Kevin Bates
President of IT
Business and Marketing
fanatics
United States of America
Biography
Mr. Kevin Bates serves as President of IT at Fanatics, Inc. Mr. Bates has been Divisional President of Retail Operations at Dreams Inc. since 2003. Mr. Bates founded FansEdge® in 1998 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. When Dreams, Inc. acquired FansEdge in 2003, he became President of e-commerce division. From 1996 to 1999, he served as President of Galvin and Wright, Inc. Prior to that, he worked on a contract basis for a wide range of firms including Republic Mortgage Insurance Company of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Allegiance Health Care of McGaw Park, Illinois, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems of Itasca, Illinois, A.C. Nielson of Bannockburn, Illinois, and others. He holds various technology certificates from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and Internet Webmaster E-commerce Professional from Net Guru Technologies of Oak Brook, Illinois. Mr. Bates holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
Research Interest
Accounting & Marketing
