Chris Turner Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Lead commercial integration initiatives across the organization designed to grow partner, fan and athlete engagement with the US Olympic, Paralympic and Team USA brands• Work closely with US Olympic & Paralympic Partners (USOPP) and LA28 to create commercial opportunities and drive value across Team USA partners.• Guide market research into new media and event opportunities for the National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs).• Steward commercial partnership with US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation (USOPF) to increase program value and exposure.• Manage day-to-day interaction with NBC to enhance fan engagement and athlete storytelling. • Develop programs and content strategies to grow revenue for the US Olympic & Paralympic Movement. • Oversee footage licensing and archive curation efforts for the Movement.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Instrumental in delivering hundreds of millions in annual net revenue over the first 5+ years of the SEC Network; assumed day-to-day oversight of SEC Network in August of 2014 reporting to the Sr. VP of College Networks.• Optimized SEC Network operations related to 1,500+ live events, original studio content, lifestyle, and documentary programming. • Guide a team of 275 across functional areas with the purpose of maximizing network productivity.• Support sales, marketing, and affiliate efforts in the generation of over $500 million in gross revenues annually. • Have grown digital platform revenue to over $7 million. • Propelled website, unique visitors, 100% with page views accelerating 88%, and average-time-spent on the platform increasing approximately 400%.• Achieved $6 million in annual production savings while enabling delivery of the highest quality content to fans on both linear and digital outlets through a multi-campus network.

Charlotte Metro

• Played a key role in the SEC becoming the most widely distributed collegiate conference in the country after being chosen to facilitate the landmark multi-billion-dollar agreement in 2009 between the SEC and ESPN. • Led the creation of the on-air brand for the SEC. • Facilitated the development of a unique internship program for SEC students.• Served on the team tasked with negotiating multi-million-dollar sub-license agreements with cable partners and participated in the syndication efforts with over-the-air television affiliates.• Directed quarterly executive meetings with representatives from the SEC and ESPN.• Delivered 400+ SEC sporting events annually.• Led feasibility studies in 2013 on establishing an exclusive SEC network by partnering with Affiliate, Finance, Production, Human Resource, and Programming teams.• Negotiated and secured an extension of the SEC agreement; defined terms related to the creation of the new network.• Developed the conference website, SECSports.com, the network website, SECNetwork.com, and the live event platform, SECN+.• Collaborated with the executive team on expanding facilities and propelling the team to 200+ for network launch.

Charlotte Metro

• Instrumental in generating $15 million in revenue by co-leading a division that created ESPN owned and operated events such as new football bowl games and multi-team basketball events.• Led a team of 12 across the United States and Puerto Rico.• Successfully directed the launch of 3 football bowl games and 2 basketball tournaments; held comprehensive P&L and human capital management responsibilities.

Charlotte Metro

• Led the fulfillment of contracts with the Big East Conference, Big 12 Conference, Mountain West Conference, and Conference USA, and supported programming for the University of Kansas, Iowa State University, and University of South Florida. • Served as Project Manager for conferences including America East, Big West, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Southern, Sun Belt, and Western Athletic.

Master Of Science - Ms, Sports Administration

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business Administration And Management, General