Joe Gilligan

Lakeland Regional High School

Class of 1986

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First Name	Joe
Last Name	Gilligan
Graduation Year	Class of 1986
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	NJ
Country	United States
Occupation	CEO
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Todd Gerard showing up in bathrobe on "Punk Day"
About Me	1986 started college. Dispanded the Jersey Cruisers. Started work with Yorx Electronics in 1988. Worked as an Import/Transportation Cooridnator 1990 Roomed with Todd Gerard and Pete Herrmann (class 85) in Garfield and Clifton. Had a country band with Todd called the "Slap 5's" 1992 graduated Ramapo College . I started work with Sony Electronics as a Transportation Manager. Married Cathy Takter of Stockholm, Sweden. We bought our first house: 100 Kendall Dr, Ringwood 1994 I had my first child, Joseph. Started Academy of Proplayers with my brother Lawrence (class of 88). 1996, birth of second son, Bo. 1998 my brother and I started Akadema, a baseball manufacturing company. 1999/2000. Academy of Proplayers and Akadema started doing so well I left my job at Sony. Birth of my little girl, Linnea. 2001, receive our first 7 US patens: The Reptilian Baseball Glove. Ozzie Smith becomes Akadema's spokesman. Clay Bellinger, NY Yanks,becomes first of over a hundred to wear glove on Major League Field 2003, bought my dream house, 3 Darmstatter Rd, Ringwood. 2004: Sporting Industry awards us:: Most Innovative Company and Top 25 Sports Leaders. Coached 10 year olds with Charlie Cisek (Class of 72) and won LL minor division and Redhawk fall League. 2005, Manny Ramirez is signed to a endorsement contract to Akadema. I become an advisor to the education department at the Baseball Hall of Fame. 2006, "Bad News" Bears, "Benchwarmers", and "Click "all feature Akadema baseball products.. In 2007, Bought my first ...(read more)