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Name
  
Dan Upperco


Role
  
Entrepreneur

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Dan Upperco (born May 23, 1963) is a corporate executive, entrepreneur, and former American football tight end for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League. He signed as a free agent in 1985 after achieving All-Ivy League honors 3 years running at Columbia University.

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High school career

Three sports letterman at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida playing football, basketball and competed in track and field. In basketball was first team All-Metro Conference and in football played tight end and defensive end making the All-State team playing in the 1981 Sunshine State Game, was chosen first team to the All-Metro Conference and All-Central Florida squads, MVP of his high school football team and school Hall of Fame.

College career

  • Finished his college career at Columbia University with 16 touchdowns, 107 receptions, 1,587 receiving yards averaging over 35 catches and over 500 yards during each of his three varsity years.
  • Setting a number of Columbia records and at one time held the Ivy League record of catches in a single game, 13.
  • Made the All-Ivy League teams every year during his varsity career (1st team his junior & senior year, Honorable Mention sophomore year).
  • Sporting News Preseason All-American
  • Playboy 's Pigskin Preview Issue All-East team
  • Chosen team MVP his senior year winning the prestigious “Smythe Cup” with Columbia’s football tradition being the 3rd longest in the nation playing the 2nd collegiate football game in 1870.

    • Professional Sports Career

    Upperco signed with the Oakland Raiders franchise which at the time was located in Los Angeles. He played during the pre-season and had a knee injury against the Dallas Cowboys sidelining him for the rest of the 1985 season. He served as a two-term Vice President and one term as Treasurer for the National Football League Retired Players Association – Tri-State Chapter.

    Education

  • B.A. in Economics - Columbia University (Dean's List, Class Marshall)
  • M.B.A. in Finance - Rutgers University
  • Executive M.B.A. from the Ashridge Management College in Berkhamsted, England.

    • Business career

    Currently, Senior Vice President at Mubadala Development Company, the strategic investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi, $48 billion of assets under management and revenue of $7.6 billion for 2011.[7] Roles for Mubadala include Chief Financial Officer of a multimillion-dollar global facilities management, development and infrastructure company and Senior Vice President roles in the company’s Aerospace ($1.6 billion / $3.5 billion assets) and Real Estate & Hospitality ($450 million revenue / $3 billion assets) Business Units. Business career includes corporate, Wall Street and entrepreneurial positions at MTB Banking Corporation, AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Laboratories, Cares Built, Avaya Business Solutions, Virgin Mobile USA and Financial Recovery Services.

    References

    Dan Upperco Wikipedia
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