Herman Michael Few Sports Management Consultant | Player / Team Development Sports Psychocyberntics Counselor | Podcast Producer / Host Greater Los Angeles Area Current Director of CareerPlex Sports Relations Previous Few Sports—Player and Team Development; Sportswest Football, No Limit Sports Management, A Diamond Foundation (Non-Profit), Pro Alliance Group; Oakland Unified School District Education John F. Kennedy University, Doctor of Psychology Program Master of Arts in Sports Psychology Graduate Study in Applied Clinical Psychology Graduate Study in Addiction Dependency California State University, Long Beach, BA—Psychology Summary Specializes in using industry expertise, established contacts and mastery of tools and academics to create, enhance and maintain a diversified range of opportunities for assigned programs, services and undertakings. Continuously details scope and progress of programs and services through direct presentation of materials and proposed strategies, employing resources and negotiating skill to finalize commitments, provide highest levels of collaborative assistance and to enhance overall satisfaction and ongoing growth. Qualifications Experienced sports psychocyberntics counselor with enthusiasm and dedication when developing strategies, identifying appropriate modes of exposure, creating simple / understandable information packages, researching, formulating and implementing placement tactics, establishing liaison and routinely maintaining ongoing information-flow. Additionally, serves as a source of information, understanding, feedback and process-oriented evaluation to foster personal / interpersonal transitions as well as after-sports career-change placement and employment. Professional Background ● Has worked as a National Football League (NFL) Players Association Certified Contract Adviser / Agent; ● Has counseled Major League Baseball (MLB) players in the area of “crisis management” ● Has coached and trained professional basketball players during the Summer Pro League; ● Has assisted National Basketball Association (NBA) players with transition from college to pro sports; ● Has counseled established NBA players on matters pertaining to the navigation of life and resolution / integration of inherent career issues and concerns; ● Was selected to work as a University of California, Berkeley National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Life Skills Pilot Program Facilitator; ● Was selected as the Associate Head Coach Men’s Basketball, Merritt Collage, Oakland, California; ● Has appeared on BET / Black Entertainment Television Tonight with Tavis Smiley from Washington, DC to discuss the challenges that African-American professionals face in navigating sports, business and social segments of our society. Experience Director of CareerPlex Sports Relations WittkinStone LLC / CareerPlex LLC March 2017 - Present (1 year, 1 month) Plays a key role in collaborating, advising and compelling frontline awareness, focused direction and appropriate decision-making associated with the conversion and transitioning required to engage, select and actualize an ongoing change in career from professional sports to one’s own selected area of choice to best afford, protect and achieve lasting financial security for that individual and his or her family. Supports all aspects of career technology product application, use and refinement alongside the Company’s founders. Stays involved in the major innovation of a significant set of new tools aimed at job hunters, employers and agencies all looking to provide, or benefit from, the talent, experience and work ethic that invariably accompanies employees who have achieved the significance of a career in professional sports. Founder / Chief Executive Officer Few Sports — Player & Team Development September 2001 to Present (16 years, 7 months) Currently applies and integrates personal and professional development strategies and techniques to provide elite athletes, teams and organizations with special insight, vision and understanding aimed at producing maximum performance and flawless achievement both on and off the field. National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Certified Agent / Recruiter Sportswest Football July 2000 to September 2001 (1 year, 2 months) Expertly Collaborated with associate NFLPA Certified Agents to represent players, develop and apply recruitment strategies, evaluate player talent and advise with respect to upward strategic development, ongoing adjustment and achievement. Lead West Coast Regional Recruiter No Limit Sports Management January 1998 to April 2000 (2 years, 4 months) Interacted with NCAA athletes seeking careers in the NFL, NBA and WNBA. Collaborated with selection committee members, professional team representatives, scouts, coaches, personal managers and general managers located in the NFL'S combine in Indianapolis, its pre-draft camp in Chicago and the NCAA’s football / basketball post-season bowl and tournament all-star games throughout the country. Worked on behalf of the Company to identify, negotiate and secure athlete apparel contracts. Interacted with print and cable media. Provided advice and consultation to select clients on matters pertaining to sports psychology-based performance issues and life skills integration. Coached and trained Company's client team members to participate with an outstanding level of sportsmanship during in the summer pro basketball season that took place annually in southern California. Supplemental Founder / Chief Executive Officer A Diamond Foundation July 2006 to Present (11 years, 8 months) Innovated and pioneered a program for youth and young adults whose focus and direction applies the realities intrinsic to Sports and the Sports industry to the parallels found in everyday life. Additionally, led the Foundation's budgetary process, grant-writing assignments, staff recruiting needs, fund-raising strategies and community / business development implementation and collateral events. Teaching Experience Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) November 1994 to February 2013 (18 years, 3 months) ■ Case Manager / Administrator | OUSD District Explosion School (September 2008) ■ Clinical Case Manager | Our Kids Program—Safe Passages (January 2006) ■ District Student Attendance Coordinator (November 2005) ■ Outreach Consultant—Grades K through 6 (January 2003) ■ Mathematics Teacher | OUSD Middle Schools (Saturday School—September / June 2001) ■ Physical Education Teacher | OUSD Middle Schools (November 2000) ■ Mathematics and English Teacher OUSD Summer Middle Schools (June 2000) ■ Substitute Teacher | OUSD District Schools—Grades K through 12 Education California State University, Long Beach Bachelor of Arts—Psychology Professional Development John F. Kennedy University Graduate Study—Doctor of Psychology Program in Applied Clinical Psychology Graduate Study—Master of Arts in Sports Psychology, Addiction Studies Dependency Specialized Training Children's Institute Inc. Project Fatherhood 5-Day Training Institute John F. Kennedy University Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certification National Football League Players Association Certified Contract Advisor (Non-Active) Credentials State Of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Sacramento, California California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST) State Of California State Board of Education Emergency 30-Day Substitute Teaching Permit Affiliations Black Coaches And Administrators Association Member (Non-Active) The Association Of Black Psychologists Graduate Student Representative (Non-Active) .