About Us
Go2athlete.com empowers the athletic department of each college or university to control and monitor the career development and placement of their student-athletes using the latest web-based technologies. The rigorous demands of balancing academic responsibilities and the obligation to an athletic team often overlap with the career networking opportunities provided to the general student body, resulting in a gap in career opportunities. Go2athlete.com closes that gap by providing a safe, unique, and exclusive forum for schools seeking to develop their student-athletes for a professional career. Each site will be developed for and tailored to the specific member school. All site members will be verified by each participating school to ensure that they are a current or former athlete of that school. Access to athlete-members is controlled by the athletic department administration.
The site allows current and former student-athlete members to post their résumé and profile, generate network contacts among members, search and apply for internships and full-time positions, register for corporate information sessions, track career development requirements, and schedule interviews. In addition, the site allows the athletic career services to post career-development seminars and other events, monitor each student’s satisfaction of career-development requirements, and track job search results. Corporate recruiters, through the career development office, are able to post individual job positions, search résumés for pre-qualified candidates, select candidates for interviews, and schedule interviews. Further, the site allows the athletic department and student-athletes to maintain contact after graduation, increasing networking and fund-raising opportunities.
The Go2athlete Team
Chris Ganter, Co-Founder
Chris Ganter was born and raised in State College, PA. After a high school career in which he earned several All-American football honors and was a consensus Pennsylvania Big-School All-State quarterback, he attended Penn State University where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Finance and completed his MBA in May 2007. He was a quarterback on the Penn State football team from 2001-2004 where he was a three-year letterman and three-time Academic All-Big Ten. He was also selected as the Ridge Riley Award recipient, which is presented annually to “the senior member of the football team who best displays sportsmanship, scholarship, leadership, and friendship”. Upon graduation, Chris worked for Merrill Lynch in New York City in their Global Markets division before returning to Penn State to obtain his MBA. He recently served a summer working for Sun Life Financial Distributors in Boston in sales and research. Chris also worked as an Academic Graduate Assistant for the football program through the Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes.
Kevin Callanan, Co-founder
Kevin Callanan was born in The Bronx, NY. Mr. Callanan earned his B.A. in Sociology from the State University of New York at Albany where he graduated as the Valedictorian of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and holds a J.D. degree from New York Law School where he was a distinguished member of their nationally renowned Moot Court Team. Mr. Callanan has earned his MBA from Penn State in May 2007. Prior to attending the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, Mr. Callanan was an Indexing Editor at Matthew Bender, the nation’s leading publisher of legal treatises. Mr. Callanan went on to serve as a prosecutor in Suffolk County, NY successfully prosecuting numerous bench and jury trials. After successfully serving as a prosecutor and corporate litigator Mr. Callanan opened his own law practice. His solo practice grew to two offices located in New York, NY and Melville, NY. As Senior Managing Partner he enjoyed the privilege of litigating high-profile cases and representing numerous corporations many in the upper echelons of their industry. Mr. Callanan served as the V.P. of Business Development for Gemini Pharmaceuticals where he helped to launch the Nutraceutical Division which enjoyed tremendous growth under his guidance. In addition, Mr. Callanan has held key positions and been involved in a number of successful start-up companies in the vitamin and restaurant industries. His legal experience ranges from complex litigation, contracts, licensing and business development. He chose to return to the Smeal College of Business to further enhance his business acumen and personal development to allow him to expand his business success. Mr. Callanan’s successful business career has taught him that integrity, passion, hard work and a strong network are vital to success.
Peter Matsis, Lead Developer
Peter Matsis was born in Norwalk, CT. He attended high school in Toledo, OH where he was part of the mentorship pilot program at Sylvania Northview. This allowed Peter to work 25 hours per week as a junior programmer at HCR-Manorcare. Peter was the first point of contact for technical support serving over 400 locations nationwide. After high school, Peter attended The Pennsylvania State University and received his Degree in Telecommunications and IST. In 2002, Peter began as a programmer for S&A Homes as a web developer. With over 5 years of programming experience, Peter developed a corporate intranet that manages most of the day-to-day operations in the company. He has streamlined the interaction between corporate and remote offices using web applications to manage all the home plans and customer information. Peter is a certified database administrator and has kept up with emerging technologies in web programming. Peter has done several freelance projects for an e-commerce company, travel agency, and a doctor’s office.