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Cary Kaplan - President
Cary Kaplan has been a leading sports executive
since 1995.
As founder and president of Cosmos Sports
in 2003, the company with the ambition to 'Win the
Business', has rapidly established itself as an
international industry leader in several areas
including Team Training and Education, Career
Management, Corporate Sponsorship and Ticket Sales, and
Corporate Branding.
Under Cary's leadership, Cosmos Sports has
built relationships with numerous teams, leagues,
athletes, fans,
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universities and
sports organizations and has led the launch of
the Sports Management
Academy series, the Cosmos Sports Institute, Sports
Marketing & Career Conference series and
established the sportexecs.com, sportshiring.com and
pickfun.com brands.
Cary has personally consulted
for and trained over 300 teams and leagues including the Canadian
Football League (CFL), Central Hockey League (CHL),
National Lacrosse League (NLL), Calgary Flames &
Edmonton Oilers
(NHL), and the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the
UK.
As well, from 2005-2009
he has served as the Chairman & Commissioner of Canada's only
professional soccer league, the CSL, establishing a
much needed feeder system in the country's largest
participation sport.
For six years,
and prior to founding Cosmos Sports, Cary was a
proud employee of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club,
involved in the management of their AHL franchise,
the Hamilton Bulldogs.
During his tenure in Hamilton, some of the
highlights included The Bulldogs being awarded the
Tourism Award of Excellence in 1998, 1999 and 2001
for the top marketed organization in Southern
Ontario. In 1999, he personally Won the Ken
McKenzie Award (1999) as the American Hockey
League’s top business executive.
As club
President, Cary championed the “Stay Dogs Stay”
campaign, securing the long term sustainability of
the hockey clubs future in Hamilton. In
their 13th season, the Bulldogs are the
longest serving Canadian minor pro franchise.
During the six
years with the Hamilton Bulldogs, attendance grew
32%. This was the largest increase of any of
the 36 AHL/IHL (AAA) hockey franchises in North
America during this period.
Upon raising the capital for new ownership,
and establishing the Montreal Canadiens as the new
NHL partner of the Bulldogs, Cary left the club with
his wife Amelia to found Cosmos Sports in 2003.
Cary received an Honours BA in Political Science
from the University of Toronto, and subsequently
achieved his MBA specializing in Marketing and
International Business from Dalhousie University.
Email:
carykaplan@aol.com
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Amelia Kaplan - Vice President
Amelia Kaplan has been an executive in the sports
industry for 13 years. She began her career in
sports with the Edmonton Oilers farm club, the Cape
Breton Oilers. In 1996, she moved with the team to
Hamilton as the Hamilton Bulldogs Office Manager.
In 2003, Amelia left the Bulldogs to
co-found Cosmos Sports with her husband Cary, where
she is the Vice President of Operations.
Prior to working in the sports
industry, Amelia's previous work
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experience included her tenure at the
accounting firm, Peat Marwick Thorn and the University
College of Cape Breton.
Amelia has an Executive Secretarial Science from the
University College of Cape Breton and is proud of
her upbringing in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia.
Email:
amelialkaplan@aol.com
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Scott Mosey
Executive Director
Having worked in
sports for over 24 years Scott brings with him a track record
of success. Whether as a player, coach, scout, or
owner, Scott has been successful at moving himself
and his clients to “The Next Level”. As a player,
Scott was drafted and played in the (OHL) Ontario
Hockey League for Guelph and the Sault Ste Marie
Greyhounds. He was named to the OHL All-Star team
and went to the Memorial Cup with the Sault
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During his three years in the
Ontario Hockey League, Mosey was named scholastic
player for his team in each of the three seasons.
His junior career culminated with winning the Dave
Pinkney trophy for the OHL’s best goals against
average in 1984.
Scott went on to attend York
University where he won a National CIS Championship
while pursuing a degree in Politics and Law and
Society. He won two OUAA Championships and was named
York’s Athlete of the Year for hockey in 1985. Mosey
still holds the University record for lowest career
goals against average, a record that now stands for
over 21 years.
He also attended Laurentian University for Business
Administration while playing Junior A hockey.
Having
coached, managed and owned teams at the Provincial
Junior A level, His knowledge of the sports business
landed him the position of Commissioner of the Metro
Junior A Hockey League in 1997.
Scott
joined Cosmos Sports in 2003 where he worked on
ticket sales accounts with the Toronto Blue Jays,
Hamilton Tiger Cats, Toronto Rock and MLSE’S Toronto
Raptors, and Toronto Marlies. He most recently managed
over $2,500,000.00 in Rogers NFL Buffalo Bills in
Toronto sales.
