Sam Polak Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

• Part of small team sitting at the intersection of sales and product generating $4.5m+ in revenue and contributing to external relationships across entire MH portfolio• Capturing opportunities outside of national sales offerings by custom tailoring content, technology, and incentives to deliver unique solutions for institutions throughout US higher ed. • Have the privilege to stay close to the customer and act as a liaison on their behalf in order to solve problems cross-functionally internally: coordinating between Product, Marketing, Production, Finance, Customer Success, and Legal teams to get efforts to completion to the ultimate benefit of the customer

• Thought leadership via @11v11Sam; 5,000+ followers generating 100,000+ impressions per month on twitter/X• Nationally-recognized in soccer industry; Named to 30 Under 30 by United Soccer Coaches in 2019• MLS Academy Scout• Soccer data startup adviser• Guest Coach at UNC Charlotte 49ers Boys Soccer Camp• Whitepaper marketing and Lead Generation consulting at Spiideo • Product Strategy and Insights Consultant AI Boost Technology Inc. (recently acquired) • Drove data-informed narratives initiative for Audi of America's Soccer campaign, the Audi Player Index • More than 50 articles published for the likes of FourFourTwo, United Soccer Coaches, and others • Video Editing for Major League Soccer Digital Office, and, Elite Mens Collegiate team• Opposition/Video Analyst for USL side, OKC Energy FC• Social Media Strategist for MLS Next Academy, Black Watch Premier• Columnist for MLSsoccer.com • Remaining informed on the soccer business landscape. Prospecting, networking, pitching, delivering work along identified needs, and adapting in pursuit of growing the beautiful game in this country.

• Named to United Soccer Coaches 30 Under 30 2019 class as one of the top 30 coaches in the US under the age of 30• Select youth boys teams in Madison, CT (2023- present) • Select youth boys teams in Madison, CT (2022- present) • Assistant coach at Hall high School in West Hartford, CT — team won first state championship in 39 years in 2019 (2014 -2019)• Named to United Soccer Coaches 30 Under 30 2019 class as one of the top 30 coaches in the US under the age of 30• Head Coach for select youth boys teams in West Hartford, CT (2014-2016) • Head Coach for the Casablanca American School boys varsity soccer team 2013-2014

New York, Us

• Learning the individual systems our DC University partners have in place already, and identifying opportunities to collaborate within and bring added value to what's established • Being a good partner to universities by delivering on the technology needs for marketing/recruiting, admissions/applications, and learning environment efforts, without losing perspective that the impact graduates will have is the ultimate imperative for institutions' brands • Aligning individual contributions to the organization's effort to build a business that can and should lower the cost of higher education• Cultivating relationships with university stakeholders grounded in trust in service of short and long term value generation• Exceed expectations by owning proactive stakeholder management and delivering technical configurations that solve problems• After hand-offs to external stakeholders and project closures, coordinate Noodle's internal systems to triage issues as they surface on behalf of partner program needs • Identifying and unlocking opportunities in Noodle's internal, cross-functional DC team to scale up output of team

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Provided tailored feedback to over 2,000 higher education professionals on how to deliver exceptional, synchronous digital learning experiences based on best practices in fields like andragogy, pedagogy, learning science, and learning experience design• Distilled documentation into more actionable resources that reduced time-to-action for professors to put information into practice • Onboarded professors to ensure they were equipped to use Zoom and 2U's Learning Management System• Parlayed thousands of hours of experience with the company to serve my team and beyond— built a mentoring program, drove internal communications to tie individual contributions to team goals, ran internal trainings to grow team capacity, leaned on half decade of remote experience to serve other coworkers who were experiencing remote work for the first time during the pandemic

San Francisco, California, Us

Blended internal insights and external research (through audience intelligence & social listening tools) into strategic framework to drive decision-making on upcoming course content, titles, and instructors • Surfaced and externalized team’s implicit approaches to content development for more efficient, iterable, and transparent workflows• Worked cross-functionally, collaborating with business development, analytics, production, growth, marketing to align content effort with overall business objectives

• Lead Editorial Researcher trusted by the world famous car manufacturer, Audi, to grow their brand in the US Soccer landscape• Translated quantitative data from the Audi Player Index, an Opta-based scoring system on player performance, into colorful storylines for internal MLS digital teams, MLS fans to engage with, and broadcasters to share on national TV (Fox, FS1, ESPN, ESPNFC)• Consistently supplied deliverables under demanding, variable deadlines associated with MLS regular & playoff seasons

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, Us

B.S. In Mathematics, Philosophy Minor

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