Old Athletic Directors Don't Die....
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:35 pm...they just move on to multi-million dollar salaries!
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 18, 2004 -- Innovative Software Technologies, Inc. has announced that Doug Single has been named the company's new Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Single brings extensive marketing and management experience to his role as Vice President for Business Development. After a nationwide search, Single was hired to develop strategic marketing partnerships for Innovative's Triad Media and Softsale subsidiaries. Mr. Single will also continue to serve as President of Get in the Game, a seminar and online business that provides financial aid, NCAA rules and regulations, and college preparatory information for prospective student-athletes and their parents. Innovative has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Get in the Game from Mr. Single for approximately $341,000 in the form of a combination of debt assumption and shares of Innovative common stock.
"I am delighted to join the outstanding team at Innovative Software Technologies," Single said. "It is a company at the forefront of coaching resources and new technological applications. It also has one of the top management teams that I have seen in emerging growth companies. Get in the Game will benefit greatly from their experience in the seminar and online business education development markets."
Prior to founding Get in the Game, Single was CEO of the David Douglas Marketing Group in San Francisco, and Santa Fe, NM, where he consulted with Fortune 500 companies and Internet startups regarding new product development and marketing strategies. Prior to that, Single was the CEO of the Nike World Masters Games, the world's largest multisport competition, with over 25,000 participants.
From 1990 until 1995 Single served as President and CEO of Special Olympics International, where he administered the operation of international programs in 122 countries (including 54 U.S. chapters) with an annual operating budget of over $125 million. During his tenure, he managed a worldwide reorganization, streamlined the financial systems and operations (resulting in the first operating surpluses in the organization's history) and implemented new worldwide fundraising programs including a $25 million capital campaign.
As a board member on a variety of not-for-profit and youth sports organizations, he created and managed fundraising and major gift programs for these organizations, including the Golden Gloves of America, Mother's Against Drunk Driving, the National Association of Governor's Councils on Physical Fitness and Sport, the American Red Cross, the YMCA and World T.E.A.M. (The Exceptional Athlete Matters) Sports, an international amateur sports organization formed to promote self-sufficiency of athletes with disabilities.
From 1987 to 1990, Single served as Director of Athletics at Southern Methodist University, where he was brought in to re-establish the university's athletic program after recruitment violations resulted in the school receiving the NCAA's "death penalty." He went to SMU from Northwestern University, where he had been appointed Director of Athletics at age 29, the youngest athletic director in Division 1A history. There he successfully directed a $30 million capital campaign.
Single began his career at Stanford University, serving as associate director of athletics and assistant football coach. Single received both his A.B. and A.M. in Political Science from Stanford. He was a member of the 1971 and 1972 Rose Bowl championship teams and was named All-American in rugby. Single and his wife Susan live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 18, 2004 -- Innovative Software Technologies, Inc. has announced that Doug Single has been named the company's new Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Single brings extensive marketing and management experience to his role as Vice President for Business Development. After a nationwide search, Single was hired to develop strategic marketing partnerships for Innovative's Triad Media and Softsale subsidiaries. Mr. Single will also continue to serve as President of Get in the Game, a seminar and online business that provides financial aid, NCAA rules and regulations, and college preparatory information for prospective student-athletes and their parents. Innovative has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Get in the Game from Mr. Single for approximately $341,000 in the form of a combination of debt assumption and shares of Innovative common stock.
"I am delighted to join the outstanding team at Innovative Software Technologies," Single said. "It is a company at the forefront of coaching resources and new technological applications. It also has one of the top management teams that I have seen in emerging growth companies. Get in the Game will benefit greatly from their experience in the seminar and online business education development markets."
Prior to founding Get in the Game, Single was CEO of the David Douglas Marketing Group in San Francisco, and Santa Fe, NM, where he consulted with Fortune 500 companies and Internet startups regarding new product development and marketing strategies. Prior to that, Single was the CEO of the Nike World Masters Games, the world's largest multisport competition, with over 25,000 participants.
From 1990 until 1995 Single served as President and CEO of Special Olympics International, where he administered the operation of international programs in 122 countries (including 54 U.S. chapters) with an annual operating budget of over $125 million. During his tenure, he managed a worldwide reorganization, streamlined the financial systems and operations (resulting in the first operating surpluses in the organization's history) and implemented new worldwide fundraising programs including a $25 million capital campaign.
As a board member on a variety of not-for-profit and youth sports organizations, he created and managed fundraising and major gift programs for these organizations, including the Golden Gloves of America, Mother's Against Drunk Driving, the National Association of Governor's Councils on Physical Fitness and Sport, the American Red Cross, the YMCA and World T.E.A.M. (The Exceptional Athlete Matters) Sports, an international amateur sports organization formed to promote self-sufficiency of athletes with disabilities.
From 1987 to 1990, Single served as Director of Athletics at Southern Methodist University, where he was brought in to re-establish the university's athletic program after recruitment violations resulted in the school receiving the NCAA's "death penalty." He went to SMU from Northwestern University, where he had been appointed Director of Athletics at age 29, the youngest athletic director in Division 1A history. There he successfully directed a $30 million capital campaign.
Single began his career at Stanford University, serving as associate director of athletics and assistant football coach. Single received both his A.B. and A.M. in Political Science from Stanford. He was a member of the 1971 and 1972 Rose Bowl championship teams and was named All-American in rugby. Single and his wife Susan live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.