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Portrait of Kawan Goncalves

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Kawan Goncalves

Consultant at Zhengchang Brasil Ltda

  • Depaul University Chicago
  • sports management
  • Class of 2017
  • Chicago, Illinois

Member since March 2016

About

After working in various industry through my brief professional career, I've set a log term goal to pursue a career in the american sports industry. The first step has been made, and that was to come to the U.S for a MBA program with a sports management concentration. I now stay focused on my studies while remaining open for professional opportunities in the field.

Education

  • DePaul University

    MBA - Sports Management

    2016 – 2018

  • The University of Tampa

    MBA - Marketing

    2015 – 2016

  • Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

    Marketing and Advertising

    2009 – 2012

Honors and awards

  • Starr Foundation Scholarship

    This award is destined to international students who present a clear vision on how their time in the US can influence their home markets.

Goals and interests

Career goal

I like to think of my professional goals it in three stages: short term (immediately after graduating), medium and long term (respectively 5 and 10 years after graduating). In the short term I plan to work in the field of sponsorship activation either on the club side in one of the 6 Major League teams or on the agency side in a sports marketing agency in the city of Chicago. As for the medium term, I envision myself moving upward in that organization and assuming a higher position as a director of business partnerships. Finally, in the long term I plan to take on an even bigger challenge, working for one of the 5 Major Leagues in the country at the senior management level.

Finally after accumulating a significant amount of experience, I intent to work in the position of a consultant in order to bring change for the Brazilian sports scenario.

Graduate school interests

I am currently taking the MBA program with a Sports Management concentration.

Outside the classroom

Sports is a given, considering my career path and current academic program. I enjoy watching most sports, soccer being favorite, with Football as very close second. One of the things that I like the most is seat on a sports restaurant and watch a multitude of simultaneous games.

In a complete opposite direction, I really enjoy comic books, specially the characters from DC Comics, so a good comic reading, movies or even animations permeate my heavenly sportive hobbies.

Experience

  • Consultant

    Zhengchang Brasil Ltda

    Apr 2015 – Aug 2015

  • Communication Coordinator

    Senac São Paulo - Lapa Scipiao Campus

    Jul 2013 – Apr 2015

  • B.I and Direct Marketing Planing Assistant

    Leo Burnett Tailor Made

    May 2011 – Sep 2012

  • Project Coordinator

    Varal Criativa Publishing

    Apr 2010 – May 2011

Volunteering

  • Goody Bags Crew

    McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade - Chicago

    Oct 2015

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent
  • Portuguese (Brasil) Fluent

Additional information