StartupGrind Cincinnati hosts Tarek Kamil, WhatIfSports.com

Join us January 10 when we welcome Tarek Kamil, Founder of WhatIfSports.com, to Cincinnati Startup Grind (http://www.eventbrite.com/publish?crumb=a064bddbbc5661&eid=4992520764).

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Tarek Kamil is the Executive Director of Online Strategy for startup InfoMotion Sports Technology (IST) and provides analytics consulting for professional and collegiate sports teams. IST uses embedded sensor technology to quantify sports skills and leverages that data as a cornerstone for online sports communities.

Prior to IST, he served as a VP of Interactive Games for Los Angeles-based FOX Sports. He oversaw all facets of the online gaming operations for the FoxSports.com Interactive Unit, including WhatIfSports.com based in Cincinnati.

WhatIfSports.com was founded by Tarek in February, 2000 and sold to FOX Interactive Media in September, 2005. Prior to leading the Interactive Games unit for FOX Sports, Tarek served as President/Founder of WhatIfSports.com, the Internet’s leader in sports simulation technology, games and content. In just 5 short years, Tarek grew WhatIfSports from an idea to over 500,000 members and orchestrated partnerships with some of the largest names in sports, including ESPN, Fox Sports, MLB, NBA and the NHL. In February of 2005, WhatIfSports was named Sports Site of the Year by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, beating out both ESPN.com and BBCSports.com. Prior to launching WhatIfSports.com, in 1997 Tarek founded, and served as President of, Incigna Technology Solutions — a provider of custom developed software and Internet solutions. Incigna worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies including General Electric, Anthem Insurance, Omnicare and Western Southern Financial.

Reserve your ticket now! (http://startupgrindtarek.eventbrite.com)

AGENDA

6:00 - Networking and Pizza

7:00 - Fireside Chat

8:00 - Questions and More Networking

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