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Orlando,FL (October 21, 2008) - KICKgen.com, the popular Orlando-based web community devoted
to martial arts training and competition, has appointed World Champion martial arts competitor Lauren Kearney marketing and business development
lead.
Tracy McCoy, chief operating officer at KICKgen.com, said Kearney is a 24-time World Weapons and Forms Champion who recently won the ISKA
World Championship in Forms at the 2007 US Open International competition in Orlando.
Kearney earned her B.S. Degree in Exercise Science from Florida Atlantic University and is currently studying for her MBA Degree, McCoy
said. She has been studying Kenpo Karate for more than 18 years and currently holds a Second Degree Black Belt.
McCoy said Kearney is a member of Team Paul Mitchell and coaches the Premier Martial Arts National Karate Team.
“Lauren Kearney is one of the world’s most electrifying and widely respected martial arts competitors,” McCoy said. “She is also
a savvy businesswoman and we expect her to play a big role in our growth,” McCoy added.
KICKgen.com, a social networking web community for martial arts aficionados, is a client company of the University of Central Florida Incubator
Program.
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For more information, please contact:
Tracy McCoy, Chief Operating Officer KICKgen.com, 407-575-0232 tracy@kickgen.com;
Gordon Hogan, Site Manager, UCF Downtown Incubator, 407-882-0211, bizdev@mail.ucf.edu;
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc. 407-644.4142 lvershelco@aol.com
About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging
companies create over $300 million in annual revenue and more than 900 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across
the metro Orlando community, the Incubation Program is collaboration in economic development among UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando,
Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu. |