In 2004 Mosey was instrumental in launching an
Athlete Management division of Cosmos Sports. He is
involved in their Sports Management Academy, Career
Conferences, and Charitable Sports events. He has also
taught and educated future sports executives at the
Cosmos Sports Institute. Most Recently Scott has worked
as the Director of Ticket Sales
for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League
and the Director of Business Operations for the Toronto
Nationals MLL Lacrosse Champions while clients of Cosmos
Sports.
Scott is involved with
Corporate Partnerships for many of Cosmos Sports
clients. He continues to generate, revenues, exposure
and market activation for all of the Cosmos Sports
Clients.
Scott is responsible for the procurement of new
business at Cosmos Sports which now includes Elite
clients like Ryerson University Athletics, the CTV
Olympic Broadcast at Cineplex for the 2010 games in
Vancouver as well as the NFL on Location and the 2010
Super bowl.
Email:
smosey@cosmossports.com
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Abhinav Nongmeikapam
Director,
I.T & Creative Services
Abhinav Nongmeikapam
joined the team at Cosmos Sports right after completing
his internship program as a Sports Account / I.T
Manager.
In 2008, Nongmeikapam
was promoted to Director of I.T. & Creative
Services. He earned his Post Graduate diploma in
International Business Management from Centennial
College, Toronto and Bachelor of Engineering in
Computer Science from Vivesvaraya Technological
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During his
time with Cosmos Sports, he developed and managed the
websites (cosmossports.com,
SportsHiring.com,
sportexces.com and
PickFun.com) for the company.
Nongmeikapam recently developed an interactive
website (sportexecs.com) for all the sport
executives from various teams and leagues in North
America to work together to exchange ideas, profit
generating concepts and best practices throughout
the industry. Nongmeikapam always knew that his
career goal was in sports industry. His passion for
sports has come from playing and watching sports. He
played tennis, table tennis and soccer for the
school team. Nongmeikapam is from Manipur, India.
Today, he resides in Toronto and enjoying his active
life style. His interest includes tennis, soccer,
football and music.
Email:
abhinav@cosmossports.com
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Michael Miele
Director of
Marketing
Michael started at Cosmos Sports in September 2007 as an account
executive and has been involved in many different
facets of the business since then. He graduated from
York
University with a
Kinesiology Degree and completed the York University
Sport Administration certificate program.
As a large portion of his experience has been in branding and
ticket sales for multiple sport organizations,
Michael is
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currently managing Cosmos Sports newest area of the business,
Pickfun.com.
This new and convenient way for sports fans to purchase tickets,
Pickfun.com offers discounted ticket packages for a
majority of the Professional organizations within the
GTA and surrounding areas. Pickfun.com is currently
located in select Costco Wholesalers and is looking to
expand too a few more retail outlets in the near future.
Currently, Mike is also responsible for managing and
selling private theatres for the CTV Olympic Games
Broadcast at Cineplex for the 2010 Vancouver Games. With
64 locations across Canada, this unique initiative
provides businesses the opportunity to entertain their
clients and or staff by watching any live event at the
2010 Olympic games on a big screen at Cineplex.
Email:
mmiele@cosmossports.com
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Bryan McGahey
Director of Team
Services
Bryan joined Cosmos Sports in February 2008 as
an Account Executive assisting with the Athlete
and Career Management departments.
Currently Bryan is the Business Manager and is
responsible for managing and growing
SportsHiring.com, Canada’s largest sport
specific hiring website. In 2009,
Sportshiring.com grew to more than 11,000 job
seekers, added Executive Placement to the list
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of services and saw advertisements in The Sports
Business Journal. In 2009 Sportshiring.com grew its
relationships in North America with searches for the
University of York, Toronto Nationals, International
Cricket Council, Edmonton Eskimos, Corpus Christi
Sharks, BC Water Polo and FC Gold Pride.
Also during 2009, Bryan worked with Adrenaline,
Canada’s Racing Festival as the Sponsorship Manager.
The initiative was to help re-energize the sport of
Harness Racing in Canada by catering to new
demographics. It was a 4 day event that featured
more than 40 races, swim suit competition, battle of
the bands and retail vendors. Additionally, Bryan
worked with the city’s newest franchise the Toronto
Nationals. Bryan was the Manager of Sales and
Marketing.
Bryan will go into 2010 as the Marketing Manager for
Ryerson University. He will be responsible for
activating Ryerson’s current sponsorship accounts
while bringing in new sponsors for the 2010 Athletic
Season.
