Ryan Meyer Email & Phone Number

Port Orange, Fl, Us

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl

San Francisco Bay Area

Designated to source and manage key ticketing partnerships to drive strategic sales, supply, and cost reductions. Negotiated Tickets.com Registered Developer Program entry to enable the launch of listings of MLB inventory on StubHub. Enabled with researching and developing a go-to-market primary ticketing strategy. Worked cross-functionally with strategy, marketing, product & tech, finance, and senior leadership to achieve KPIs. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS:------------------------------------------✔ Spearheaded a turnaround strategy to overcome long-standing but dysfunctional partnership between StubHub and key integrated partners Tickets.com and Major League Baseball Advanced Media.✔ Rebooted the multi-million-dollar relationship by leveraging extensive network to conduct stakeholder meetings between C-Suite and key relationship and IT management resources.✔ Efforts led to StubHub and Tickets.com to agree to execute a new partnership agreement centered around better managing existing and growing partnership through the use of Tickets.com's extensive API program. ✔ Participated in the renegotiation of key primary partnership. with Paciolan and provided subject matter expertise in all primary ticketing related matters.✔ Renewed Paciolan partnership resulting in growing the business 7-10% over the 5-year term and solidifying the market position in the competitive NCAA segment.

Participated in prospecting, business development, client assessments, and other projects designed to illuminate incremental revenue opportunities, as assigned by Principal. Indianapolis Motor Speedway sought FutureTix for assistance on best practices, efficiencies, and revenue generating opportunities across all events but in particular the Indianapolis 500.NCAA requested help with efficiencies and revenue generating opportunities for the College World Series and the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament and conducted onsite interviews at NCAA and the College World Series.SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS:------------------------------------------✔ Clients included the Florida Panthers of the NHL, International Speedway Corporation, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the NCAA. ✔ Delivered over 200-page reports for both championships to the NCAA and all key stakeholders outlining millions of dollars in revenue opportunities.✔ Conducted onsite and remote interviews with all stakeholders, including the president of IMS and his staff. ✔ Cooperated with the principal and other senior consultants to outline relevant solutions. ✔ Utilized decade in motorsports to evaluate current practices and rate potential suggestions for new opportunities.✔ Delivered extensive report outlining efficiencies and actionable suggestions for revenue enhancing and net new opportunities. ✔ Generated revenue themes including competing effectively for discretionary entertainment dollars. ✔ Upselling and monetizing event by digitizing expanding revenues opportunities.

Port Orange, Florida 32127

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS:------------------------------------------✔ Directed New Business Development in the United States. ✔ Managed Renewal Pipeline and Existing Client Base. Conducted Strategic Planning for Evento Mobile and Social Solutions. ✔ Participated in Creation of and Delivery of Marketing marketing and sales materials.

Orlando

Led operations communications at all levels of each organization including executive to operational levels. Marketed and sold new products including TM+ Resale Integration, Digital Ticketing, and Dynamic Pricing. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS:------------------------------------------✔ Managed business relationships between Ticketmaster and select clients, including NFL, MLB, MLS, and Major Colleges. ✔ Spearheaded the operations for new client development and existing client retention and retained 100% of clients at risk during tenure through successful contract negotiations.✔ Successfully exceeded goals set on new product adoption among client base during tenure and experienced market growth 4x previous once TM+ was activated.

Duties included successful oversight of ticket sales for all baseball and non-baseball events at partner facilities. Managed relationships between MLB clubs, Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), and associated vendors, including but not limited to StubHub, Givex, and Qcue. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ------------------------------------------ ✔ Directed client support for 17 MLB baseball teams, several Minor League affiliates, and one Major Motorsports facility. ✔ Significant growth in sales experienced during management of more than 50% of Major League -Baseball franchises. ✔ Successfully launched new ticketing platforms in major markets including Kansas City and Minneapolis.

Orchestrated the negotiations and launch of Event Ticket Insurance integration sponsored by Mondial Allianz. ISC was first partner in sports and entertainment to offer product via phones and web. Facilitated consumer sales partnership negotiations including Delta SkyMiles, WalMart Employee Benefits, Webouts, Upromise, Costco, and Travelzoo. SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ------------------------------------------ ✔ Negotiated and launched the company’s first secondary ticketing market initiative with StubHub. ✔ Generated $500k in incremental revenue in its first year since going live in December 2007. ✔ Integration of product generated incremental revenue in excess of $750k with no development or operating expense.

Served as subject matter expert and operational lead in the development and implementation of proprietary Fan Tracker ticketing application that has been in operation since the 2002 season.

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS:------------------------------------------✔ Managed ticketing budget of over $1 million resulting in ticket sales in excess of $1.75 million in 2000.✔ Directed all ticket operations for Major League Baseball National League affiliate based in the 57,582 capacity Three Rivers Stadium and managed staff of 70 full and part-time employees.✔ Chosen by Major League Baseball officials to serve on a committee that launched mlb.com and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), generating $360+ million in revenues annually.

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ------------------------------------------ ✔ Directed all ticket office operations for National Hockey League franchise based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ✔ Opened Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena for 1999 Season; in the initial year of operation, the new facility hosted 180 events with an attendance of excess of 1,702,000. ✔ Tenure included two years in 21,000 seat Greensboro Coliseum.

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS: ------------------------------------------ ✔Directed sales, accounting, and staffing for all sports other than men's basketball and football. Successfully served on the host committee and supervised ticket operations for the 1995 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship.✔ Directed ticket operations for multiple ACC and Regional NCAA Championship events. ✔ Led the processing and distribution of student basketball tickets in 21,500 capacity Dean Smith Center. ✔Researched, wrote, and defended Master’s Thesis on the experience.✔*Staffed one NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four, 3 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Fours, and 5 Division 1A football games.

College Prepatory, Advanced Placement

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science And History

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sports Administration