Speakers

Andrew Georgiou is President of Eurosport and responsible for all of Discovery’s sports businesses, including the recent launch of sport on discovery+, the Olympic Games, Global Cycling Network, Eurosport Events and represents Discovery’s interests on the Board of Formula E.

Andrew is responsible for all rights acquisitions across Discovery platforms, as well as the integration of all sales and marketing efforts across the Group.

Discovery’s sports businesses reach over 115m unique individuals per month across its owned and operated platforms and over 200m when including third-party platforms.

Before joining Discovery, Andrew had a successful 13-year association with Group Lagardère, firstly as CEO of Lagardère Sports Asia and latterly Lagardère Sports and Entertainment where he served as Global Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to linking up with Group Lagardère, Andrew was CEO of the PGA TOUR of Australasia.

Andrew lives in London with his wife and four children.

Following a highly-accomplished professional career on the ATP Tour during which he won three ATP titles and reached a career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 18, ANDREA GAUDENZI obtained a law degree from the University of Bologna, Italy, followed by a Master of Business Administration at the International University of Monaco, where he graduated with honours. He went on to forge a successful career in business over the next 15 years across a wide range of sectors including sports marketing, entertainment, data, technology and media. He held leadership positions at several start-up entertainment, tech and gaming businesses in London, including Musixmatch and Soldo, as well as serving on the Board of ATP Media, where he was instrumental in leading the successful restructuring of the business which serves as the broadcast arm of the ATP Tour.

Raven Jemison is a sports business executive with 14 years of experience managing multi-million business operations and generating revenue across both teams and leagues. She currently serves as Executive Vice President, Business Operations for the Milwaukee Bucks and is responsible for managing the organization’s foundational and entrepreneurial business units, including ticketing, marketing, technology, analytics, corporate social responsibility and the G-League’s Wisconsin Herd. Previously, Jemison served as Vice President in the NBA’s Team Marketing and Business Operations, an in-house group consulting on all aspects of business operations, including ticket and sponsorship sales, marketing, digital, customer retention, arena operations, staffing, analytics and expense control. Prior to the NBA, she served in several sales, marketing and business operations leadership roles with the San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Florida Panthers. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Raven is a proud graduate of Auburn University, where she earned both B.S and M.Ed degrees.

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters, Eddie Hearn heads up the Matchroom Sport group of companies, one of the World’s largest suppliers of sports programming; supplying virtually every major broadcaster of sports in the World. Perhaps best known for his role in World boxing, Hearn has staged and promoted world-class shows from 90,000 crowds at Wembley Stadium to sell-outs at the Mecca of Boxing Madison Square Garden in New York.

Matchroom Boxing is firmly established as the foremost boxing promotional outfit in the World, and with well over three decades of vast experience, the company has taken boxing onto another level in the UK with a series of ground-breaking promotions that have broken all records for ticket sales and viewership.

Hearn landed boxing’s first ever $1bn deal in May 2018 as Matchroom and streaming giant DAZN announced plans of their bold new move into the States. Hearn boasts an unrivalled stable of talent that includes Heavyweight icon Anthony Joshua OBE and Women’s Undisputed Lightweight Champion of the World Katie Taylor.

Yiannis Exarchos Chief Executive Officer, OBS Executive Director, OCS Yiannis Exarchos was born in Athens in 1964. He produced and presented cultural and art programmes on Greek TV and Radio and held several management and senior executive positions in a number of broadcast organisations, including Executive Director of the Greek national broadcaster ERT. He has lectured at numerous conferences and collaborated with several public and private organisations such as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Specialising in the management and coverage of global sporting events, he has served as a top executive for all Olympic host broadcasting organisations since Athens 2004. His background in radio, television, music and film brings a comprehensive perspective to the planning and management of the broadcast of major events. Mr. Exarchos was named CEO of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the permanent host broadcast organisation created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), following the Olympic Games London 2012. In 2015 he was also named Executive Director of Olympic Channel Services (OCS), the corporate entity charged with creating and operating the IOC’s Olympic Channel. He is also a member of the OCS SL Board of Directors. His in-depth media experience and leadership have earned him numerous recognitions, including five Emmy Awards, a Webby Award, an Award from the Greek National Organising Committee for his long-term contribution to the Olympic Movement, and the Great Wall Friendship Award in acknowledgment of his contribution to Beijing’s progress and development. He is also a regular speaker at international conferences and events on broadcast, new technologies and digital media. Based in Madrid, his native language is Greek and he is also fluent in English, French and Spanish.

James Rushton is Co-Chief Executive Officer at DAZN Group, having been appointed to the position in January 2021. During his time at the Group, James has held a number of senior roles including Chief Revenue Officer, Managing Director of APAC, Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand and Managing Director of DAZN Player. Prior to this, James was Commercial Director at Birmingham City Football Club.

Caty is the Head of Partnerships & Marketing at Dapper Labs. She spends her time talking to consumers about the exciting future of blockchain gaming and digital collectibles, while getting some of the biggest brands in the world excited about a new world of consumer engagement and revenue potential. Prior to Dapper Labs, she held roles at ESPN, the NHL, and the NFL. She’s driven by enriching fan experiences, demystifying new technologies for consumers, and working with smart people.

