Meet the Team
Christian Printup - President
SGSE was founded in 2021 by Christian Printup, an enrolled member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabe First Nation. Christian has over twenty-five years of experience as a Casino Entertainment Executive where he has been entrusted to build, lead and grow the entertainment operations for three of the largest tribal gaming organizations in North America.
In addition to Tribal Gaming, Mr. Printup was Executive Director of Operations and Venue Booking for Bellator MMA/Viacom from 2012-2016 where he built relationships with nearly a dozen other casinos in the United States and Canada delivering weekly, live MMA events on MTV2, and Spike TV.
Notable Career achievements include:
· 2006-08 Promoter of the year for his achievements with Women’s Boxing by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and North American Boxing Federation (NABF)
· 2017 Showroom of the Year (Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino) Year at the G2E Casino Entertainment Awards.
· 2019 Casino Entertainment Executive of the Year at the G2E Casino Entertainment Awards.
Jeff Bray - VP of Marketing
Jeff Bray is an enrolled member of The Citizen Potawatomi Nation. He has over 15 years’ experience in Tribal gaming. Nine of those years were side by side with Mr. Printup as the Director of Marketing for The Tachi Palace Casino Resort, where he led the marketing, advertising & partnership strategy for over 300 concerts, boxing and mma events, and muti-day festivals.
In addition to his illustrious marketing & sales career, Mr. Bray was instrumental in the design and development of The Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribes Education Program as their Director of Education. Mr. Bray's experience in developing cultural classes, college scholarship programs, after-school tutoring programs and a parent volunteer program all serve as the foundation for SGSE's commitment to empowering Native Youth for generations to come through our multi-faceted mentorship & career development programs.