Conor O'Malley Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Provides business development, branding, and operational management services to sports ventures, specializing in squash and racquet sports. Brings together industry experts and manufacturers to offer best-in-class.
• Organized alliance of industry partners including BIA Sports, Nova Apparel (NYC), Ria Eyewear, ProSportLED, as part of The Laser Sporting Group.

• Producer of biweekly squash insider podcast with global audience, reaching 40 U.S. states and 49 countries.
• Top 20% podcast (2020 Buzzsprout Podcast Stats, based on total downloads).
• Lead team of 10 professionals covering content, social media, design, video, engineering, editing, and branding.

• Sales and business consultant for German-based squash court specialist, supplying 7.5K courts in 70+ countries. Research and identify prospects, provide bids for customized solutions, and secure sales of court.
• To date, engage 300+ clients, supporting 30 construction projects, 80 new courts, and $8M+ in sales.
• Secured partnerships and advised on construction of first public outdoor glass court (New York City), first all-glass doubles court (Naval Academy), and facilities at UPenn, Tufts, U.S. Squash National Training Center.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Senior team member of 19K sq ft squash complex in Washington, D.C., one of U.S.’s first non-membership squash clubs.
• Provide data analysis on customer groupings through PowerBI, and advise on new pricing programs and initiatives, helping drive 500+ new customers during tenure.
• Landed first outside client for Advantage Booking, Squash On Fire’s proprietary court booking software.
• Coordinated technology and lighting upgrades with operational staff and vendors, including ASB and Lutron.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Launched efforts to bring the Men’s World Team Championships to the U.S. for first time 26-year history.
• Negotiated scope of Championship with World Squash Federation president and liaised with Professional Squash Association to broadcast to global audience (event received 500K YouTube and 3.2M Facebook views).
• Coordinated participation of Team USA with social media campaign and prepared sponsor deck and website.
• Led site selection and bid process to bring glass show court to historic Ronald Reagan Building (ultimately determined to host all play at SOF for budgeting and publicity reasons).

Greater New York City Area

• Led business development efforts for national governing body for squash in the US (est. 1904), supporting growth of support by 85% in last decade. Member of senior leadership team, reporting directly to CEO.
• Launched new US Squash Properties division, focused on major events. Led five-person team and oversaw 50-person management team, plus 150+ volunteers and contract workers.
• Supported all professional tours in US, with roughly 70 events and $2M in prize money. Liaised with event production teams and promoters, drove efforts to expand broadband access, and created sponsorship packages.
• Cultivated 30+ programs and court projects, including development of new $44M National Training Center.
• Scoped first client of Club Locker, USQ’s proprietary court and tournament booking software.

• Led 2011 efforts to bring The U.S. Open Championships (est. 1954) in-house as marquee event (event became world’s first major squash event to offer gender parity in prize money).
• Responsible for $1M+ operating budget, managing court construction and event layout for 10K spectators.
• Event secured $21M in QI TV media value (Nielsen Sports), reaching 10M+ on social media.
• Organized 20+ vendor relationships and 200+ workers for 10-day event operations.
• Helped secure additional 10-year partnership with Drexel University to host Open after first successful 3-year deal.
• Cultivated relationships and helped secure Tennis Channel deal on both broadband and TV Channel for event.

• Served in roles of increasing responsibility from 2007 to 2013, overseeing National Championships and U.S. Team events.
• Grew National Championships program, expanding from 10 to 25 individual events with $1.1M budget.
• Supported record participation in National Championships, with 10K+ athletes participating in events as large as 1.4K players with five venues, 50 courts, and over 200 staffers and contractors.
• Managed U.S. Team program and $400K budget, traveling to five countries as U.S. delegate and team manager.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Founded nonprofit providing squash instruction and afterschool education for underserved youth in Chicago metro region. In 2015, MetroSquash raised $8M dollars to build state-of- the-art classroom and squash facility.
• Led organization from concept to launch, raising $50K and incorporating entity as 501(c)(3) organization.
• Recruited Executive Director and founding 12-member Board of Directors. Served on Board from 2003 to 2008.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Assisted in planning and executing one of largest professional prize money squash events held in North America.
• Coordinated all player services, prize-money payouts, will-call operations, and sponsor meetings.
• Organized and operated largest Midwest amateur tournament with over 200 players.
• Squash professional and member of Athletics Management Team, organizing and promoting club tournaments, leagues, and squash social events, and managing pro shop through customer support, sales, and consultations.

Founded business combining online pro shop and coaching tips with $100K in sales in first year. Led customer experience, technology, and services, working with team members to direct monthly online video instruction subscription service.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications

Activities and Societies: Varsity Squash Team; Sigma Chi

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