Sports section of the newspaper; including lay-out and planning. Formatting information sent by Associated Press to be compatible with Patriot News computer system. Coordinating with writers, phoners, and other employees to ensure that all relevant information was distributed in the next morning’s newspaper.

Keeping the official scorecard for Harrisburg Senators baseball games during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. This position included making the official scoring decisions based on the official rules on professional baseball, and calling in updates to Minor League Baseball at every half-inning. Worked seventy homes games per season.

Over the course of nine years at Citadel Broadcasting in Harrisburg, PA, I performed a number of different duties. The majority of this experience was as an on-air talent at 105.7 The X (Rock). Other on-air work included 106.7 Coolpop (Hot AC); Red 102.3 (Country); Z102.3 (Hot AC); and Cat Country 106.7 and 102.3 (Country). My work at Citadel Broadcasting also included time as an intern, promotions assistant, board-operator, and more.