Tim Connolly

Timothy M. Connolly is an American business executive was a senior executive for four National Football League teams. Prior to working in sports, Connolly was the CEO of Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems. Early life Connolly is son of a United States Navy officer and spent his childhood as a military brat, living in San Diego, Boston, Naples, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Norfolk, Virginia before settling down in Washington, D.C. After a few semesters at the University of Atlanta, Connolly transferred to George Washington University, where he graduated with a degree in finance and marketing in 1971. Career Early career Connolly began his business career as a salesman for IBM, where he worked his way up to sales management. He left IBM to start Top Performers, a sports agency. He sold the firm in 1983 to become vice president for sales and marketing for American Sign & Indicator, the world's largest manufacturer of scoreboards. Connolly led the company's effort to win the contract to provide scoreboards for the 1984 Summer Olympics.