Email:
bmcgahey@cosmossports.com
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Jordan Harding
Manager of Corporate
Partnerships
Jordan Harding joined
Cosmos Sports on July 19th, 2010. As the Manager of
Corporate Partnerships, Jordan’s goals are to create
Business Partnerships for Cosmos Sport’s external
clients. As President / Founder of Jumpstart Madness, an
organization led by University students, Jordan managed
all business aspects of the organization, including
sponsorships. The funds raised by the organization are
donated to the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charity, which
provides children in financial need the opportunity to
participate in organized sports.
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Under his leadership from 2005-2010, the Jumpstart
Madness team was able to run several events in as many
as five different cities, and has had as many as forty
volunteers. His work experience includes positions
working in financial reporting, budgeting, public
relations and regulatory affairs.
Jordan’s educational background includes a Master of
Industrial Relations from Queen’s University and an
Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Brock
University. Jordan’s passion for sports and business is
what drives him to become successful in the sports
industry.
Email:
jharding@cosmossports.com
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Rebecca Siddall
Marketing
Coordinator
Rebecca has
been with Cosmos Sports since January of 2009 where she
started out by doing an internship. She had the
opportunity to work with Platinum Naturals on event
management to launch the Clean Sports Initiative during
her 4 month internship.
Over the past year and a half, she previously worked
with Adrenaline Festival, Career Management, St.
Michaels Majors (OHL), Abbotsford Heat (AHL), and
Advantage 4 Athletes. Rebecca previously worked with CTV
Olympics for Vancouver 2010 to offer private bookings to
companies to watch the live broadcasting of the Olympics
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She is currently working with Toronto Nationals as
public relations/marketing coordinator to implement
all game day related initiatives during their 2010
Major League Lacrosse season. She is also working
with Race Canada in seeking corporate partners for
the launch of their first racing season.
Rebecca just got back from an exciting experience in
Pebble Beach, California where she worked the 2010
US Open for 8 days. She worked within the Caddie
Hospitality Committee during the golf tournament
where she had the opportunity to meet some of the
world’s greatest golfers. Rebecca completed her
Business Marketing diploma with Mohawk College in
Hamilton ON. She has previously obtained a golf
scholarship to Warner University in Florida back in
2007. Rebecca has a passion for many sports
including golf, hockey, football, soccer and
baseball which she has shown through her work here
at Cosmos Sports.
Email:
rsiddall@cosmossports.com
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Ashleigh Upshaw
Sports Account Executive
Ashleigh is currently working towards
her Public Relations diploma at Durham College, where
she obtained an extensive knowledge of writing, event
planning and media relations. At Cosmos, she is covering
the PR for the Toronto Nationals professional lacrosse
team.
For the Nationals, Ashleigh
creates press releases, contacts media, and communicates
with the fans through social media websites and weekly
newsletters. The Nationals are looking to establish
themselves as a top brand and team in Toronto; something
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Ashleigh’s passion for sports came from
her past participation in basketball, gymnastics and
bowling. Additionally, her desire led to previous jobs
at the Rogers Centre and the Air Canada Centre, which
gave her insight into what happens behind the scenes in
sports and inspired her career focus.
While at Cosmos, Ashleigh hopes to further her
experience in public relations and to learn as much as
possible about the sports industry.
Email:
aupshaw@cosmossports.com
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David Geoffrey
Sports Account Executive
Dave recently
completed his second year of his Business Administration
(BBA) program at Brock University. Prior to working at
Cosmos Sports, he operated South Huron Pressure Washing
during his summers. He is an avid hockey fan, and played
out his junior career in his hometown for the Exeter
Hawks. He hopes to have a future in athlete management.
He also looks forward to completing his upcoming year
abroad at the Innsbruck School of Management in Austria
this fall.
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Dave is responsible for the Career Management and Cosmos
Sports Institute (CSI) accounts. He believes his passion
for both sports and business will help Cosmos Sports and
their clients in their success.
Email:
dgeoffrey@cosmossports.com
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James
Hwang
Sports Account Executive
James (Jongjoo) Hwang is a 4th year student
in Sport Management at Brock University. He used to
study Chemical Engineering in Korea previously, but his
passion for sports brought him into Canada in 2006 to
study sports in depth. He has a wide range of work
experience as a police officer, an event manager, and a
teacher.
He believes various experience
from the past will help him
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bring different aspects and view
points to Cosmos Sports. He plays many different kinds
of sports including basketball, baseball, and
volleyball, but most of all, he loves watching and
playing soccer, and a huge fan of Manchester United.