Tom joined ECB as CEO in January 2015 and brings a lifelong passion for cricket to the role, together with over 20 years of sports business experience across the world. Renowned as a progressive, value-led, strategic leader, Tom firmly believes cricket can be an enormous force for good in any community. He is passionate about the role sport can play to inspire current and future generations as players, volunteers and fans. Four years into the role, Tom is driving transformational, positive change across the ECB and the wider game, through commercial excellence and by building strong relationships in and outside the game, delivering landmark partnerships with Sky and the BBC which will enable cricket to have the revenue, reach and exposure to thrive. Tom also led the formation of ‘Inspiring Generations’, the game’s strategy for 2020-24, which sets out a bold plan for growth across the country into younger and more diverse audiences by seeking to increase participation.

Before joining the ECB, Tom was Senior Vice President at sports marketing giant, IMG, where he ran the company’s media business in the UK. Prior to that Tom was IMG’s lead in Singapore where he managed IMG’s business in South and South East Asia. He also spent four years with Asian broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) and drove the syndication of multiple major sports properties, including the Olympic Games. This experience has given him a global perspective on the future business models for sports and media rights Born in England, Tom was brought up in South Africa, returning to the UK aged 14. He is a graduate of The University of Manchester.

Will Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of WHOOP, which has developed next generation wearable technology for optimizing human performance and health. WHOOP members range from professional athletes and fortune 500 CEOs to fitness enthusiasts and executives to military personnel and healthcare workers. Ahmed has raised more than $100 million from top investors and has an active advisory board that consists of some of the world’s most notable cardiologists, technologists, marketers, and designers. Ahmed wrote “The Feedback Tool: Measuring Fitness, Intensity, and Recovery,” which sparked the underlying physiology and engineering for his work today. Ahmed was recently named to the 2020 Fortune 40 Under 40 Healthcare list and previously named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40. In 2020, WHOOP was named Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company for Wellness. Before founding WHOOP, Ahmed was named a 2011 Harvard College Scholar for finishing in the top 10% of his class and a CSA Scholar Athlete; he captained the Harvard Men’s Varsity Squash Team.

Adrian Farina brings a wealth of experience in consumer and shopper marketing across multiple markets. He has been included in the “Power 100” list of top marketers by Campaign magazine for two years straight, and has been a juror for EFFIE, Festival of Media and Cannes Lions. He started his career in the fast food industry with Pizza Hut leading all direct marketing efforts in Argentina. He then worked in FMCG marketing during a 10-year international career with Procter & Gamble in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. In 2008 Adrian moved to the US to join Saatchi & Saatchi X and led the expansion of the Shopper Marketing business in Latin America, doing work for leading companies including Coca Cola, Procter & Gamble, Cadbury, HP, Diageo and Nestle. Adrian joined Visa in 2012 as SVP Marketing – Latin America & Caribbean, leading all marketing efforts in the region including the activation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Rio Olympics. In early 2017 he moved to London, where as SVP Marketing – Europe he leads a team of 100+ marketers across the region. Adrian championed the development of purpose-driven marketing in Europe, which resulted in campaigns like “Where You Shop Matters” in support of small merchants, and the groundbreaking sponsorship of UEFA Women’s Football, which won multiple awards in the market.

I lead the sports and gaming partnership verticals at TikTok, where I oversee 450+ accounts, drive the platform’s holistic sports strategy, and guide the execution of large-scale campaigns that support business strategies for top-tier partners including the NFL, NBA, and ESPN. I aim to bring unique value to our partners and to the company by identifying strategic growth and partnership opportunities in the sports space, including content strategy, tentpole activations, creative ideation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Sales, Marketing, etc.). Sports on TikTok are about building a brand personality embedded in culture and off-the-field elements. I believe social media can be a powerful tool to unite diverse communities and give users a voice, and I’m proud of how TikTok sheds light on another side of the games and athletes we love. Through impactful partnerships and the extraordinary content our partners produce, we are paving the way for a new generation of sports fans.

Tom created Castore with his brother Phil in 2015. At the time he was playing football for Tranmere Rovers and felt there was a significant lack of high-quality performance garments available from the global sportswear brands. With his brother Phil (also an athlete) they travelled to Italy to search for technically superior fabrics that could be used to make better training garments. Once they had found the most advanced materials to create undeniably better sportswear, they launched Castore with the vision to be a British sportswear brand that competes on the global stage, and stands out for exceptional product quality. The business began as the two brothers when Tom was 25 years old. They sold the advanced training wear to professional and semi-professional athletes they knew, and quickly gained brand recognition within elite sporting circles. Within a year of launch Castore had built a loyal following by those who appreciated the unrelenting commitment to creating the highest quality sportswear in the world. Since then they have been joined by Andy Murray as a key brand partner, and created a list of impressive partnerships with McLaren Automotive, Rangers FC, Cricket West Indies, and several Australian rugby league teams, as well as ambassador partnerships with Owen Farrell, Jos Buttler, Adam Peaty, and Gary Neville, along with many others, as the brand grows from strength to strength.

