• Act as marketing strategy and tactical lead on major product campaigns as well as equity-building media efforts• Manage multimillion-dollar media budgets and advise on integrated media marketing strategy for the brands’ sports partners, which include league-direct relationships as well as sponsorship and media rights holders• Collaborate with wide variety of agencies, including public relations, creative, experiential, and legal• Negotiate and structure typically rigid deals to add flexibility that helps meet client needs• Lead a full account team and investment team; responsible for developing new talent for the agency• Provide detailed media campaign recaps highlighting measurements hit and optimizations made to do so• Create and present short-term and long-term brand strategy to Gatorade and PepsiCo senior leadership• Evaluate key business metrics and apply learnings to create more efficient and effective media and sponsorship plans

• Lead sales efforts in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Wisconsin• Assist Sr. Vice President overseeing company’s revenue pipeline and forecast by leading company CRM system• Collaborate with pre-sale and activation teams to execute fully digital, performance-based media campaigns

Optimum Sports is a hybrid sports consultancy with expertise in sports marketing and sports media. We develop, negotiate, and execute fully integrated and innovative strategic platforms that translate into results oriented plans and executions. We approach marketing strategy in a way that produces breakthrough ideas and drives engagement in order to deliver a brand's message powerfully through integrated platforms (digital, TV, print, social, OOH). I have spent my time primarily focusing on the Gatorade brand, assisting with the sports marketing and media efforts that have transitioned the brand into "The Sports Fuel Company." Starting with the Next 50 campaign in late 2015 and moving through Sports Fuel Relaunch in 2016, I have worked to amplify brand messages through Optimum Sports and Gatorade partnerships with Turner Sports, ESPN, NBC, Bleacher Report and other industry leading sports broadcast and digital companies.Work includes:-Managing media budgets and consulting on where to add efficiency to maximize marketing campaign efforts and initiatives-Researching and gathering market intelligence for industry reports-Evaluating media plans and proposals and preparing POVs for existing and new business opportunities for the client-Leading weekly conference calls with client executives and serving as day to day point of contact for client-Collaborating with external agencies to achieve brand campaign initiatives

Started 3 games for the eventual NFC Champions. Was an asset as a versatile back-up offensive lineman, and was an asset on the practice demonstration team as a leader at the Center position.Playing in the NFL has given me valuable experience working with many different types of people in a team environment; not only with my teammates and coaches but with all of the people that put valuable work into making a professional sports organization run effectively.Football has taught me core values such as work ethic, discipline, accountability, and sacrifice for the greater good of a team.

In my rookie year in the NFL, I appeared in 9 games and started two. I worked my way from the practice squad to the active roster, eventually starting and earning playing time. I appeared in another 11 games over the next two seasons, and was an asset on the practice demonstration team leading the group from the Center position.