Honor Society® member
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
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DePaul University
MBA - Sports Management
2016 – 2018
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The University of Tampa
MBA - Marketing
2015 – 2016
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Universidade Anhembi Morumbi
Marketing and Advertising
2009 – 2012
Honors and awards
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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
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Consultant
Zhengchang Brasil Ltda
Apr 2015 – Aug 2015
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Communication Coordinator
Senac São Paulo - Lapa Scipiao Campus
Jul 2013 – Apr 2015
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B.I and Direct Marketing Planing Assistant
Leo Burnett Tailor Made
May 2011 – Sep 2012
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Project Coordinator
Varal Criativa Publishing
Apr 2010 – May 2011
Volunteering
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Goody Bags Crew
McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade - Chicago
Oct 2015
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- Portuguese (Brasil) Fluent
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