The Business of Sport by Sportsfinda

Ryan Hulub is currently the Senior Coordinator of Corporate Partnerships at Pegula Sports & Entertainment, in Buffalo NY. His duties include managing corporate partnerships across all PSE properties, including the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League, the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, and the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League. Ryan started his career in Radio...

James - CEO & Co-Founder of football coach marketplace Treiner.co has been coaching full-time since 2004 in Victoria, New South Wales and Fiji developing a large network of coaches at the amateur, semi-professional and professional level, as well as coach education and sport education since 2008. He also has experience with Sports Businesses running SoccerStore from 2003-2008 (a B2B wholesale spor...

Alex Buchman enters his second year (7 years overall) as Assistant Director of Sports Performance, primarily working with the women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis programs. Buchman oversees the weight training facility in the Carolina Soccer Center and designs year-round strength and conditioning programs for each team he works with. In addition, Buchman manages the Firstbeat Sports technology...

Adam Goldberg, M.A, M.Ed.  Adam is a professional in the sports industry. He has experience working with UCLA, the Los Angeles Angels, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and most recently UC Irvine Athletics as their GM of Ticket Sales and Service. Born and raised in a small town in Central California, Adam moved to Southern California to pursue his dream to work in Sports.   Where did you attend...

Phil Wallace is the VP of Business Development for Reigning Champs and its subsidiary NCSA Next College Student Athlete. In this role, he oversees strategic partnerships for the organization and leads new partner initiatives. Reigning Champs is the leading youth-sports experiences and path-to-college solutions provider in the U.S. With a reach exceeding 100 million student-athletes, parents and co...

Jake Stone is Penn State baseball's Director of Operations and Player Development. Stone brings professional and Big Ten experience to the position, working for the Baltimore Orioles organization this summer and previously serving as the head student manager at Iowa. In his roles, Stone demonstrated advanced knowledge of the cutting-edge player development technology that has proliferated through...

Luka's Story:  Three P's that describe me are professional, passionate, and proactive. I am a soccer fanatic that wants to bring the change not only to the world of sports business but this world in general. Playing soccer competitively since the age of 6 taught me how to be a professional, set myself high goals and aim for greatest results achieved with the best performance possible. Sport h...

In 2001, Casey Cittadino was an un-recruited high school athlete who got a last-minute opportunity to play lacrosse for the Towson Tigers, practically as a walk on.  Casey eventually became a 2x Captain, All American, and ranked amongst the top 50 players in school history.  He went on to play Major League Lacrosse for 9 seasons (7 with the Denver Outlaws & 2 with the Charlotte Hound...

Alberts Story:  I'm currently the Sr. Manager of Marketing Technology for Memphis Basketball, LLC the parent company of the Memphis Grizzlies. I report to the VP of Marketing Strategy and lead the team that is responsible for the technology that supports the marketing efforts of the Memphis Grizzlies , the  Memphis Hustle , Grizz Gaming , and FedExForum . In my role, I'm involv...

Story:  Michael Cross, PhD has been a change agent in intercollegiate athletics for over two decades with professional stops at Michigan, Princeton, Bradley and Penn State Universities. As a former student-athlete, coach, administrator and athletic director, Mike is a tireless advocate for the student-athlete experience. He is a regular conference speaker and frequently confers with professio...

Rachel covers all of NCSU's home W. Gymnastics meets as the Sports Analyst or Play-by-Play. While streaming I provide detailed descriptions of elements, bonus combinations, unique moves to be aware of, point out faults that have been made, and more! These get interesting - be sure to tune in! http://www.gopack.com/sports/w-gym/sched/ncst-w-gym-sched.html Click on Audio/Video

My name is Mike Margolies. I help prevent people in sports and business from choking! I've worked with thousands of athletes for over three decades. I've taught them about the game within the game. I've trained professional and elite athletes and helped guide many to World Championships, the Super Bowl and recently the World Cup. When you want to be the best that you can be and the one thing you m...