Kristen Bankosz serves as Vice President of Content Marketing at UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization. In this role, Bankosz leads the Content Marketing team on all residential marketing efforts on a global scale. In 2019, Bankosz crafted the architecture of the Pay-Per-View deals with cable and satellite providers to position UFC for future growth over the next five years. Additionally, Bankosz has supported UFC’s international expansion plans with insight in growing the brand in Russia, Singapore, and China, among many other accomplishments. Prior to joining UFC, Bankosz held senior roles in Consumer Brand Marketing and Global Promotions and NBCUniversal/Comcast, Universal Orlando Resort, and Landers and Partners Inc. Bankosz has over 10 years of experience leading marketing, advertising, and strategy efforts. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication and Media Studies from Florida Southern College and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts Degree in Organizational Communication with a concentration in Marketing Analytics from the University of Denver.

Proud Father of 4 children, husband and passionate marathon runner Giuliano defines himself as a digital thinker even though he is not a digital native. He started his career at A.C. Milan in 2000, at that time he completed his second degree in business administration with a thesis on CRM projects in the world of football. His Rossoneri experience lasts 15 years and is an exciting and successful adventure that allows him to start the foundations of the Club’s digital transformation by developing the CRM project, implementing website and apps and managing all social channels in a continuous relationship with fans worldwide. In 2016 he moved to inter as Media house director with the aim of starting the Media House project, a great successful case history that sees the mix of digital and TV Club channel in a continuous phase of adaptation of video production towards new and modern channels and languages. After 18 years of experience in the Clubs, he decided to undertake the experience of managing director for an aggressive and strongly digital-oriented media group: Eleven Sport, present in Italy as an OTT platform and focused on the acquisition of second tier rights. In 2019 he joined Fifa in the Media Rights and Content Service area where he deals with content and digital with the role of Head of digital content.

Head of Innovation in charge of Digital, Business Intelligence/Analytics, Fan Experience and Ticketing at Spain’s Valencia CF since June 2018. He is responsible for all data/business insights of the club while also managing tickets/pricing, fan experience, and customer support departments from a data-driven angle. Segarra has contributed significantly to the club’s ambitious digital transformation and is leading the Innovation HUB project. A former bank manager and Chief Technology Officer, Segarra has over 14 years of professional experience in different sectors, but with a continued focus on applying technology and performing digital transformations in various businesses.

Penelope Tomasi is a digital marketing expert. She started her career driving online retailers marketing efficiency to the next level. At HomeAway-Expedia she moved from traditional channel-led digital marketing to CRM: leveraging advanced data insight, segmentation and technology led to win back market shares on a very competitive market. She now leads the CRM, BI and data strategy transition at UEFA, making sure UEFA Fans over the world enjoy every minute of their passion and that UEFA partners get the best value from their digital visibility.

Jordan Gardner is an American sports executive and investor in several soccer clubs across Europe including Swansea City AFC in the United Kingdom and Dundalk FC in the Republic of Ireland. He is currently the chairman, co-owner and managing partner at FC Helsingør, an American-owned soccer club in Denmark, and was previously vice president, investment and business strategy for the digital media company JUGOtv before it was acquired by Relevent Sports Group. He was also the owner and chief executive of a live event ticketing and technology company based in San Francisco, California.

As General Manager of Microsoft UK’s Customer Success Unit (CSU), Derrick leads the organisation responsible for enabling Microsoft’s largest Enterprise Customers on their journey to embrace Digital Transformation. By focusing on delivering world class support and connected customer experiences, the CSU ensures that Microsoft acts as trusted technology partner in a customer’s journey to modernizing and transforming their organization.

Since joining Microsoft in 2001, Derrick has held multiple leadership roles, including General Manager for Microsoft’s Public Sector business. Derrick is a member of the Microsoft UK Senior Leadership Team and acts as the executive sponsor of Microsoft UK’s Diversity and Inclusion commitment and ambition

Outside of Microsoft, Derrick is a board member of SICCAR and trustee board member of Fitzroy, a charity with the mission to transform lives by supporting people with learning disabilities to lead the lives they choose. He is a keen marathon runner and after completing the likes of Barcelona, Berlin, Edinburgh, London and New York on his journey to completing the Abbot 6 Majors.

Michael Sutherland is the Chief Transformation Officer at Real Madrid, which is consistently ranked as the highest earning european football club and is one of the most valuable sports brands in the world. Prior to Real Madrid, Michael was the Director of Virtual Reality and Director of Product and Design for Emerging Technologies at HP Inc in Silicon Valley. He has been an active angel investor, founder and advisor in early stage companies and has led the growth and commercialization of technology startups in Silicon Valley. He is a global technology leader and expert in corporate innovation and commercialization of new technology products.

