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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Started an LLC to facilitate some advisory work to explore opportunities outside of professional baseball.Engagements included: > SurePeople | Jan ‘24 – Mar ‘24Utilized contacts in professional baseball to connect SurePeople’s solution with best fit organizations > KinaTrax (Advisor, Strategic Growth) | Aug ‘23 – Dec ‘23Gathered industry insights on.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

The company’s mission is pretty straightforward:To help make people sure of themselves, and organizations sure of their people.How we do that is a little more complex.At the heart of SurePeople is Prism - a robust psychometric and behavioral analysis that uses a proprietary algorithm to help identify: > How others perceive us > How we process information >.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Designed and executed several projects encouraging the use of the brightest analytical minds to help influence both the overall strategy of the baseball division, and more specifically the development of the athletes on Excel's roster. This included broader input on projection models and proprietary metrics to evaluate talent, as well as the creation of.

Stepped onto the frontlines with the Major League Coaching Staff. This role was designed to bridge front office concepts, models, and metrics to frontline players and coaches. > Utilized probabilistic models to simulate game situations to prepare a new manager during an unprecedented global pandemic> Reinforced proprietary models as integral pieces of.

Chicago, Illinois

Transitioned focus to evaluation of our own Major and minor league players and processes. My role in personnel decisions shifted from which outside players we should be targeting to emphasize which players would offer the most lasting impact for us to keep.> Conducted interviews and provided recommendations for hiring of Major League Manager and multiple.

Greater Chicago Area

Led the department that evaluates all the players in Professional baseball for potential acquisition by the Chicago Cubs. > Oversaw staffing, sourcing, budgeting, coverage, and professional development of roughly 15 full and part time scouts spread around the globe> Prepared and delivered presentations to sign Major and minor league Free Agents – including.

Greater Chicago Area

**2016 World Series ChampionExpanded previous role to include oversight of small staff of full time scouts focused on acquisition of Major League players.

Greater Chicago Area

Dual roles - Special Asst title involves using all available means to help evaluate players, both currently in our minor league system, as well as Amateur, Professional, and International players being considered for acquisition by the Chicago Cubs; Director of Video & Advance Scouting title involves sourcing, staffing, and managing two separate but.

Chicago

Designed and implemented an advance scouting system to help the Cubs better prepare for their upcoming opponents:>Took inventory of best practices of processes from 6 other organizations>Hired and trained staff on what metrics to emphasize and how best to communicate that with our coaches and players>Led initiatives to utilize video more effectively across.

Evaluated players from other Major League teams and several of their Minor League affiliates for potential acquisition by the Boston Red Sox.

**2007 World Series ChampionContributed to and compiled reports based on strengths and weaknesses of opposing teams and players in preparation for every Red Sox game from Opening Day 2006 through Game 4 of the 2007 World Series.Also helped to maintain Video database used by players and front office, as well as cultivating relationships with video, software.

Competed for parts of 6 seasons as RH Pitcher in Indians minor league system up to AAA level.