Our Team
About:
Jim Morse, Co-founder of Sports Entertainment Ventures LLC, is a seasoned business professional having served many roles in the High Tech Consulting and Fintech industry for 35 years. Jim was the President and Founder of Sportsco Technologies in the Boston area servicing the on-line sports communities building nationally recognized sports related content for Sportsco.com and several other independent sports organizations for just 20 years. Jim holds several degrees from Bentley University in Computer Information Systems and Management.
Jim is also a 22 year veteran of Boston's own Fidelity Investments leading some of Fidelity Investments largest clients through multi-billion dollar, multi-year implementation projects within the Define Benefits (Pensions Systems) Practice. Clients including Disney, AT&T, IBM, General Dynamics, Boeing, Marathon Oil are just a few of world leading corporations who have entrusted Jim to deliver their implementations on-time and under budget for decades.
Jim is an avid technologist and sports fan enjoying time with friends and family cheering on the Boston and Tampa area sports teams. Having played 10 years of hockey, Jim is the biggest Bruins champion.
About:
Our PGA Member and Director of Golf Operations Mark Cline is in his own words "A steward of the game of Golf". Mark has spent many years in both North Carolina and the local Sarasota golf market providing superb golf instruction and game improving perspectives to all of his clients.
Board Advisors:
Director of Financial Operations:
Denise Morse is a Massachusetts Certified Public Accountant (Inactive), currently serving as the Director of Financial Operations for well known Sarasota based Business Services firm. Jim and Denise met at Bentley University in Waltham MA 40 years ago while pursing their under graduate degrees. They have been calling the Sarasota area their home for just over a decade now. Denise holds a degree from Bentley University in Accountancy.
National Accounts Franchising Consultant:
Steve Rizzi is a 25 year veteran in the Franchising and National Sales Management arena. Steve has an extremely impressive record of expanding national companies into household brands while vastly expanding their geographical reach. Mr. Rizzi has been retained to assist Bentley Sports Services LLC in expanding our borders beyond our Florida roots.
Legal Council:
T.R Smith, ESQ. of the Sarasota FL firm Berlin, Patten, EBLING is currently representing Bentley Sports Services LLC.