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Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater New York City Area

➢ Provided leadership and management across the organization with a focus on strategy development, innovation, and operational execution.➢ Led departments responsible for event management, marketing, creative, ticketing, broadcast production and fight operations.➢ Developed operational infrastructure including systems, processes, organizational structure.

Greater New York City Area

➢ Directed the planning, management, and delivery of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) providing oversight for 34 functional areas, 11 competition venues in 5 countries, 14 training camps in 7 countries, and coordination of 28 participating teams.➢ Elevated the WBC to be the seventh highest attended ‘national team’ sports event in the world with a total.

Greater New York City Area

➢ Developed MLB’s international event strategy and directed cross-functional planning and execution of all international game events, collaborating with internal departments, external stakeholders, business partners, and vendors.➢ Secured MLB’s most ambitious schedule of events ever during the last round of collective bargaining with the MLB Players.

Greater New York City Area

➢ In only 8 months, designed the organizational structure and executed the operational roll-out of the WBC, including the development of function area project plans, budgets, staffing plans, operating requirements, procedures, and policies.➢ Managed an internal research program to determine the viability of the ‘world cup’-style event. The program.

Greater New York City Area

➢ Led the annual planning and execution of MLB’s international event business. ➢ Developed annual business plans, formulated event project plans, drafted and managed event budgets, directed cross-functional internal planning, and negotiated event agreements with event promoters and vendors. ➢ Restructured international event requirements and operating.

Greater New York City Area

➢ Managed the execution of 15+ market and game development programs in 40+ countries that built brand awareness, connected MLB with new fans, and increased new baseball participation in those markets.➢ As head of the international market development team, drafted annual business plans, managed department annual budget (~$3 million), and led a team of seven.

London, United Kingdom

➢ As part of a two-person team, re-established MLB’s operating presence in the EMEA region by broadening permanent ties to the European business community and expanding operations into Africa.➢ Managed all market development activities across the region including the planning and delivery of experiential activations, game development programs, and.

London, United Kingdom

Postgraduate Diploma (Distinction), Marketing

B.A. (Hons), American Studies

B.A. (Hons), American Studies