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Launched in 2003
Fasttrack Scouting was first launched in 2003 and was designed to help athletes navigate the college recruitment process and to help coaches manage player recruitment and video content. With a passion for sports, it's founder, Erika Rossi-Raia found a growing number of families that depended on athletic scholarships for their sons or daughters to attend college and most did not know the first step to making their dream a reality. No other website allowed players to upload full game footage along with a player profile for recruitment purposes until Fasttrack was launched in 2003.
Drawing on her experiences in professional sports management, Rossi-Raia worked with a network of professional athletes and sports executives to create a website that would allow athletes to self-market themselves to prospective teams, learn about the recruitment process and network with others in the sports community.
Today
With the addition of the expanded video directory and live streaming technology, Fasttrack Scouting has been able to team up with hundreds of schools and premier events across the country to promote its recruitment and technology services. Today, Fasttrack is growing rapidly and has broadened its scope of services into 3 separate entities: Fasttrack Scouting, Fasttrack Sports Media and Fasttrack Sports Live. Each division works as a creative collaborative effort to bring technology to the sports world and maximize exposure for the sports programs that use it. Additionally we have expanded operations with 2 new regional offices in Orlando and Denver representing the Southeast and Western regions of the country.
Launched in 2003
Fasttrack Scouting was first launched in 2003 and was designed to help athletes navigate the college recruitment process and to help coaches manage player recruitment and video content. With a passion for sports, it's founder, Erika Rossi-Raia found a growing number of families that depended on athletic scholarships for their sons or daughters to attend college and most did not know the first step to making their dream a reality. No other website allowed players to upload full game footage along with a player profile for recruitment purposes until Fasttrack was launched in 2003.
Drawing on her experiences in professional sports management, Rossi-Raia worked with a network of professional athletes and sports executives to create a website that would allow athletes to self-market themselves to prospective teams, learn about the recruitment process and network with others in the sports community.
Today
With the addition of the expanded video directory and live streaming technology, Fasttrack Scouting has been able to team up with hundreds of schools and premier events across the country to promote its recruitment and technology services. Today, Fasttrack is growing rapidly and has broadened its scope of services into 3 separate entities: Fasttrack Scouting, Fasttrack Sports Media and Fasttrack Sports Live. Each division works as a creative collaborative effort to bring technology to the sports world and maximize exposure for the sports programs that use it. Additionally we have expanded operations with 2 new regional offices in Orlando and Denver representing the Southeast and Western regions of the country.
Erika Rossi-Raia, Founder and CEO
Erika is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Media. With over 13 years of experience in professional sports she created Fasttrack Scouting to help bridge the comunication gap between athletes and coaches during the college recruitment process. She oversees all business, technology and marketing operations for all three divisions of Fasttrack Sports Media including Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Live.
Prior to creating Fasttrack Sports Media, she was the Corporate Services Supervisor at the Orlando Magic responsible for the development and management of all corporate service and sales programs for the Orlando Magic, Orlando Solar Bears, RDV Sportsplex and Orlando Miracle. In addition to her work at RDV Sports, Erika has had the privilege of serving as a public relations consultant to NBA, WNBA, NFL, Euro League, USL and Motosport athletes including Dominique Wilkins, Anthony Bowie, Mike Miller, Robert Harris, Joey Rossi, Giannis Kourlesis and others.
Erika Rossi-Raia currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Senior Showcase All Star Weekend. Erika is originally from Evergreen, Colorado and graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Erika is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Media. With over 13 years of experience in professional sports she created Fasttrack Scouting to help bridge the comunication gap between athletes and coaches during the college recruitment process. She oversees all business, technology and marketing operations for all three divisions of Fasttrack Sports Media including Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Live.
Prior to creating Fasttrack Sports Media, she was the Corporate Services Supervisor at the Orlando Magic responsible for the development and management of all corporate service and sales programs for the Orlando Magic, Orlando Solar Bears, RDV Sportsplex and Orlando Miracle. In addition to her work at RDV Sports, Erika has had the privilege of serving as a public relations consultant to NBA, WNBA, NFL, Euro League, USL and Motosport athletes including Dominique Wilkins, Anthony Bowie, Mike Miller, Robert Harris, Joey Rossi, Giannis Kourlesis and others.
Erika Rossi-Raia currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Senior Showcase All Star Weekend. Erika is originally from Evergreen, Colorado and graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Deke Hooper, CIO
Deke is the Chief Intelligence Officer at Fasttrack Scouting. With 9+ years as the Senior Developer and CIO of Right Brain Media, LLC he served initially as a developer on the original Fasttrack Scouting website and played a significant role in RBM.TV signing a joint venture agreement with Fasttrack Scouting in 2008. Since then, Deke has taken over all development and deployment operations on Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Live in addition to his duties at RBM.TV.
