Team Pinnacle
Extraordinary Experience in Indoor Sports Complex Design
With over 60 years of combined industry experience in the Indoor Sports business, we bring unmatched expertise to your project. We provide indoor sports complex business plans, comprehensive planning, and more. We’ve been involved in every level of the project, from preliminary market studies to day-to-day operations management. We know this business.
Design and Construction Experts
Norm Gill
Managing Partner & Indoor Sports Complex Design Consultant
- Founder of Soccer Blast International (SBI), with hands-on experience in all aspects of an indoor facility's development, construction, and operation.
- Has personally operated two Soccer/Sports Blast indoor sports complexes.
- Helped clients save hundreds of thousands of dollars during the design and construction processes.
- Former principal owner of a construction company specializing in design/build industrial construction projects.
John Oberhausen
- Has 35 years of experience primarily providing Owners Representative services for Fortune 5, 20, and 40 Health Services Companies.
- Known for building Corporate Headquarters, Healthcare Clinics, Pharmacy Distribution Centers, and managing a wide array of Tenant Finish projects across the US.
- Implements vast knowledge in construction, project delivery, and process to provide customers with the utmost value.
Business & Financial Strategy
Sam Migliano
Partner
- Over 20 years of expertise in the sports facility industry, leading the firm in the development of market feasibility studies, financial modeling, and economic impact analyses.
- Directly involved in the pre-opening, opening, programming, management, and/or optimization of sports facilities.
- Holds a B.S. from The Ohio State University and a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Canisius University.
Don Schumacher, CSEE
- For almost forty years, he has focused his activities on sport tourism, consulting with more than 175 cities on strategies to increase market share.
- Has personally operated two Soccer/Sports Blast indoor sports complexes.
Michael Popke
Associate
- Nearly 30 years of experience as a professional editor and writer, specializing in the business of designing, building, maintaining, and managing sports facilities.
- Former managing editor of Athletic Business magazine, covering the industry extensively and winning multiple awards for his work.
Operations & Management
Gary Lindsey
- More than 35 years of hands-on, day-to-day facility management and sports marketing experience.
- More than 35 years of hands-on, day-to-day facility management and sports marketing experience.
- Served as a team administrator for the United States Soccer Federation, working with various youth National Teams.
- Former President and COO of LKSoccer in Chicago, IL, managing the largest Lil’ Kicker franchise in the country.
Jared Carnes
- Spent most of his career as a project manager in the youth and amateur sports industry.
- Developed market studies, financial forecasts, economic impact analyses, feasibility studies, and existing facility optimization plans.
- Former collegiate athlete at the University of South Florida where he played football.
Programming & Community Engagement
Lisa Gill
Partner
- Specializes in human resources, employee training programs, special events, youth programming & camps, and development of training programs for sports facility professionals.
- Served as Executive Director of a multi-sport indoor facility and worked in community and economic development for municipalities.
Tab Brockman
- Brings 15 years of Parks and Recreation leadership to the team.
- Earned the Kentucky Recreation and Parks Society’s Department of the Year Award at three different levels.
- Named Kentucky League of Cities' 2022 City Employee of the Year.
- Has extensive experience developing and implementing youth and adult sports programs, tournaments, special events, festivals, and concerts.