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Culver City, Calif.—Sept. 11, 2009—AccessEN will host a business executives’ forum featuring a presentation by Kelly Perdew, RotoHog CEO and winner of “The Apprentice: Second Season,” on the 10 leadership principles he successfully applied in both his company and the television show on September 17, 2009 at 6:30 PM at Sony Pictures Plaza, 3910 Madison Ave, Culver City, Calif.
Although known to the public mainly as the winner of the second season of the NBC hit TV show “The Apprentice,” and as the author of the critically-acclaimed book “Take Command, 10 Leadership Principles I Learned in the Military and Put to Work for Donald Trump,” Mr. Perdew’s real success has been behind the scenes, building and managing forward-thinking and innovative
emerging brands.
RotoHog has developed a flexible and scalable gaming platform with successful delivery in the fantasy sports market place with clients like the NBA, Turner Digital, Sporting News, AVP, Pro Football Weekly, Fox Sports and others.
Following Mr. Perdew’s presentation, the forum will conduct a discussion on how RotoHog can best accelerate the adoption of its gaming platform solution across other sectors/verticals -- entertainment, gambling, casual gaming -- or others.
Mr. Perdew is responsible for setting the vision of Rotohog, attracting and retaining the best team in Fantasy Sports, and ultimately creating value for clients, employees, partners and shareholders. He was most recently president of ProElite.com; an online social network that provides tools for combat sports enthusiasts. While leading the digital division, ProElite, Inc. raised over $40M, including $5M from CBS, inked a 3-year exclusive deal with Showtime for airing its mixed martial arts (MMA) fights and televised the first network primetime MMA fight on CBS.
Previously, Mr. Perdew held numerous leadership positions in such companies as CoreObjects Software; MotorPride.com, K12 Productions, and eteamz.com. As president of the largest amateur sport portal on the web — eteamz.com — he helped build the company which is now serving more than 3.2 million amateur sports teams as part of Active Networks. He was also a manager at Deloitte Consulting in the Braxton Strategy Practice and served in the US Army as a military intelligence officer and airborne ranger. After winning the second season of the NBC hit show, The Apprentice, Mr. Perdew spent 2005 as executive vice president in the Trump Organization, where he managed several projects.
Featured Charity
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Admission to the event is $45 for non-members and $25 for students. Space is limited; pre-registration may be required to ensure seating. Register online at
www.accessen.org/ or email
registerLA@accessen.org for more information.
AccessEN sponsors include Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth; The Center Club; and Daly-Swartz Public Relations.
About Access Executive Network
Access Executive Network is dedicated to bringing together leaders and senior executives to enhance professional connections and give back to the community. AccessEN focuses on helping other entrepreneurs and executives by sharing knowledge and expertise. With strong ties to the community and a desire to not only support each other, but also to support the community at large, AccessEN has quickly grown to be a well-known presence throughout Southern California.
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Contact:
Daly-Swartz PR for AccessEN
Jeffrey Swartz, 949-470-0075
jeffreyswartz@dsprel.com 
