Leadership

Charles N. Besser
President and CEO
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Mark Adamle
Sr. Vice President, Director of Sales
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David Boblink
CFO & Vice President, Finance
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Chuck Johnsen
Vice President, Events & Hospitality
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Dan Jones
Vice President, Event Marketing
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Ira Stahlberger
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
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Chris Myers
Vice President of Entertainment, CelebTV.com
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Bios

Charles N. Besser

Charlie founded Intersport in 1986.  Under his direction, Intersport has grown to become a prolific Emmy Award-winning television producer, one of America’s “Hot 100” event marketing agencies and the leading producer of web and wireless digital video programming.

Charlie has led Intersport’s TV Media Group to produce thousands of hours of programming across all of the major broadcast and cable networks.  Intersport’s Sports and Entertainment Marketing Group has become nationally recognized for its work at major events and for major clients.  The group now produces and/or activates at more than 1,000 events per year.

The Digital Media Group launched in 2007 with CelebTV.com, which achieved more than 300 million downloads of its videos in the first year.  Also in 2007, Intersport launched “made-for-mobile” music and sports channels exclusively for the Sprint mobile platform.  This work received the first NATPE Mobile++ Award for Excellence.

Charlie is a graduate of Marquette University and Marquette University Law School.

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Mark Adamle
As Sr. Vice President and Director of Sales, Mark is responsible for the management of Intersport’s significant media sales efforts across a broad base of television sports events and programs. During his 15 years of sales leadership, Mark has presided over the tremendous growth in the sales department. Mark oversees sales efforts related to all of Intersport’s sales initiatives, which include event marketing as well as digital and television media. Mark's prior experience includes time as National Sales Manager for Fox owned and operated stations in Atlanta and Chicago.

Mark graduated from Purdue in 1981 with a degree in Radio/Television.

David Boblink
David is responsible for all aspects of Intersport’s financial and administrative direction including strategic business planning, deal analysis, accounting, and financial reporting. Additionally, David formulates new financial and business opportunities for the company and oversees divisional performance. Prior to joining Intersport in 1996, he spent eight years in public accounting, most recently for Grant Thornton where he managed audits and provided financial guidance to companies in a wide variety of industries. David is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Northern Illinois University.

Chuck Johnsen
Chuck Johnsen is vice president of event marketing and hospitality and a member of the senior management team. Johnsen is charged with developing and growing the company’s event marketing and hospitality business. Prior to joining Intersport in 2004, he worked for Mercedes-Benz USA where he was responsible for the company’s consumer events, driving programs and sports marketing. Before his work Mercedes-Benz’s home office, Johnsen was a regional marketing manager for the Chicago Region office where he was responsible for all advertising, events and public relations for the 16-state region. He has also handled PR for a private International Motor Sports Association GTP team, as well as sales and marketing for the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Sting. Johnsen is a 1980 graduate of Ohio University where he played soccer for four years.

Dan Jones
Dan is in his seventh year at Intersport and oversees the company's event marketing division. During his tenure at Intersport, the Events department has seen dramatic growth and now executes over 300 televised and non-televised event marketing programs each year for blue chip clients such as General Motors, GEICO, Pepsi, State Farm, Mercedes-Benz, the National Football League, Capital One and scores of others. A 14-year veteran of the sports industry, Jones came to Intersport after spending several years with The Ohio State University Department of Athletics, the nation's largest collegiate athletic department. His career path also includes stints with two professional expansion franchises - MLB's Tampa Bay Devil Rays (sales and marketing) and the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets (communications).

Ira Stahlberger
Ira leads our partnership marketing efforts with our key corporate clients. With nearly 15 years of consumer marketing and sales experience – on both the client and agency sides of the business – he looks for ways to build brands with compelling media and event ideas that leverage the power of sports and entertainment. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan and studied marketing communications at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.

Chris Myers
Chris Myers is Vice President of Entertainment for CelebTV.com, an entertainment broadband website and the first initiative of Intersport’s Entertainment Division.  Chris helped create CelebTV.com and manages and oversees all video and editorial content, as well as the talent, programming and production staff and Web team.  Chris also develops both content and strategic partnerships, and he is responsible for CelebTV.com consumer marketing programs.

Chris has been part of CelebTV.com since its inception in February of 2007, and before that he spent almost 20 years building a reputation in the television news industry through award winning journalism. Chris in his career has covered everything from politics and major events to sports and the entertainment world. From his years in the business, Chris has been involved with the biggest breaking entertainment stories, with past credits including the Chris Penn death, Lindsay Lohan car crash, Charlie Sheen divorce, as well as first access to the Mel Gibson drunk driving incident.  His experience includes: Coordinating News Producer, Entertainment Tonight; Coordinating News Producer, The Insider; Assistant News Director, KNBC Television in Los Angeles, Executive Producer, WMAQ Television in Chicago.  Chris graduated from Southern Illinois University.