Tuesday, July 20, 2004

GT Marketing defection

Kevin Olivett has taken a job with Akron U - link here. From the bulletin:

Since August 2000, he has worked on the marketing, promotions and sales staff at Georgia Tech. He served as the assistant marketing and operations manager from August of 2000 until May 2001 before being promoted to marketing and operations manager, a role he served in from May 2001-03.

From May 2003 until the present, he served as a group sales associate responsible for selling group tickets for baseball, football, volleyball and men's and women's basketball. During that time, he helped increase group sales nearly 200 percent in men's basketball and over 250 percent for women's basketball.

Olivett began his career as graduate assistant in the Wichita State ticket office in August 1999. He earned a masters degree in sport administration at Wichita State after receiving his bachelor's in sport management from Slippery Rock.