Corporate Officers
Todd Uglow
Mr. Uglow has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cal State San Bernardino in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing. A Merit Scholarship Recipient, he earned his law degree from Western State University College of Law, where he took a special interest in Intellectual Property.
Prior to attending law school and while in undergraduate school, Mr. Uglow had a successful retail sales career with Circuit City Stores, where he led each store in sales the entire time he was with the organization. In 1991, he finished as the top sales associate in the Western Division. He was then recruited directly out of Circuit City by AT&T for a position in commercial equipment sales, which later became Lucent Technologies. With Lucent, Mr. Uglow managed the important Downtown Los Angeles territory landing several six-figure accounts.
While attending law school, Mr. Uglow worked as a law clerk for a local law firm specializing in civil rights law and criminal defense. While there, he assisted the senior partner in successfully negotiating an employment severance agreement on behalf of former Dodger General Manager Kevin Malone. Mr. Uglow also worked very closely with Cynthia Garvey (ex-wife of Dodger great Steve Garvey) in her suit against the City of Los Angeles.
From there, he went on to work for one the most prominent sports management and marketing agencies in the country: Curtis Management Group. While with CMG, Mr. Uglow negotiated hundreds of license agreements and protected the legal interests of families including the Estate of Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, as well as James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. He personally settled numerous infringements against corporations and individuals around the world. He also represented the marketing interests of Green Bay Packer great Bart Starr, as well as current baseball greats such as Mike Piazza and Albert Pujols, and NBA all-star Wally Szczerbiak.
Following his departure from CMG, he directed the intellectual property and licensing department for a $140 million dollar home décor company in Orange County. There, he put together lucrative licensing deals with Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the Collegiate Licensing Company.
Currently, he owns an independent licensing and branding company based in Las Vegas Nevada, specializing in maximizing his client’s assets domestically overseas.
Mr. Uglow enjoys teaching in his spare time and has been an adjunct professor at both California State University, San Bernardino and California State University, Fullerton, where he lectured on Intellectual Property, sports marketing and merchandising. He is currently an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, teaching courses on Intellectual Property and Sports Marketing.
Sterling McPherson
Sterling McPherson is owner of Sterling Promotions, Inc. / a professional boxing management and consulting business of over 15 years.
On Tuesday, January 29th, 2002, the Nevada Athletic Commission granted Mr. McPherson his Boxing Promoter’s license and he officially marked the transition from manager to promoter as the beginning of a new era in what has been a life long career in the boxing industry.
A Las Vegas resident since 1977, Mr. McPherson pursued a boxing career and turned professional in 1979. He went on to be ranked one of the top five fighters in the world by the WBC and WBA boxing commissions.
By 1987, Mr. McPherson was nearing retirement and his decision to become a boxing manager was launched by restarting the career of former heavyweight champion Michael Dokes. He went on to manage the careers of numerous champions such as Oba Carr, Henry Aikwande, Keith Holmes, Roberta Garcia and Francois Botha. Over the past 15 years, Mr. McPherson has assisted in guiding over 100 professional fighters to world title fights. He was described as the “Manager of the Decade” by HBO broadcasters during the July, 2000 Lewis vs. Botha and was recognized by the IBF as “Manager of the year” in 1996 and again in 1997.
As a consultant, Mr. McPherson frequently adds his expertise in matching up top rated fighters during the planning stages of large venues. He is recognized as an expert in the field of small boxing venues and has been instrumental in developing the careers of talented young fighters.
Mr. McPherson has served as a consultant to some of the world’s top promoters including Don King / Don King Productions, Inc., Frank Warren / Sports Network, Inc., Bob Arum / Top Rank, Inc. and Lou Falcigno of Momentum Promotions.
An accomplished professional, Sterling McPherson is now a boxing promoter, by his own rite, at work on a wide variety of future projects.
