NEW YORK, USA // Shawn J. Bryant leads Intel Sports operations in New York City. He directs product strategy, product planning and roadmap delivery for the group and leads or co-leads Intel’s global partnerships with professional sports leagues, sports federations, broadcast networks and other members of the sports and entertainment ecosystem.
Through partnerships with leading sports leagues, teams and brands, Intel Sports is pushing… Read More
HOLLYWOOD, USA // Greg Economou serves as Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Sports. In this role, he directs Ticketmaster’s sports division, and oversees products and services delivered to clients throughout professional sports and college athletics. Economou also has responsibility over the company’s industry sales and marketing operations.
Economou previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Jill Abbott is the Head of Consumer and Athlete Engagement at Gatorade.
Jill developed a strong acumen in multiple facets of marketing through her time on the Gatorade brand at PepsiCo, where she helped deliver an impressive brand turnaround over the course of five years. She went on to hold leadership positions at Bucketfeet (venture backed start up) Boulder Brands (high growth natural foods company) and PepsiCo’s… Read More
TORONTO, CANADA // Todd Allen is Vice President Marketing, Labatt Breweries of Canada. Allen is responsible for the Labatt portfolio of brands, from its biggest, Budweiser, to Canada’s top import, Corona. Budweiser’s Red Light has become a powerful symbol of hockey’s greatest moments: goals. Now in its fifth year, the Budweiser Red Light campaign and in particular, Light Up the Nation has won a number of awards under Todd’s leadership… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // TJ leads all U.S. Sports Partnerships at Twitter, after spending the previousfew years managing Twitter’s partnerships with major U.S. sports leagues,including the NFL, NBA, and MLB. He is responsible for helping Twitter’ssports partners amplify their global content strategies.
TJ has been recognized for his diverse experience and expertise on sportstrends across the industry and digital landscape. He is recognized… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Michael Aimette is an Executive Creative Director at BBDO NY, as well as a writer and feature film director. His career began at BBDO NY, where as a copywriter he got the chance to create award-winning ads for Snickers, Visa, FedEx, M&Ms, Charles Schwab. He would like to point out he worked on many other, non-award-winning ads too. In 2009, he wrote and directed an independent feature film titled TURNING GREEN starring Oscar… Read More
TORONTO, CANADA // Neil has spent the last six years at Anomaly.
In his role as both a Creative and Creative Director, Neil has worked on a diverse roster of clients, including Budweiser, Bud Light, and the UFC. He has been punched by Conor McGregor, submitted by Ronda Rousey, kicked by Georges St-Pierre, and choked out by Bruce Buffer. After that, things get a little blurry. His integrated, innovative work has… Read More
LEAWOOD, USA // Michael Bucek is in his tenth season as the Royals Vice President-Marketing & Business Development. He oversees Royals marketing and branding, ticket sales and service, corporate partnerships, content for social platforms, radio broadcast sales and game entertainment. The Royals two trips to the World Series in 2014 & 2015, translated to a franchise attendance record and new benchmarks for corporate sales and… Read More
PARIS, FRANCE // Jérôme de Chaunac began his career in 1995 at French carmaker Peugeot, working as a Latin American marketing manager in Chile before returning to Paris to join the Sales Division.
Born & raised in a highly sporting environment (his dad runs a Motorsports company & his uncle chaired the French Open Tennis & the Tour de France), his interest in sports took him to the Golf Division of sports marketing leader IMG… Read More
IRVINE, USA // Will Bortz serves as the Director, Brand Partnerships which handles all Partnerships, Sponsorships and Promotions for Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of YUM! Brands, Inc., (NYSE: YUM). Taco Bell is the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain with more than $9 billion in annual system-wide sales and more than 7,000 restaurants.
In his position, