Executive Transactions

May, 2018

Friday, May 4, 2018

The Bucks hired the following: ROBERT CORDOVA as Senior VP & CTO; MATHIEU GILMAN as VP/Global Business Development; CHARLES RANSOM as Dir of Guest Experience; HILARY DICKINSON as Communications Manager; NINA GRIMSIC as Talent Acquisition Manager; and T . J . SAGEN as Manager of Live...

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Turnkey announced a new strategic consulting arm to be led by Exec VP TONY PONTURO and supported by Senior VP/Marketing Partnerships GEORGE PERRY and VP/Marketing Partnerships DANIELLE BYRD ( Turnkey ). BID FAREWELL : NBA Senior VP & Managing Dir of...

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

The Redskins named former Rams VP/Tickets & Premium Seating JAKE BYE Senior VP/Consumer Sales & Marketing, a new position with the club. Bye will be responsible for the team’s marketing and sales efforts for all consumer revenue categories. He spent 12 years with the Rams and played...

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

The Texans "dismissed" Assistant GM JIMMY RAYE III , Dir of College Scouting JON CARR , Assistant Dir of College Scouting MIKE MARTIN , College Scouting Coordinator MATT JANSEN and college scout SETH TURNER . The team also "let go" of Administrative Assistant...

April, 2018

Monday, April 30, 2018

Colgate Univ. named Univ. of North Carolina Senior Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator NICKI MOORE VP & AD ( Colgate )....Pitt signed AD HEATHER LYKE to a six-year contract that "runs through" at least '24. The extension comes "just about 13 months into her tenure" ( PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE,...

Friday, April 27, 2018

Bill Simmons Media Group promoted COO GEOFF CHOW to President & COO. The company also promoted the following at The Ringer: SEAN FENNESSEY to Editor-in-Chief & Chief Content Officer; CHRIS RYAN to Editorial Dir; MALLORY RUBIN to Exec Editor; and JULIET LITMAN to Head of Production. Litman will...

Thursday, April 26, 2018

The NBA hired industry veteran MICHELE CARR as VP within the league's team marketing and business operations division. Carr comes to the NBA after spending the past three years working for the NFL's partnerships department as Group Managing Dir. She begins her new job Monday and reports...

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

USF AD MARK HARLAN has "signed a contract extension that will keep him at the school" through the '20-21 school year. Harlan, who has been at USF since '14, will "receive $525,000 a year." He will also be "eligible for a stipend of up to $150,000 annually...

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The NFL Panthers promoted the following: STEVE ARGERIS to Deputy General Counsel & Dir of Compliance; JOE LABUE to Dir of Ticket Sales & Premium Services; JENNIFER GRUBB to Payroll & Benefits Manager; and ERIN COLLUMS to Marketing Coordinator ( THE DAILY ). EXECS : World Rugby...

Monday, April 23, 2018

SportsBusiness Journal/Daily has named TED KEITH Assistant Managing Editor. He joins SBJ/SBD after more than 10 years at SI, where he had various editorial roles. Keith started as a reporter in '06 and eventually became Senior Editor from '14-17. He will start in the N.Y. office before...

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