Henk van Raan is Chief Innovation Officer of the Amsterdam ArenA and specializes in facility and project management. In his position, he is responsible for a variety of aspects such as real estate development, grass management, the Amsterdam Innovation Arena and sustainability. On behalf of the Amsterdam ArenA, Henk has been responsible to define the ambition for the Amsterdam ArenA to become climate neutral by the year 2015. A goal the stadium has accomplished and has been warmly embraced by the City of Amsterdam, who have assigned the Amsterdam ArenA as a sustainability icon for the city. Together with the municipality of Amsterdam, Henk is responsible for the Smart City development goals of the stadium and South East City District, which will have global impact in 2020. Henk is board member of Amsterdam Smart City.

Humza is the Chief Technology and Digital Officer at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Humza has over 20 years of experience in driving Technology and Business Strategy, while directly contributing to both top and bottom line results. Humza’s organization at MLSE is responsible for digital strategy, technology, IT, mobile apps, data science and innovation – including our esports team and initiatives, Raptors Uprising Gaming Club and Leafs Gaming League. MLSE Digital Labs is now the largest and deepest technology and digital organization in professional sports. Prior to MLSE, Humza was at Compass Group North America where he built a technology and digital strategy company called Compass Digital Labs where he was the CEO. Compass Digital Labs helped to drive billions of dollars of incremental revenue and market differentiation across retail and hospitality sectors across the United States and Canada. Humza has also worked at Allstream, where he led Business Transformation and IT Enterprise Architecture. He has also held various technical and management roles at Bell Canada. A frequent keynote speaker at various North American conferences focused on technology, innovation and driving business results, Humza has built strong technology and business partnerships with top organizations around the globe. This network allows him to innovate creatively and quickly, accelerating business objectives. Humza has an undergraduate degree from York University and holds various professional training accreditations from both the Schulich School of Business and the Niagara Institute, he also served as President of the CIO Association of Canada and on the TOLive Advisory Committee. Humza is an active member on the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Board of Directors, an Advisor for the US Innovation Partnership led by the U.S. Consul General’s Office, a Technology Advisor for RKM Racing, Founding Member of the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism, and also serves on the Global Institute of Sport Advisory Board.

Marc joined Euroleague Basketball to support the Partnerships team create and add new platforms to the EB’s portfolio. For the past 3 years Marc is leading innovation efforts at Euroleague Basketball. The flagship project is a startup competition, the FanXP Innovation Challenge, now on it’s 4th edition. It’s goal is to leverage the premium ecosystem that EB has created over the last 20 years to discover, test and implement new solutions for our athletes, fans and partners.

With over 20 years of experience in the digital field, Fredda Rodriguez, joined Concacaf almost 3 years ago to oversee digital platforms, product, development, digital marketing, content, innovation, and all digital revenue generation activities linked to Concacaf tournaments and events. Fredda’s experience includes working with clients such as Intel, Cisco, SAP, ESPN and Avon, Telemundo, to mention a few. Fredda has won awards in the digital media and interactive activation categories for the US, LATAM, and the US Markets.

Michael was appointed as the CTO for the PGA European Tour in November 2017, with the responsibilities extending across Digital Systems, Scoring Systems, Technology Infrastructure and Data Management including Official World Golf Rankings.

Formerly, Michael was CEO And Co-founder for TrueGold Communications, a sports marketing agency specialising in technology-based global sport sponsorship, supporting the number of Olympic Games and sponsors for Rio2016, Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo2020, as well as the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.

Digital Marketing, Product Development and Data Expert focused on growth of audiences strategies. Love helping companies engage with their audiences in exciting new ways across Mobile, Web, Email and Social Media. Currently leading the FIVB’s digital unit. Some of my previous work included projects with a number of brands such as FIBA, NBA, Reebok, P&G and Heinz.

I am a driven and ambitious sports executive with extensive experience across a number of roles within sport. I have led Marketing, Ticketing and Media departments at several current or former Premier League football clubs since completing my MSc in Marketing Management and Strategy in 2012. I currently lead a team of over 40 staff covering the Marketing, Ticketing, Insight, CRM, Data Science, Design studio and International functions at Everton Football Club. My international role focuses on the expansion of the Club into new and existing overseas markets through our Everton International Academy, brand collaborations and partnerships, pre-season tours and Esports.

Chris is a Partner Solutions Manager at FACEBOOK. In his role he specialises in helping sports properties monetise their content through FACEBOOK’s suite of tools such as In Stream Ads, Paid Online Events and Fan Subscriptions. Chris works with a diverse portfolio of sports partners including UEFA, NBA, MASL & CONCACAF as well as individual teams and athletes to help them generate value across the Facebook and Instagram platforms.

Adam Heintz is Senior Vice President of Business Intelligence at Monumental Sports and Entertainment. In this position, he oversees all strategy and analytics efforts across ticket sales, corporate partnerships, executive suites, and marketing for each of the organization’s properties. Additionally, the Business Intelligence group at Monumental supports the data architecture, segmentation strategy and CRM operations for the entire Monumental ecosystem, representing millions of fans across DC, Maryland and Virginia. Previously, Adam served as president of ONOSYS, a subsidiary then owned by LivingSocial which was successfully guided to an industry partner. Additionally, he has served in leadership positions across several business lines at LivingSocial and Orbitz Worldwide, primarily in the e-commerce space. Adam earned a B.B.A. from Ohio University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago focusing on strategic management, marketing, and economics.