Joe graduated from Full Sail University's Sports Marketing and Media program as Valedictorian and has worked with a multitude of sports organizations, ranging from minor league teams to professional organizations. Developing strong marketing strategies and building engaging content to create lifelong fans are what he strives to do. Learn more about Joe https://www.linkedin.com/in/joezollo/

Elaine has been racing jet-powered dragsters for the past 14 years. Along with her husband, Chris, they have blazed new trails in the racing community. Elaine is a strong advocate for "Girl Power" Each and every day Elaine works with students from Florida Institute of Technology, from helping them build their brand, to producing their own reality TV show, to the business of Motorsports. As a STEM...

SportsVision is an advanced sports analytics platform powered by Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Computer Vision for both off & on the field Analytics that caters to the needs of everyone involved in sports management. Revolutionizing sports with cutting-edge AI technology. The SportsVision platform enables coaches/managers to analyze and enhance the performances with vision-centric...

PATRICK DEES IS THE CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF GAMING OFFICER OF THE FCFL Patrick is a serial entrepreneur and dynamic executive involved with a myriad of successful startups. Co-Founded Talk About Wireless. The Fan-Controlled Football League (FCFL) is exactly what it sounds like, a real-world sports league where the Fans are in charge. It’s like Madden in real life. All FCFL games will be live-stream...

Maxamillion Enterprises -Where Mpowered Leadership Matters... Master Developer of the Global C-Suite Cycle of Leadership. Human-Centered Design Architect for the Sports, Entertainment, Tech and Philanthropic Industries. Sustainable Smart Cities Advocate, Catalyst for Economic Empowerment leveraging Blockchain and other leading technologies. Experience Disciple of Brian Solis. Learn more here https...

Former sports sponsorship and marketing professional who got tired of brands asking for more digital assets and not having enough of them in our packages....so I created SQWAD. At SQWAD we help sports teams, events, and properties connect fans to sponsors digitally during breaks in the action. We provide teams with easy to plug in digital contests and activations that grab attention, fan insights,...

A veteran print and digital Sports Writer-Reporter-Blogger-Author experienced in writing in-depth profile stories on a variety of high school, college, and professional athletes and teams. Jerry covers Brooklyn, NYC, and Long Island. Plus, Parts of New Jersey. Specialties: Baseball, football, hockey and basketball writing. Jerry has also have covered lacrosse, soccer, golf and track and field, wit...

​Roy J. Akers is a broadcast journalism graduate of MSU in 1985. He is the former Sports Director for Detroit Sports Media and a current contributor to the Oakland Press. He is passionate about Football, Baseball, Auto Racing and Golf among other sports.  Roy holds a Strong Background as a multi-media journalist producing content covering Nascar, PGA Golf and more...  Check out more of R...

Who is Shannon Potts?  A Marine Corps veteran with over 25 years of football experience as a player, coach, and scout. I founded the premier sports scouting agency in America, Hidden Gemz Sports Scouting. With connections all across the world, we market and promote athletes to teams at every level for professional opportunities. We also market and promote high school athletes to college coach...

Gustavo's skillset extends from project financial management to "Games Day" operations. With a background in the mining business, Gustavo was invited to join the Rio2016 Summer Olympics LOC, where he played a crucial role at the Results Services functional area. Gustavo was responsible for 17 Olympic venues and 10 sports. Also, as a team member, he leads internal initiatives related to human resou...

StatsBomb brings advanced analytics to global football with twice the data of any other provider out there. StatsBomb boasts some of the world's elite soccer teams such as Paris St. Germain as clients. Most recently was Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at DraftKings and founded iSport Consulting to help tech, gaming and sports startups achieve funding and partnerships. Former: Founde...

Ken Troupe is an independent sports marketing and digital media consultant with 20 plus years of experience. He is an established sports industry veteran with a proven track record of success in ticket sales management, revenue-generating ideas, staff development and mentoring, digital marketing expertise, and personal brand training experience. In 2008, Ken launched KT Sports Marketing, work...

FOUNDER & CEO Keirsten is the founder and CEO of LRT Sports. On top of that, she is a writer for The Huddle. Being the Chief Executive Officer of LRT Sports means that Keirsten is the one held accountable for the success of the company’s efforts, across the board. She is also our Chief Amusement Officer; she promotes laughter in our business, eye roll. Playing varsity tennis and soccer for Ski...