NETWORKING INTERVIEW DARYL GROSS AND BILL UGLOW BY: KEV IN CROWE
START OF HIS CAREER
He grew up in the Los Angeles area
Attended University of California at Davis where he played Wide Receiver from 1979-1981
He received a bachelor in Psychology
Member of the UC Davis coaching staff from 1982-1985
While earning a masters degree and doctorate in educational psychology from USC he was a graduate assistant from 1986-1987
CAREER CONTINUED
He then headed to the NFL and worked with the New York Jets as a scout 1989-1991
He worked their while Pete Carroll was the head coach.
From there he was hired as senior athletic director at USC in 1991
He worked there for 16 years and brought their athletic program a huge amount of success.
Hired Pete Carroll who brought their
football program to another level.
CAREER AT SYRACUSE
He was hired at Syracuse in 2004
Immediately started making changes and has brought the athletic program to new heights.
Made the switch into the ACC
Given the Orange a more dominant presence across NY.
Athletics have seen record success since he has been there.
Brought revenues to record heights.
INTERVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC8W_KF8AAM
Talks about what he does in a normal work day.
Also how many hours a week he works.
LICENSING
He has been in licensing for the majority of his career and has become an expert.
Has licensed over 50,000 products throughout his career.
Keeps the prices on his products low.
CAREER
Started out working at JC Penny while he was in college
Went to Florida Atlantic University and got a Masters of Business Administration.
Became the director Merchandise Walt Disney company
After working in wholesale for awhile he became the VP of retail for the MGM Grand.
VP Consumer Product/Licensing PBR
SVP Consumer Product/Licensing UFL
Co-founder IC Licensing
EVP CMG Worldwide
QUOTES
“Work on something you are energized about.”
“The strongest correlation for the quality of ideas is the quantity of ideas.”
“Failure is part of innovation.”
CITATIONS
http://billuglow.com/secure/index.htm
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=165826399&authType=name&authToken=9Tl1&trk=prof-sb-browse_map-name
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-uglow-evp-cmo-at-cmg-worldwide/7/7a/3a1
http://cuse.com/staff.aspx?staff=106