As Vice President of Edge Strategy and Solution Architecture at Limelight Networks, Steve is responsible for Limelight’s Edge strategy and innovating to deliver the highest quality online experiences. This includes providing the best platform for delivering digital content and the highest quality user experience through a network edge that positions content and applications next to end users for dynamic and real-time interactions.Steve has extensive experience in the CDN and media distribution industries spanning video workflows from field encoding to global CDN operations, solution engineering for Broadcast, Media & Entertainment and Enterprise markets and running Product Management for Limelight’s portfolio. Steve has overseen thesuccessful growth of Limelight’s products and services, defining new offerings including Realtime Streaming and EdgeFunctions as well as improving the scopeand performance of Limelight’s CDN and Video workflow services.Steve holds an MBA from Henley Management College and resides in Brighton, England.

FIBA 3×3 – part of the team which turned 3×3 into an Olympic discipline – responsible with all the video operations: production, post-production for both online and TV, delivery and content management – created and implemented the broadcast standards for the 3×3 – created and implemented the graphics packages for TV broadcast – coordinating a team of ENG camera operators and editors, and broadcast professionals, involved in tens of event yearly, all around the globe

Loic has been at Two Circles since May 2017, his role currently seeing him lead client relationships in the D2C streaming space, including NFL Game Pass. Before moving to the UK Loic studied at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada where he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with a Major in International Business. He followed that with a nine-year stint at the Canadian Football League, based in Toronto, with roles covering sponsorship, ticketing, digital partnerships, licensing and brand development. Loic joined Two Circles Loic from the English RFU where as Interim Brand Manager he spent nine months developing the brand for the RFU (grassroots), England Rugby (professional) and Twickenham (venue).

Lu Bolden has more than 10 years of experience in executive management, as well as an extensive career as an active duty serviceman and government contractor. In 2006, he co-founded CSO Digital, a next-generation systems integration company and long-standing Verimatrix partner, and as President, led the company to a successful acquisition in 2014. Prior to CSI Digital, Lu was the EVP of Technical Sales for Sherpaq Mobile Products where he was responsible for the design and sale of mobile voice, video and data systems to various government agencies. He attended the Air Force Academy, flew on the E-3 AWACS out of Tinker AFB, Oklahoma and Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base.

Innovation Manager at Vodafone Germany who has developed together with DFL / Bundesliga and further partners an AR stadium app, that leverages the benefits of 5G offering stadium visitors real time access to statistics and additional information.

Gareth Capon is CEO at Grabyo, the market-leading cloud video platform. Founded in 2013, Gareth has driven Grabyo to the forefront of the digital video industry. Now trusted by global publishers and rights holders such as ITV, BT Sport, LaLiga, MotoGP, The Premier League and Univision; Grabyo’s browser-based tools enable remote teams to produce live events, edit video and publish live streams and real-time highlights to all major digital, social and OTT platforms. Prior to joining Grabyo, Gareth was a Product Director at Sky, leading Mobile and Growth products, after holding senior positions at Sony and BT. Gareth began his career in strategy at Accenture and has a Masters, First Class in Geography from the University of Oxford.

As CEO and founder of Delmondo, a social video analytics and audience insights software platform, Nick joined Conviva with its acquisition in 2018. Nick is focused on extending Conviva’s portfolio of video measurement capabilities with Social Insights, a comprehensive cross-platform social video intelligence product. In his 15 years in the industry, Nick has been at the forefront of numerous industry firsts including creating the first enterprise analytics solutions for Snapchat, Instagram Stories, and Facebook Live, and has worked with some of the world’s largest brands and publishers, including ABC News, Turner, Viacom, NASCAR, Red Bull, Universal Music Group, and TED.

Anmol Malhotra oversees sports partnerships globally at Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, leading relationships with leagues, broadcasters, and rights holders including the NFL, NBA, MLB, UFC, FIFA, Fox, Turner Sports, and NBC. In this role, he also focuses on strategy for several content partnerships and sales initiatives with leagues, teams, and athletes to help them engage new audiences, experiment with innovative forms of distribution and achieve their business objectives. In addition, Anmol helps manage international growth initiatives with sports partners across Asia, Europe, MENA, and Latin America.

Anmol is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and resides in New York City.

Emil is the Head of Spiideo Play, the automated sports live streaming solution.

Philippe Laurent is co-founder and CEO at easylive.io, a pioneer company on the live streaming market created in 2012. Graduated from engineering school, Philippe has always been passionate about sports and video production. Drawing on his passions, he and his team were able to innovate and create one of the first all-in-one live streaming production studio fully cloud-based. Phil oversees the company’s business effort, strategy, and product vision. Today, easylive.io works for a wide range of premium clients from Paris Saint-Germain to Disney.

