WILLIAM PAUL BURKETT 829 W. American Eagle Drive St. Augustine, FL 32092 904-287-4814 home, 904-234-7418 mobile bill@BigFishBowl.

org, Skype: b.burkett GOAL: To find a position to best utilize my proven sales and marketing expertise to de velop new business. EXPERIENCE Highlights: BigFishBowl Captain * Created company to promote St. Johns County high school football athletes set for kickoff fall 2011. o Sold county middle school board members and coaches' shirts o Sold Ladies Night tee shirt to Philadelphia 76ers o Sold Commemorative medallions to Spielman Gridiron Classic o Developed fundraising plan for Spielman Foundation via unique merchandise sal es INFORMATION & DISPLAY SYSTEMS, LLC Senior Sales & Marketing Manager * Helped company grow from 4 to over 120 employees. * Directed IDS's special event sales and marketing efforts, new business develo pment, public relations, on site event management, staff supervision, trade show management. * Account Manager for over $4 million in event services business. Achievements * Sold the following and managed accounts: * IDS's first software application for team sports, IDS Maestro introduced at A LLTEL Stadium for Jacksonville Jaguars. * 3-year $500K deal with 2005 Mountain Dew Action Sports Tour. * LPGA scoring services, resulting in a 6-year $1.5M commitment. * First major Olympic involvement (tennis, volleyball, and beach volleyball for Swiss Timing, 1996). * Turner Sports' Goodwill Games 2001 held in Brisbane. * Introduced IDS to ten new sports: Golf , NASCAR, NCAA, NFL, NHL, WaterSkiing, Lacrosse, Fishing, and Extreme Sports. * Responsible for proper installation, operation, supervision, and logistics of IDS electronic and computer equipment at over 150 world class sports events. GLOBALWIDE MERCHANDISE & MARKETING Vice President of Sales * Identified and set appointments with professional and collegiate teams for pa rtnership opportunities * In first 8 weeks, secured partnership agreements with NBA's New Orleans Horne ts, Sacramento Kings and first NFL teams Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns. Als o added Dallas Mavericks and Florida Panthers resulting in over $2 million in sa les opportunities. * Developed plan for remote management for out of town teams to increase profit ability. HI*TECH ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS Director of Development - Sports Venues * Assembled solution partners and created HiTech's winning response for $9 mill ion dollar scoreboard and video upgrade for St. Pete Times Forum, HiTech's first major stadium installation and largest U.S. project. * Developed and directed marketing plan to expand Hi*Tech LED sales into sports

marketplace * Created budget, marketing, advertising, and operations plan for new division. SPORTSLINK, INC. Baseball Director * Managed all sales, marketing, public relations, and operations of 2006 All-Am erican Baseball Game presented by PlayStation. * Closed three new sponsors - UnderArmour, DAVID Seeds, and Aladame (practice a pparel and wood bats) in the first month. * Added All-Star Sports, Rawlings, Diamond, JWink, Gearguard, and Junk Ball as product sponsors only weeks before the game. * Generated unprecedented game media attention through recruitment of Danny Alm onte and first Far East player Chao-Ting Tang of Taiwan. * Attracted best ever attendance (8,125) and negotiated game's first product sa mpling (DAVID Seeds) for attendees. * Negotiated barter and sponsorship deals with Albuquerque restaurants and busi nesses. * Negotiated Sandia Resort as banquet host offering complimentary dinners for p layers and staff. U.S. ARMY ALL-AMERICAN BOWL Director of Operations * With less than a month to prepare, coordinated all Alamodome operations for 2 006 Bowl week. * Worked with volunteers and staff to deliver services and events for game week . * Created gameday script coordinating music, PA announcements and on-field prom otions. * Coordinated parking and ticketing for over 30,000 fans. * Secured live call-in radio interviews for local Jacksonville players Tim Tebo w and CJ Spiller. PGA TOUR Marketing Services Coordinator * Supervised PGA TOUR on-site marketing events at over 75 events, also provided substantial event management support. EDUCATION: 1985 Ohio University , Athens, OH. MA, Sports Administration 1984 Brown University, Providence, RI. AB, Organizational Behavior and Managem ent ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2010 Sports Director, St. Johns Middle School Athletic Association 2005-2007 VIP Transportation Volunteer, ACC Championship Game 2005 Head Statistician Super Bowl XXXIX, Jacksonville, Florida 2005 UNF Adjunct Professor, Sport Management 2004-2005 Jacksonville Super Bowl Special Events Committee 1995-2006 Chief Statistician, Jacksonville Jaguars 1985 Paul Brown NFL Scholarship Recipient, Ohio University 1983 Completed USMC Platoon Leaders Class 1980-82 Brown University football, lacrosse 1980 Ohio VFW Athlete of the Year REFERENCES: Available on request