As CIO at Right Brain Media, Hooper has been the lead architect on projects at recognized organizations such as eBay, Marsh, Snap-On Tools, YBOA and Subway. He is proficient with all Internet related programming languages and technologies, develops in windows (asp, asp.net, MSSQL, access, vb) environments and tools. He has administrative level experience in windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems and uses detailed knowledge of html, xml, rss, css, and most other web specifications on a daily basis.
Prior to creating Right Brain Media, he was a web developer and web master for G & G Advertising and Universal Engineering Sciences. He was responsible for managing the construction of large scale websites including the Army National Guard VirtualArmy.com and 1800goguard.com. Deke is originally from Central Florida and graduated in 2003 from the University of Central Florida. He currently resides in Central Florida with his wife, Ginger and their children.
Vinny Raia, VP of Media Production
Vinny joined Fasttrack Sports Media in 2003 as the Vice President of Media Production with over 15 years of video production experience in the entertainment industry. He is responsible for over 600 video and live streaming production at all local and national tournaments in the Southeast and West Coast regions.
Vinny is a 1988 graduate from Montverde Academy and studied video production at Full Sail University.
Deke is the Chief Intelligence Officer at Fasttrack Scouting. With 9+ years as the Senior Developer and CIO of Right Brain Media, LLC he served initially as a developer on the original Fasttrack Scouting website and played a significant role in RBM.TV signing a joint venture agreement with Fasttrack Scouting in 2008. Since then, Deke has taken over all development and deployment operations on Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Live in addition to his duties at RBM.TV.
As CIO at Right Brain Media, Hooper has been the lead architect on projects at recognized organizations such as eBay, Marsh, Snap-On Tools, YBOA and Subway. He is proficient with all Internet related programming languages and technologies, develops in windows (asp, asp.net, MSSQL, access, vb) environments and tools. He has administrative level experience in windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems and uses detailed knowledge of html, xml, rss, css, and most other web specifications on a daily basis.
Prior to creating Right Brain Media, he was a web developer and web master for G & G Advertising and Universal Engineering Sciences. He was responsible for managing the construction of large scale websites including the Army National Guard VirtualArmy.com and 1800goguard.com. Deke is originally from Central Florida and graduated in 2003 from the University of Central Florida. He currently resides in Central Florida with his wife, Ginger and their children.
Vinny Raia, VP of Media Production
Vinny joined Fasttrack Sports Media in 2003 as the Vice President of Media Production with over 15 years of video production experience in the entertainment industry. He is responsible for over 600 video and live streaming production at all local and national tournaments in the Southeast and West Coast regions.
Vinny is a 1988 graduate from Montverde Academy and studied video production at Full Sail University.
Jim Clark, Senior Skills Evaluator/Contributing Writer
Jim Clark joined Fasttrack Scouting in January 2009 as a Senior Skills Evaluator and Contributing Writer. He is responsible with guiding all aspects of Scouting and Player Relations in the basketball community. In addition to his contributions to Fasttrack, Clark is also a skills evaluator for Nike, Adidas and Reebok plus he is a writer for national sports publications HoopScoopOnline and PrepStars. Jim played basketball as a member of the US Marine Corps, served in the Vietnam War and attended college at East Carolina while stationed at Camp Lejune.
Jim Clark is originally from Newark, New Jersey and was a 2-sport scholarship athlete. Clark participates in several charitable organizations and has been the United Negro College Fund Basketball Classic Chairman for two years as well as an Advisory Board Member of the Dominique Wilkins Senior Showcase All Star Weekend. Jim currently resides in Central Florida and is the proud father of 5 and grandfather of 13.
Eric Hobbs, Senior Project Manager
Eric joined Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Media in 2009 as a Project Manager. His expertise lies in executive level problem solving with empasis in system analysis and information technology. With 20+ years of senior administrative management expertise combined with hands on involvement in turn-around management, system automation, information systems, project management and daily operations of various business operations.
Eric has served in the capacity of providing business process modeling, business consultation, technology consultation and project management for Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Media clients.
Prior to working with Fasttrack Scouting, Eric worked with a wide variety of businesses including full service environmental laboratories, fim and video game production, multi-national import operations, various engineering services and ERP, MFP and EMR implementation.
Dana Hopkins, Special Events Manager and Skills Evaluator
Dana Hopkins joined Fasttrack Sports Media in March 2009 as a Special Events Manager and Fasttrack Reports Editor. He is responsible for assisting in the development of all sporting events, athlete programs and marketing promotions for Fasttrack Scouting and Fasttrack Sports Media. He will also be a contributing writer each week on the FTS Blog discussing hot topics in the sports community and maintaining the message boards.
Prior to joining Fasttrack, Hopkins worked with the YBOA, FBVA, AAU and Florida Athletic Academy as a basketball coach and/or tournament manager. He currently works for Air Tran as a Operations Manager and serves as the Community Enrichment Director for the Dominique Wilkins Senior Showcase. Originally from Orlando, Dana graduated from University High School and currently resides in Orlando, Florida with his wife and son.
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Anthony Bowie, Former NBA Player Deke Hooper, Web Development |
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Orlando FL 32801
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