Sean Ahmed Email & Phone Number

Relaunched Informatics department as Research & Development, with a new mission statement and operating structure. Led projects in engineering, data science, and quantitative analysis. Hands-on work with the amateur draft, pro acquisition, Major Leagues, and pitching development and strategy.

Organizational build under new GM Ben Cherington. Working in all areas of baseball operations, including amateur draft, pitching analysis and development, and player evaluation.

Six drafts as primary amateur analyst (Kyle Schwarber, Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner, Dylan Cease, Justin Steele, Keegan Thompson). Three years working with added focus on player development, including close coordination with pitching coordinator and farm director on player plans. Extensive pitching lab and Kinatrax experience. Extensive valuation/evaluation modeling contributions. World Series champion rebuild. http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/the-most-pleasing-campaign-of-2016

Chicago

• Developed proprietary models for Chicago Cubs baseball operations department.• Leveraged models to deliver same-day reports on waiver and trade targets.

Assisted on special projects for the associate dean of the biosciences and the director of bioscience strategic initiatives.

Chicago

• Part of team that transitioned Chicago Cubs in-house publications to external partner.• Managed all publications fully for seven months during search for new editor.• Left to pursue baseball analytics opportunities.

• Wrote, edited, and researched for over 1,000 printed pages each year.• Managed production of annual Yearbook and semi-annual Program.• Piloted video program and oversaw and maintained extensive photography database.

Responsibilities included Spanish translation between players and media.