>> Yea, so form Huntington, Long Island New York,
came to the University of Maryland in 2002.
Some people will know me from more of my sports background, was a former student athlete,
Proud to say I was a member of the national championship team in 2002,
and also the ACC championship team in 2004.
And so, you know I was able to play on both teams and contribute something that was a,
big background, big part of my life, and still is today.
So, not only what I found in Maryland was, competitive sports
but also, you know a great school.
And so the two of those were, you know a real compelling reason to, to come here.
After I graduated in 2005, I knew I wanted to be, in a career path that dealt with sports,
to an extent, was not an office job, where I was sitting behind a desk from 9 to 5,
but also gave me the ability to really write my own path.
Okay, I didn't want to go into a big company where I was stuck, with advancement,
and I couldn't make up my own, my own destiny.
And so I got into sports marketing for about a year and a half, bounced around in a couple
of small companies, and like a lot of people, just happened to fall into my industry.
Someone that was a University of Maryland alum, that I met at a golf tournament,
asked me to come out to the office, and that was my first initiation into, into this industry.