Chris Gonzales

Current

• Assistant Director/Director of Media Relations at City University of New York
• Creator/Administrator at Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association

Past

• Vice President for Sales and Marketing at PrestoSports, Inc.
• Speaker at SEME East
• Vice President for College and Amateur Services at Sports Systems Services, Inc.

• Sports Information Director at Manhattanville College
• Sports Information Director at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Education

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Fordham Preparatory School

Connections

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Industry

Sports

Websites

• Me on Facebook

Chris Gonzales’s Experience

• Assistant Director/Director of Media Relations

  City University of New York

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

• Creator/Administrator

  Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association

  (Privately Held; Sports industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years)

  Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association
  
  Created a weekly Player of the Week Award for the best collegiate basketball performers in New York City. Each week, one male and one female student-athlete from one of the 70+ MBWA schools earn the honor. The award includes all three NCAA Divisions. Schools nominate their players, and a panel of media members select the top performers.
  For more information, go to www.prestosports.com/mbwa.

• Vice President for Sales and Marketing

  PrestoSports, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Sports industry)

  August 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 6 months)

  Sports technology/communications company that serves college sports industry.
  The primary service is website design and hosting, with several ancilliary services, including live stats, advertising and merchandising.
  Clients include Fairfield University, The Catholic University of America, the Peach Belt Conference, the Lone Star Conference, Minnesota State-Mankato, Colorado State-Pueblo, Lewis & Clark College and Cal Tech.

• Speaker

  SEME East

  (Sports industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year)

• Vice President for College and Amateur Services

  Sports Systems Services, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1996 — May 2005 (8 years 11 months)

  As the second in charge of the company, I was responsible for almost all aspects of running the company, including sales, marketing, branding, corporate partnerships, sponsorships, hiring/firing, and managing other sales personnel.

• Sports Information Director

  Manhattanville College

  (Non-Profit; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  July 1994 — July 1996 (2 years 1 month)

  As the SID, I handled all publicity for the school's athletic department.

• Sports Information Director

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  August 1993 — June 1994 (11 months)

  As the SID, I handled all aspects of promoting the atheltic department.

Chris Gonzales’s Education

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges

  BA , Classics , 1989 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  Football, Kappa Sigma, Sports Editor of The Herald (student newspaper)

• Fordham Preparatory School

  1985 — 1989

Additional Information

Chris Gonzales’s Websites:

• Me on Facebook

Chris Gonzales’s Interests:

* Work athletic contests for national and local networks and local colleges handling statistics, spotting, and light production work for football, basketball, hockey and lacrosse. * Highlighted games and events worked include NCAA playoffs and championships in basketball (Regionals and Final Fours) hockey (Frozen Four), gymnastics (regionals), lacrosse (early rounds and Championship Weekends) and football bowl games, including Nokia and Allstate Sugar Bowl. * Former coach, Manhattanville College men’s lacrosse. * Former coach, high school football and girls’ lacrosse.

Chris Gonzales’s Groups:

* Member, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
* Member, CoSIDA Marketing Committee.
* Member, Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors’ Association (ECAC-SIDA).
* Member, host committee for the ECAC-SIDA Workshop in Staten Island, NY (2003) and Baltimore, MD (2007).
* Founding member, Board of Directors, YC.

•    Hobart and William Smith Alumni
•    Link to New York
•    Hobart College Group
•    The Kappa Sigma Fraternity
•    Sports Marketing and PR Pros
•    Sports Marketing 2.0
•    YC
•    Intercollegiate Athletic Administrators
•    SportsBiz
•    Sports Industry Network™
•    Baseball in the Blood
•    Team & Event Marketers™ :: For promoters of the live experience.
•    Athletic Networking
•    SPORTS CAREERS
•    Hobart and William Smith Colleges Alumni/Alumnae
•    Fordham Preparatory School Alumni
•    CoSIDA
•    New York Sports

Chris Gonzales’s Honors:

* Speaker, SEME-East Conference in 2006 and 2007.
* Voter, Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Haggerty Award.
* Co-founder, MBWA College Basketball Player of the Week Awards.
* Founder, Pride of Maryland College Basketball Player of the Week Award.

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