His dream is to become a professional sports marketer in
the future, and he loves every aspect of working for
Cosmos Sports. James is currently working on New
Business Areas as well as Revenue Generation Training.
Also, he takes part in developing sponsorship for
Ryerson University Athletic.
Email:
jhwang@cosmossports.com
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Katherine Sowden
Sports Account Executive
Katherine recently finished her third
year in the Honours Business Administration Program at
Wilfrid Laurier University. Throughout her time a
Laurier she has been involved with several student
associations and has just been appointed VP of marketing
for the business school’s Human Resource Network.
Katherine has been a competitive fastball player for 12
years and hopes to bring her spirited attitude and
passion for sports to the sports industry profession.
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In
the past month and a half Katherine has been working
with several properties here at Cosmos. She has been
working with the Toronto Nationals field lacrosse team
on media relations and game day operations. Katherine
has also been working on corporate partnership for Ajax
Downs, Canada’s only quarter horse racetrack, and
RaceCanada, a new racing association from the GTA.
Email:
ksowden@cosmossports.com
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Mariam Ekram
Sports Account Executive
Mariam is currently a fourth year
student at the University of Toronto who is pursuing a
career in sports marketing and management. Her love for
sports began at a very young age while playing
basketball. She recently started as an intern at Cosmo
Sports and is working with the Advantage for Athletes
and Pickfun.com. Mariam has further interviewed some of
the players from the Toronto Nationals Lacrosse Team,
assisted in writing game day reviews on the Toronto
Nationals website and continues to work the Game Day
Operations for The Toronto Nationals home games.
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In
her spare time, Mariam enjoys playing basketball and
watching her favourite NBA team, The Lakers. She also
loves working out, listening to music, and is passionate
about volunteering with kids and advocating for women's
rights.
Mariam is looking forward to continue to expand her
experience within the Sports industry and has high
aspirations of helping to bring the WNBA to Canada
someday.
Email:
mekram@cosmossports.com
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Sharifa Wilkenson
Sports Account Executive
Sharifa is going into her fourth
undergraduate year at Syracuse University pursing a
Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management and a
minor in Global Political Economy. Prior to working at
Cosmos Sports Sharifa worked as the Game Night
Operations intern for the Syracuse Crunch AHL hockey
team, as well as the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Developmental affairs intern. She would like to combine
her passion of sports and caring for others to
eventually create programs, and schools to help improve
the lives of children and youth across the world.
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Over the past month and a half
Sharifa had the pleasure of working with and at the
Advantage 4 Athletes facility. She is currently working
on the Race Canada account and is excited and
enthusiastic about her new challenge. This summer she is
seeking an opportunity to gain experience, network, and
develop a better understanding of the Sports Management
industry through marketing, direct selling, and
sponsorship.
Email:
swilkenson@cosmossports.com
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Tim Bilcke
I.T. & Creative Services Coordinator
Tim recently
graduated from Fanshawe college with a diploma in
Graphic Design. While attending Fanshawe he played Jr.B
hockey for the St. Mary’s Lincolns for three years, and
also played as Captain for the Jr. D Exeter Hawks. Tim
will be attending Georgian College in the fall to
complete a 2 year Web Design/Animation program. Tim has
played various sports throughout his life including
golf, baseball, and football. Tim is now looking to
combine his love for design and sports into a career.
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Tim has worked
on various Cosmos accounts since the beginning of
his internship including , The Toronto Nationals, Cosmos
Sports Institute (CSI), Sports Marketing Career
Conference (SMCC), Sports Hiring, Ajax Downs, Advantage
4 Athletes, Race Canada, the Grey cup and participated
in the game day operations of the Toronto Nationals.
Tim is excited and
eager to work for Cosmos Sports to further his
experience in both design and the sporting industry.
Email:
tbilcke@cosmossports.com
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Tim Siad
Sports Account Executive
Tim is currently in school at
Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario taking
Communications Studies. Tim has played three years of
college basketball and one year at the University level.
Basketball has taken him too many different cities such
as Vancouver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego,
Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, Calgary, and Edmonton.
Tim is currently working on Sports
Marketing Career Conference in Toronto finding suitable
candidates to attend the conference. SMCC is a premium
and unique event for anyone who aspires for a "back
stage pass" behind the scenes of the sports industry.
Tim is excited to work at Cosmos
Sports and learn from all the amazing people around him.
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Email:
tsiad@cosmossports.com
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COSMOS SPORTS
1690 BONHILL ROAD
MISSISSAUGA , ONTARIO - L5T 1C8
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