“The Entrepreneurial Learning Series”
Samuel P. Gerace
CEO and Serial Entrepreneur
Samuel Gerace is a very successful serial entrepreneur. He is currently the CEO of Veritix, a state-of-the-art digital ticketing, event marketing, and relationship management solutions provider for the sports and live entertainment industries.
Samuel Gerace has 20 years of entrepreneurial experience in leading companies through early and growth stages and developing them into profitable, sustainable organizations. He founded Be Free (Nasdaq: BFRE) in 1996, a comprehensive Internet marketing information services company for leading retail and consumer businesses, where he served as CEO, CTO, and Director. He merged the company with ValueClick in 2002.
From2002-2004, Gerace served as Executive Vice President, CTO and as a Director of ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK), an advertising and marketing information service company for leading retail and consumer businesses. Previously, Gerace founded PCX Consulting, Inc., which offered marketing information systems for industry and retail business; and PCX Information Systems, Inc., which offered direct marketing software for the public-utility industry.
Gerace graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a BA in Biochemistry, and holds an MBA in Executive Management from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve. As an experienced entrepreneur and CEO Sam also works with a variety of other entrepreneurs to help them start and grow their businesses.
The program will be hosted by Gary Schoeniger of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative Foundation.
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Schools interested in participating in this educational opportunity should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by April 24th.
A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA member districts. Please process a purchase order to WIVZ/PBS Distance Learning, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115 and fax a copy or the p.o. number to 216-916-6361.
