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Luke Pitcher

Salt Lake City,UT

Summary

After navigating the chaotic waters of my first entrepreneurial venture in a highly volatile and rapidly changing college football recruiting industry, I was able to sell my sports tech company to the industry juggernaut and live to tell about it. Now, I’d like to use the knowledge I gained from the battle scars earned from bootstrapping my first start-up, combined with 20 years of prior marketing and branding experience for professional and collegiate sports to help guide entrepreneurs in similar situations.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

General Manager

Teamworks Innovations, LLC
08.2022 - Current
  • Work with fellow product line GMs/ Founders to integrate tech, branding, and strategy with Teamworks product lines.
  • Drive quarterly strategic vision that amplifies new growth opportunities and aligns with company goals.
  • Develop and implement strategies to increase sales and profitability to $2.5M+ in revenue and $1M Net New ARR target for 2023.
  • Maximize efficiency by hiring, coaching and mentoring personnel on company frameworks, industry trends, and key technology systems.
  • Executed our land-and-expand strategy to all collegiate varsity sports, athletic department-wide deals and discovery of new markets.
  • Provide strategic oversight of marketing and promotional campaigns to keep campaigns aligned with overall goals and objectives.
  • Oversee the continued product roadmap, backlog, and new product innovations.
  • Engage and speak at conferences, panels, and thought-leadership sessions.

Founder /CEO

Whistle Recruiting
04.2016 - 08.2022
  • Drove year-over-year growth, cultivated a culture of innovation and led the strategic vision for our bootstrapped sports tech start-up.
  • Developed innovative sales and marketing strategies to facilitate business expansion, increase market share, and fuel 200% ARR sales growth year-over-year.
  • Implemented a successful renewal framework that achieved an average 96% retention rate year-over-year until acquisition.
  • Project manager, scrum leader, and product designer for web and mobile app from product’s inception to V4.6.60 (October 2023).
  • Developed strong partnership integrations with complementing technologies to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
  • Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution and new product solutions.
  • Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors, and strategic partners to formulate and execute improved product offerings.
  • Maintained P&L and shouldered corporate fiscal responsibility.
  • Created the Whistle logo, brand identity, and supporting product marketing assets.
  • Oversaw the execution and continued maintenance of the Whistle website, social media, and email marketing.
  • Communicated business performance, forecasts, and strategies to investors and shareholders.
  • Successfully raised pre-seed and seed capital rounds to fuel company growth.
  • Successful exit to Teamworks Innovations, LLC on August 12, 2022.

Director of Recruiting

Notre Dame Football
08.2014 - 02.2016

Led all aspects of marketing, creative, social, and communications for Notre Dame football recruiting. Provided daily assistance to the coaching staff and managed 20+ full-time and student workers responsible for three Top-15 recruiting classes.

Director of Digital Marketing

Orange Bowl
07.2011 - 08.2014

Oversaw our crew of 20+ content creators, designers and videographers responsible for producing all digital and social media assets for the 2013 BCS National Championship game and 2012-2014 Orange Bowl Games.

Web Services Manager

Orlando Magic
08.2008 - 06.2010

Responsible for the daily management and content generation for all Orlando Magic social media channels and orlandomagic.com.

Graphic Designer

Charlotte Hornets
06.2007 - 07.2008

Responsible for the execution of branded presentations and assets for sponsorship and in-game signage, as well as content creation for the team’s website and social media.

Multimedia Designer

Under Armour
06.2005 - 01.2007

Assisted the Creative Director with athlete content creation, in-house presentations and the production of digital assets for underarmour.com.

Education

MMH - Masters of Management in Hospitality - Marketing

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
06.2011

Bachelor of Science - Marketing And Graphic Design

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
06.2006

Skills

  • Leadership and Team Building
  • New Business Development
  • Project Management
  • Product Development
  • Product Marketing
  • Strategic Planning
  • Sales Leadership and Coaching
  • Digital Advertising and Marketing
  • Branding
  • Content Creation

Timeline

General Manager

Teamworks Innovations, LLC
08.2022 - Current

Founder /CEO

Whistle Recruiting
04.2016 - 08.2022

Director of Recruiting

Notre Dame Football
08.2014 - 02.2016

Director of Digital Marketing

Orange Bowl
07.2011 - 08.2014

Web Services Manager

Orlando Magic
08.2008 - 06.2010

Graphic Designer

Charlotte Hornets
06.2007 - 07.2008

Multimedia Designer

Under Armour
06.2005 - 01.2007

MMH - Masters of Management in Hospitality - Marketing

Cornell University

Bachelor of Science - Marketing And Graphic Design

Rochester Institute of Technology
Luke Pitcher