Gérard Maulino is a Solutions Architect at castLabs, tailoring secure low latency streaming solutions, and engineering software-based solutions to meet individual client needs. Honing his skills in both complex head-end architectures and embedded system environments, Gerard brings expertise in digital TV and video streaming (linear and non-linear) spanning more than 20 years. Prior to joining castLabs, Gerard lectured on streaming and OTT topics at the Institut G4 in Marseille, provided technical consultancy on live streaming for international OTT service providers, and worked in a number of QA and product development roles.

Bill is the IT Director at The All England Lawn Tennis Club where he leads the technology team that deliver The Championships, Wimbledon. With the spotlight on the Fortnight, Bill’s goal is to deliver annual innovation that enhances the experience for players, guests and fans in such a way that celebrates the heritage of Wimbledon. Prior to joining the AELTC in 2018, Bill was an IBM Distinguished Engineer, with success across a broad range of complex integration projects and transformation programmes. Beyond The Championships, Bill is responsible for all the technology provision for the day-to-day operations of the AELTC, including the All England Club itself, the Wimbledon Museum and the Wimbledon Shop.

James Dobbs became Managing Director at SNTV in October 2019. Already the leading sports news video agency with a mature customer base, James’ remit was to evolve the business, widening its engagement with brands in sport and to embrace the rapidly changing media landscape. Prior to SNTV, James spent 8 years heading up IMG Replay, IMG’s archive and programming sales division. The team managed and commercialised the content catalogues of over 50 of the World’s premium Federations including the IOC, the Premier League and Wimbledon. Between 2004 and 2011 James worked within the sports sponsorship division at Getty Images. The division specialised in helping brands activate around their sports portfolios and the crossover of editorial content and brand campaigns bears many similarities to the SNTV business he leads today.

Brad manages the technical and operational teams for FOX’s coverage of Major League Baseball and College Sports along with all transmission services and advanced-technology projects for Fox Sports. He is a leader in new technology approaches, including IP-based live and postproduction centers, IP over RF, UHD, HDR, and UAS systems. His work includes innovative production approaches and executions for in-ground audio, robotic cameras, and home run productions. Cheney is a six-time Emmy winner and previously worked for MLB Network, Late Show with David Letterman, Game Creek Video, COX Sports and Tribune Broadcasting.

During his 4+ years leading business development activities for Qwilt, Matthew has built relationships and expertise across the content delivery ecosystem. Matthew brings over seven years of experience at the forefront of the OTT streaming media market, having previously served as Head of Business Development at Conviva. At Qwilt, he has helped launch the commercialization of Open Caching with Tier 1 media companies creating a new model for content delivery and edge cloud infrastructure. Matthew also draws on his experience at Telefónica Digital and SanDisk to help OTT content publishers take advantage of the benefits of edge cloud delivery to deliver high-quality streaming experiences across devices. He is an active member of the Streaming Video Alliance, helping to realize the organization’s mission of making streaming video better.

Mike Canevaro serves as the SVP of Business Development for Loop Insights where he leads all commercial activities related to sports, entertainment, retail and travel/tourism verticals. Mike is a 20+ year veteran of the technology industry and has conducted business all over the world with leading sports and technology brands such as Apple, ESPN, Samsung, NCAA, NFL, BBC, and more. Prior to joining Loop, Mike served as the CEO of Locally, a leading big-data consumer intelligence marketing platform where he lead the team that developed a proprietary analytics platform monitoring human movement and behaviors across nearly 100 million consumer Wireless devices. He has also served in various executive and Board roles with Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), DTS (NASDAQ: XPER), and Audio Analytic.

With a solid track record of 18 years experience working within the TV & Media Domain, Till understands the needs of different customer groups — from Broadcasters to Operators. He is an expert in implementing business models to improve B2B and B2C customer development to increase customer satisfaction, upselling rates and churn prevention on the TV and in the SaaS industry.

Since joining the company in January 2019, Patrick has been responsi- ble for performance marketing, content and sales, and will also oversee the new B2B content division following OneFootball‘s acquisition of Dugout. Prior to joining OneFootball, Fischer was CEO of Sport1 Media from 2014-2018, where he oversaw the advertising marketing of all Sport1 media platforms. Patrick has previously worked in roles with a focus on digital marketing & sales, including international functions at Hubert Burda Media, Axel Springer AG, Interactive Media GmbH and T-Online International AG.

Thierry Fautier is Vice President of Business Development and Innovation at Harmonic where he defines and drives the execution of innovation and standards for the company’s video business. He is also responsible for building strategic partnerships through active participation in industry groups such as the Streaming Video Alliance (co-chair of the VR group), the Ultra HD Forum (co-founder and past president), the VR Industry Forum (co-founder and past board member), the IABM, and the 8K Association.

An explorer by nature and former professional athlete, Pedro has twenty years’ experience working with both start-up and multinationals where he honed his expertise on business development and product innovation. After studying Computer System Analysis with focus on A.I., he has gone on to work for or advise the likes of Pfizer, Hitachi, Letgo.com, FC Barcelona and the International Volleyball federation before founding Horizm.

