Root Square's leadership board is comprised of A-listers in the Sports, Social Media, and Technology fields. Our Advisors work with the founder of Root Square to bring industry knowledge and hands on experience to the Social Media fundraising and mobilizing space.
Patrick Collins, Advisor
CIO
Patrick is an accomplished senior-level Information Technology manager with over 18 years of demonstrated career success in managing IT Organizations and Project teams to deliver and support complex, critical Technology solutions in the Private sector.
Patrick has a proven track record in directing large cross-functional teams to deliver global ERP projects for multi-national companies across a wide range of industries. Patrick is adept at crisis management, trouble-shooting, problem solving and negotiating. He has extensive experience in working with executive business partners to align IT strategies with Company business objectives. Patrick has been instrumental in developing the Root Square vision and strategy.
Patrick is an accomplished senior-level Information Technology manager with over 18 years of demonstrated career success in managing IT Organizations and Project teams to deliver and support complex, critical Technology solutions in the Private sector.
Patrick has a proven track record in directing large cross-functional teams to deliver global ERP projects for multi-national companies across a wide range of industries. Patrick is adept at crisis management, trouble-shooting, problem solving and negotiating. He has extensive experience in working with executive business partners to align IT strategies with Company business objectives. Patrick has been instrumental in developing the Root Square vision and strategy.
Rick Marini, Advisor
Founder & CEO of BranchOut.com.
Rick Marini has been a pioneer in online social media for over 10 years. Rick is the Founder & CEO of BranchOut.
BranchOut is the largest professional network on Facebook, with millions of users. BranchOut users leverage their Facebook friend network to find jobs, source sales leads, recruit talent, and strengthen relationships with professional contacts. BranchOut also operates the largest job board on Facebook with over 3 million jobs and 200,000 internships.
Prior to founding BranchOut, Rick was the Founder & CEO of SuperFan, a profitable social entertainment site that produced social games for clients including CBS (Survivor, Amazing Race, NCIS), MTV (Jersey Shore, The Hills, The City), Universal Music (Lady Gaga, Pussycat Dolls, Weezer), Warner Music (Britney Spears), NBA stars Dwight Howard and Lebron James, etc.
Prior to founding SuperFan, Rick was the Co-Founder, CFO & Chief Strategist for Tickle.com. Tickle was one of the largest social media sites on the Internet and the first site to successfully leverage viral marketing through personality tests, photo-sharing and matchmaking products. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. In 2002, Tickle won the “Rising Star” Webby Award as the fastest growing site on the Web and became a top 20 global Internet site with 200 million registered users. In 2004, Tickle was acquired by Monster Worldwide for over $100 million.
Rick currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Fwix, Lumos Labs, Founder’s Den, FIGHTER, StrongerLabs, MySongToYou and Friendster (acquired by MOL). Rick is an angel investor in Wavii, Stipple and UrbanTag. He serves as National Co-Chair for Technology for Obama.
Rick received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire, magna cum laude, and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
Rick Marini has been a pioneer in online social media for over 10 years. Rick is the Founder & CEO of BranchOut.
BranchOut is the largest professional network on Facebook, with millions of users. BranchOut users leverage their Facebook friend network to find jobs, source sales leads, recruit talent, and strengthen relationships with professional contacts. BranchOut also operates the largest job board on Facebook with over 3 million jobs and 200,000 internships.
Prior to founding BranchOut, Rick was the Founder & CEO of SuperFan, a profitable social entertainment site that produced social games for clients including CBS (Survivor, Amazing Race, NCIS), MTV (Jersey Shore, The Hills, The City), Universal Music (Lady Gaga, Pussycat Dolls, Weezer), Warner Music (Britney Spears), NBA stars Dwight Howard and Lebron James, etc.
Prior to founding SuperFan, Rick was the Co-Founder, CFO & Chief Strategist for Tickle.com. Tickle was one of the largest social media sites on the Internet and the first site to successfully leverage viral marketing through personality tests, photo-sharing and matchmaking products. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. In 2002, Tickle won the “Rising Star” Webby Award as the fastest growing site on the Web and became a top 20 global Internet site with 200 million registered users. In 2004, Tickle was acquired by Monster Worldwide for over $100 million.
Rick currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Fwix, Lumos Labs, Founder’s Den, FIGHTER, StrongerLabs, MySongToYou and Friendster (acquired by MOL). Rick is an angel investor in Wavii, Stipple and UrbanTag. He serves as National Co-Chair for Technology for Obama.
Rick received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire, magna cum laude, and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
Kerry Collins, Advisor
Quarterback, NFL
Kerry recently played for the Indianapolis Colts before retiring from the NFL in 2011. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft, the first choice in the franchise's history. He also played for the New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans in his 16-year career. He played college football at Penn State.
Throughout his career, Collins had been one of the NFL's most charitable players. Immediately upon signing his rookie contract with theCarolina Panthers, he donated $250,000 to the Penn State athletic department to permanently endow the quarterback position. He has donated over two million dollars to charities such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Harlem Boys Choir. In 2001, Collins donated $120,000 to Manhattan's Ladder 5/Engine 24 Family Relief following the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.
Through the KC for Kids Fund of the Kerry Collins Foundation, Collins has donated more than $500,000 for the renovation of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, a children's unit within the NYU Medical Center. Previously Collins donated $100,000 to the Institute, to establish the Kerry M. Collins Computer Center and Classroom, with specially modified equipment for children with disabilities.
During the 2005 season, Collins pledged $1,000 for every touchdown he threw and every game the Raiders won to the American Red CrossHurricane Katrina relief fund. On March 24, 2006, Collins was honored by The Second Mile Foundation in recognition of his commitment to others.
Kerry recently played for the Indianapolis Colts before retiring from the NFL in 2011. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft, the first choice in the franchise's history. He also played for the New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans in his 16-year career. He played college football at Penn State.
Throughout his career, Collins had been one of the NFL's most charitable players. Immediately upon signing his rookie contract with theCarolina Panthers, he donated $250,000 to the Penn State athletic department to permanently endow the quarterback position. He has donated over two million dollars to charities such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Harlem Boys Choir. In 2001, Collins donated $120,000 to Manhattan's Ladder 5/Engine 24 Family Relief following the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.
Through the KC for Kids Fund of the Kerry Collins Foundation, Collins has donated more than $500,000 for the renovation of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, a children's unit within the NYU Medical Center. Previously Collins donated $100,000 to the Institute, to establish the Kerry M. Collins Computer Center and Classroom, with specially modified equipment for children with disabilities.
During the 2005 season, Collins pledged $1,000 for every touchdown he threw and every game the Raiders won to the American Red CrossHurricane Katrina relief fund. On March 24, 2006, Collins was honored by The Second Mile Foundation in recognition of his commitment to others.