Michael Eckstein Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Senior Business Executive for Innovative Global Sports Technology Initiatives:Sports Biomechanics/ Sports Analytics/ AI and Cloud Technology DevelopmentPAST AND CURRENT C-LEVEL ROLES/ RESPONSIBILITIES/ ENGAGEMENTSPARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES - Teaming alliance with Alibaba Cloud and Deloitte to create POC for live broadcast of real-time biometrics during performance action. SENIOR EXECUTIVE - GLOBAL SPORTS ANALYTICS AMD TECHNOLOGY (BCG- Boston Consulting Group: October 2023) - Team Leader for BCG ($11+Billion 2022 revenue, 30,000 employees, 100 offices, 50+ countries) to provide both strategic consulting and technical implementation services worldwide to sports analytics technology companies, teams/ leagues/ sports federations, sports media rights holders, and arena-stadium sites. Focused efforts to unlock the maximization of profit potentials, plus creating on-going revenue streams across integrated business operations. SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR Simi Reality Motion Systems (February 2016 - June 2023)Simi Reality Motion Systems (www.simi.com) is the leading 3D motion capture and sports analytics company in the world. Founded in 1992, and with 1,200 worldwide installations, Simi's markerless AI and machine learning algorithms are used by MLB, NBA and NFL teams for player performance evaluations, training metrics, injury prevention protocols, and return-to-plan rehabilitation programs. Numerous international sports federations, national Olympic teams, athletic footwear companies and other sports related markets look to Simi as the gold standard for markerless motion capture, analytics and motion metrics reporting.

Mclean, Va, Us

With 40+ years of C-level business development, sales, marketing and operational P&L experience, combined with contacts and relationships across the sports–stadium management–IT industries, created/ reviewed/ coordinated project initiatives to grow the BAH presence and its profitability in the sports analytics and closely related markets. As a publicly traded $5.5Billion company, with 22,000 worldwide employees, BAH now brings to global sports and stadium operations sophisticated toolkits and skill sets that have been effectively used throughout the government and military for many years.Responsibilities included:•Develop specific tactical action steps, timelines and milestones to implement approved BAH Sports Analytics strategic initiatives.•Promote and advance the profile of BAH in the sports analytics market including but not limitedto securing speaking engagements, attending industry conferences, authoring whitepapers, and organizing industry workshops.•Initiate contact to discuss collaboration models with technology companies with platforms andapplications specific to the sports/fan engagement marketplace.•Manage BAH relationships and activities with industry clients and partners, including technology companies. •Managing and servicing of client accounts.•Identify, contact, confirm meetings and develop presentations/briefings with various team-league-stadium stakeholders in support of the BAH sports analytics strategy and growth. This included (a) introducing BAH’s analytic capabilities, and (b) discussing the “value added” benefits BAH solutions can provide to already installed platforms and applications.•When opportunities were identified, collaborate with multi-departmental BAH resources to develop proposals and define the engagement roadmap of tasking assignments, deliverables, milestones and timelines

Visionary founder of breakthrough markerless motion capture technology company for sports applications. Using an integrated high speed, military grade image capture system installed in MLB stadiums, the KinaTrax platform (www.kinatrax.com) is capable of capturing the live in-game performance of major league pitchers, recording and analyzing the biomechanics of their pitching motions at 300+fps. Successful proof of concept demonstrated at Citi Field in June 2013 (NY Mets). First commercial installation at Tropicana Field in May 2015 (Tampa Bay Rays).•Secured interest and facilitated business development, marketing and sales activities with 19 MLB teams interested in the KinaTrax platform. •New market initiatives successfully opened with the NFL, PGA, US Olympic Committee, multiple international cricket associations.•Sold equity interest in the company in February 2016.

•EON REALITY – worldwide virtual and augmented reality projects. Established new content development business plan; identified resources for launching of its EU Manchester AR-VR hub, resulting in $28+million of new business.•EXPO 2015 – US business official for the eight month Milan, Italy international trade and commerce exposition. Promoted and successfully secured US Pavilion sponsorship from large US corporations. Key EXPO metrics included an infrastructure and operating budget of €3 billion, 145 country and NGO participants, 20 million visitors, and 700 million cyber login attendees. Served as the senior resource supporting CTO’s technology vision for the event.•GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL – North American Software Consultant (appointed by the Minster of Trade). Multi-year US business development advisement to 110+ diverse Israeli software and related technology companies entering the North American market. Efforts resulted in new sales for engaged companies of approximately $30-35million.•KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGIES – CEO of the technology subsidiary of PA Blue Shield, servicing 42,000 healthcare providers throughout Pennsylvania. Posted a favorable $4.5Million cash flow turnaround from operations; largest IBM healthcare reseller in US.