Chris joined the International Bowling Federation (IBF) as Business Development & Innovation Director in early 2020 after working in Olympic Sports at FIH as the TV & Broadcast Director. Chris’ background prior to his IF journey started in broadcasting in the UK, where he took up roles in programming and channel management at ITV, Channel 5 and Sky. During this time, he also joined BT Sport in 2012 where he spent 5 years in programme strategy and rights acquisitions.

Host of SportsPro Live 2021. Broadcaster and Journalist at The Athletic (UK/USA), previously Sky Sports presenter, radio reporter and commentator. Published author, publishing company founder and event (live/online) presenter.

As CEO of Monterosa, Tom is responsible for the business’s strategic direction and growth and leads a team of 90+ across offices in London, Liverpool and Minsk. A developer initially working in Visual Effects and Games, Tom’s passion is in creating software that powers large scale entertainment. Since taking on the company’s leadership in 2014, Monterosa has grown from a £1m bootstrapped business into a £10m+ revenue global company and is now positioned as a world leader in real-time engagement. Monterosa is now part of Tech Nation’s prestigious 2020 Future Fifty cohort and was listed in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 in 2020. Along the way, Tom has led two fundraisers, installed a world-class executive team, set up a new development hub in Liverpool, overseen the launch of the Monterosa / Interaction Cloud™ , the leading real-time engagement platform, and picked up over ten awards for innovation, including a BAFTA.

Daniel is a veteran in software, sports and media, having held senior positions as the President of the Harvard Law Review, Head of Internet Policy at the FCC, and Head of Corporate Affairs at Activision Blizzard. Through his experience, Daniel has come to appreciate the many challenges, risks, and opportunities technology organizations face as we become a digital-first society. As the co-founder and CEO of Greenfly, he has worked with some of the biggest brands in sports, entertainment, and social causes to help them build brand awareness and increase customer engagement through digital channels. Daniel holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D from Harvard Law School.

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Amruta joined Synamedia in April 2020 to lead the company’s data and analytics initiatives, bringing data-driven insights to customers.

Mike Canevaro serves as the SVP of Business Development for Loop Insights where he leads all commercial activities related to sports, entertainment, retail and travel/tourism verticals. Mike is a 20+ year veteran of the technology industry and has conducted business all over the world with leading sports and technology brands such as Apple, ESPN, Samsung, NCAA, NFL, BBC, and more. Prior to joining Loop, Mike served as the CEO of Locally, a leading big-data consumer intelligence marketing platform where he lead the team that developed a proprietary analytics platform monitoring human movement and behaviors across nearly 100 million consumer Wireless devices. He has also served in various executive and Board roles with Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), DTS (NASDAQ: XPER), and Audio Analytic.

Jeremy Dujardin is a video transmission and media technology expert with 20 years of experience designing, implementing and operating infrastructures that support both contribution and distribution video services across fiber, IP and satellite technology. As CTO of Global Media Services, Jeremy overseas Tata Communications product, engineering and architecture. Prior to joining Tata Communications, Jeremy was VP of Engineering and IT infrastructure for Accenture’s live video and sports team, and has served in many capacities such as CTO and VP of Technology across multiple businesses including Level 3 Vyvx Solutions, Global Crossing, Genesis Networks and Triumph Communications. He holds a US patent for control and automation software for video network services, a degree from Syracuse University in TV production / Information Technology and is in the process of completing his MBA at Columbia Business School in New York.

Christopher Wilson is an experienced sales and business development executive with more than 20 years in the media and entertainment sector. He joins this panel with a keen interest in sports and events solutions having spent the last few years developing business in new market segments for MediaKind.

Robert Erickson is the Strategic Account Manager for Sports and Venues for Grass Valley. A member of the Grass Valley team since 2008, he has more than 21 years of experience in the broadcast and IT markets with previous roles covering systems engineering, television station management, broadcast network design and RF transmission systems. Throughout his career, his focus has been on designing and maintaining live production and playout systems based on new and emerging technologies for both existing and greenfield broadcast facilities

Sébastien is Head of Sports at Canal OTT, the digital division of Canal+. After 15+ years in linear broadcasting as a host, announcer and editor in chief he joined in 2015 the digital division as the head of the sports department. In this role, he handles all digital content output on social media and on the proprietary platform MyCanal. Two years ago he launched Canal OTT’s first dedicated social talk show, #LePetitDebrief, reviewing the football week live exclusively on Facebook, Twitter and Dailymotion.

Working for a newly formed company, Volleyball World, focussing on enhancing our digital products to deliver world class products to our consumers.

Rodi Basso is the Co-Founder & CEO of the E1 Series. He began his career as an aerospace engineer for NASA and worked for Ferrari and Red Bull in F1. Basso later moved to Magneti Marelli, CTO Group and then McLaren Applied as Business Unit Director.

