Chris Madsen | From the Official RINKTIME .COM Newsletter (RTN)
LACE 'EM UP WITH RINKTIME COMMUNICATIONS AND
MARKETING DIRECTOR
CHRIS MADSEN
RINKTIME.com Director of Communications and Marketing, Chris Madsen, brings more than two decades of on and off ice experience to the RINKTIME experience and brand. | A talented announcer, author, entrepreneur, senior level executive and consultant, Madsen is the original television play-by-play voice of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, calling all 495 consecutive telecasts in the franchise's first nine seasons on KCAL 9 and FOX Sports Net West2. A respected colleague in the National Hockey League for seventeen seasons Madsen's knowledgeable, enthusiastic delivery was featured for five post-seasons on ESPN and ESPN2's coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Chris was also the voice of Pro Beach Hockey on ESPN and ESPN2 from 1998-2000.
An accomplished Sports Anchor, Chris Madsen's distinct voice and smooth delivery are featured on California's largest radio station, KNX 1070-CBS Radio in Los Angeles.
Madsen boasts an impressive dossier of entrepreneurial endeavors. He gained national notoriety through his expert production of passive and interactive telephone hot-line programs while serving as President and CEO of CMAD Communications, Inc. in Chicago. His clients included the Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Bears, Blackhawks and the entire National Football League. As Chief Operating Officer of The Madsen Media Group, Chris offers his public and media relations, crisis management, television/radio production, publishing, web content, marketing and branding expertise on a consultancy basis, to corporations and sole proprietors; in addition to providing customized voice mail production, event hosting and auctioneering,
Chris Madsen's seminars on Recognizing, Creating, Seizing and Sustaining Opportunities have been met with generous enthusiasm by Graduate students at Long Beach State University and the University of San Francisco. Madsen honed his skills as an effective communicator, while serving as a substitute Sports Broadcasting and Journalism teacher for nine years at Chicago's prestigious Columbia College.
Madsen's well-honed business acumen catapulted him to the position of General Manager of the nation's premiere telephone production company, Phone Programs, Inc.-Chicago at age 26-overseeing a staff of 26, a national network of more than 120 reporters and a nine city expansion project. In 2004, Chris Madsen impacted Corrugated Box Office as Senior Vice President of Operations and Corporate Communications --successfully formulating Requests for Proposals for Fortune 200 contracts.
Chris Madsen's critically acclaimed book "Joshua Shoots! He Scores!" The Greatest Call I Ever Made--available now at Amazon.com-has benefited numerous charities. This heartwarming story of Chris's relationship with an aspiring young broadcaster challenged by Cerebral Palsy, prompted this endorsement from NHL superstar Teemu Selanne-- "Josh and Chris prove what miraculous things teammates can achieve when they work together." Randy Youngman of the Orange County Register adds, "It is a truly inspiring story and book, one that elicited many goose bumps and moved me to tears. And I predict it is a movie waiting to be made."
A dynamic public speaker, Madsen received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in Speech Communications/Journalism from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. Chris and his wife Lori, an elementary school teacher, reside in Orange Hills, California, along with their dog, Sugar Plum.
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