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Founded boutique consulting and advisory firm for start-up and early-stage sports, entertainment, and lifestyle companies.Current and past clients include: Sports Betting analytics and content creation provider, a peer-to-peer Blockchain betting platform, AI image recognition provider, and a FinTech company automating global tournament, content creator, and NIL payments.Serve in fractional C-Level roles for companies looking to address challenges and accelerate growth. Retained by PE and VC firms for diligence and scouting projects.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Profluence Sports is a media company, community, and investment fund at the intersection of sports, tech, & media. Profluence+ Community Co-Founder.

Melbourne, Au

U.S. business development consultant to GTG Network (https://www.gtgnetwork.com/), a Melbourne, Australia-based sports betting content and engagement provider. The GTG Network creates customized products that generate large-scale consumer engagement through data analytics and gamification.

Singapore, Sg

Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF) focuses on adding value to emerging technology & blockchain projects with real world applications.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Isos Capital Management is an investment firm founded by George Barrios and Michelle Wilson, former co-presidents of WWE.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Stadia Ventures invested in over 50 portfolio companies with 5 exits. The success of the Stadia portfolio companies has led to Stadia Ventures being one of the longest running and truly global players in the sports and esports technology space.

New York, Us

Playrs is a holding company for a portfolio of consumer, media, and technology businesses focused on improving access and engagement in the youth sports space.

Us

UPGRADED transforms traditional event tickets into Smart Tickets with blockchain-driven fraud security, frictionless mobile transfers, and the unique ability to generate new revenue and communication opportunities. We’re on a mission to deliver the most enjoyable, trustworthy, and transparent mobile ticketing experience possible.

Selected by Van Wagner board to launch and lead new division following acquisition of the world’s largest blimp advertising company; integrated company, launched complementary experiential marketing group, and restructured operations to pursue long-term growth plan. Oversaw 175-person group with globally dispersed operating companies; full P&L responsibility. Experiential Group named to Event Marketer's 2014 IT List and received 2 MediaPost Digital Out-Of-Home Awards for work on Showtime's Penny Dreadful. Airship Group was awarded AdWeek's Media Plan of the Year Award for the Hendricks Gin 2015 Airship campaign.

New York, New York, Us

(COO from 2003-2007; CEO from 2007-2012, Board Member from 2012-2015)Directed all strategies, initiatives, and operations, with oversight of 65 full-time employees, 180+ contract employees, and operations/service facility in Chicago; held full P&L responsibility. Successfully expanded group to offer a robust sports media portfolio, led team in development of assets seen by hundreds of millions of TV viewers annually, and grew EBITDA substantially.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Joined Yahoo! as part of Broadcast.com acquisition, taking helm of sports channel; quickly diversified channel and transformed it into highly profitable stand-alone business unit. Led cross-functional team of 10-15 plus shared resources.Achieved highest profit growth out of the five Yahoo! media channels and garnered #1 ranking in visitors for all sports websites in 2000. Initiated and negotiated 50+ deals with sports leagues, teams, and organizations; this included a strategic, groundbreaking NBA partnership.

broadcast.com (fka AudioNet), a start-up co-founded by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, had a record-setting IPO in 1998 and was acquired by Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in 1999.Established New York City office and focused on building a worldwide Internet sports broadcast channel through content acquisition and media sales.Negotiated and managed international broadcast and distribution agreements with over 300 NCAA institutions, professional sports leagues, teams, broadcasters, and Players' Associations.

New York, Ny, Us

(Intern – 1994; Director – 1995 to 1998)Evaluated new technologies and developed business models, marketing, and operational plans for new business opportunities leveraging the NFL's media assets. Executed launches of online, satellite and wireless-based products, generating multimillion dollar revenue streams from subscription, advertising, and licensing revenues.

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Recruited for corporate-wide executive development program with rotational assignments in financial analysis, systems development / programming, strategic planning, sales, and sales management.

Mba, Marketing, Finance, International Business

Ba, Economics