Rick Perko is currently the Vice President of Development at The Brandr Group, a company focused on NIL group licensing opportunities for student athletes in college athletics programs.

Formerly, he was the president and CEO of ScoreShots, a social graphic creation tool, that empowers teams to create and post high-quality image and video content in just minutes.

Launched in 2016, ScoreShots has over 500 partners in the United States and Canada and is continuing to grow. He sold that company to a private-equity firm in 2020.

Rick began his career at the NCAA, where he served as the NCAA’s liaison to all of the professional sports leagues and organizations.

He has served in various senior-level capacities with sports technology companies, first with Coach’s Edge and then with Sportvision, the pioneer of the 1st and Ten line.

In 2001, he formed Immersion Media, which was dedicated toward interactive, multimedia training solutions. Immersion’s clients included a laundry list of the best brands in the sports marketplace: the NFL, the NBA, The First Tee, the USGA, the NCAA and many more

Rick received his BA from Carroll College (MT) and his MA from the University of Connecticut.