Mike Levy is the Vice President of Global Rights Acquisition at FloSports where he leads development of strategic media partnerships across a number of categories including motorsports, collegiate sports, combat sports and more. Under Mike’s leadership, FloSports has secured long-term partnerships with Tony Stewart properties including Eldora Speedway and All Star Circuit of Champions, United States Auto Club (USAC), Big East Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Professional Bowlers Association, IBJJF, Fox Sports, and more. Prior to joining FloSports, Levy spent more than two years overseeing media sales and partnership development for Crackle and Sony PlayStation. Before that, he spent the previous seven and a half years working as an account executive for ESPN in national advertising sales. A graduate of Dartmouth College, where he captained the baseball team as a senior catcher, Levy was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and played one year of minor league baseball, backing up current MLB All-Star Yadier Molina. He later earned his M.B.A. from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Ali Russell has been working in the sports industry for over 25 years, with a career spanning multiple disciplines, including senior roles in rugby, football and motorsport. With a grounding in marketing via Coca Cola, he has garnered a breadth of experience having worked in several high-profile positions including Chief Marketing Officer at FIA Formula E, Chief Operating Officer at Rangers and Managing Director at Queens Park Rangers. Ali is now taking a leading role in his latest sporting challenge, as Chief Marketing Officer for the pioneering new motor racing series, Extreme E. The championship’s mission is to showcase electric vehicle performance in extreme conditions, whilst encouraging global action to combat the devastating environmental issues threatening our planet’s future. The series provides a competitive platform for accelerating the development of electric vehicles, to help create a low-carbon future powered by renewable energy, and is committed to supporting and partnering with organisations working to restore the degraded environments in which we race, the precious ecosystems within them and the people who live there.

Leading Sports Marketing for Oracle, identifying high value technology focused partnerships to enable world-class storytelling.

Amr Elrawi is an award-winning commercially focused and data-driven business leader, with over 20 years of experience in Marketing & Sales within Telecom, Technology, Financial Services, and Sports industries. Amr is Director Marketing Strategist at Oracle. In his current role he helps Sports organisations to develop digital transformation strategies to drive growth and improve customer experience. Before joining Oracle, he was the Head of Acquisition for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, focusing on growing and engaging fans using Data and Marketing Solutions to drive commercial value & improve Fan Experience. He also spent 4 years at Barclaycard driving digital transformation programme. Earlier he spent 5 years at Cisco, leading London 2012 digital sponsorship, and 10 years at Vodafone where he held a number of positions in Service, Sales and Marketing. He also holds an Executive MBA degree from Warwick Business School. In his free time he like playing and watching football, and spending time with his young family.

Jack Withinshaw is the CCO of Airspeeder, the worlds first premium eVTOL racing league. He is based in London, where his team helps manage all media, partnerships and commercial relationships associated with new sport.

Murray is a Sports Marketing professional with over 25 years’ experience in Media, Marketing & Sponsorship worldwide. Starting his career at a couple of International Pay TV operations, Murray transitioned into sports working for broadcasters, agencies and sporting bodies. He was worked on some of the biggest sporting brands including ATP, FIFA, NBA, ESPN and Rugby World Cup. When Liberty acquired F1, Murray was asked to create the Sponsorship and Commercial Partnerships team. Whilst there, Murray was personally responsible for adding Aramco, the largest ever Formula 1 sponsorship agreement, as well as 12 other new agreements. Murray left F1 in March 2020 to start his own specialist consultancy 26West Sports. The company advises rights owners on commercial strategies covering media, sponsorship, and events.

As a Senior Manager of Network Infrastructure Planning Jeff has responsibility for core convergence, Public IP interconnection and caching. This includes the migration of routers from multiple legacy networks to a single MPLS core, management of peering connections to Verizon’s global Internet network and developing new technology for the efficient delivery of content from the edge of Verizon’s ISP networks.

As Executive Vice President for IMG Media, Hillary is Head of Sports Media sales and distribution for the Americas, for IMG, an Endeavor company. She has negotiated on all aspects of the media business for IMG’s portfolio of over 200 premier content owners, including professional sports leagues, teams, college conferences and international federations on their Media rights and strategy. Hillary has been at the forefront of forging relationships with new partners and platforms including FloSports, Amazon, Facebook, DAZN, Peacock, and ESPN+. Some of her clients include Wimbledon, The R&A, Conmebol, Concacaf, Moto GP, Serie A, World Rugby, USTA, NHL, NFL, NASCAR, MLS, USGA, PGA of America, NCAA, and US Pro Teams such as Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Jazz.

Christopher Rae is the Senior Vice President of Sales for Asia/Pacific (APAC) at Verimatrix. He provides strategic leadership for all sales, business development, and operational activities in the region to grow revenue and further expand the company’s expertise in content security and cybersecurity for media, entertainment and telecom into adjacent markets such as fintech, gaming/esports, automotive, healthcare, retail, e-learning, smart cities, and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In his prior role as the SVP of Global Operations for Verimatrix, he built and scaled the company’s operations from an early-stage startup to become a $300M global leader in content security and cybersecurity. Under his leadership over the course of 15+ years, Verimatrix has protected 2B+ devices at over 1200 telecom, cable, satellite, streaming media pay-TV, and IoT operators in over 120 countries.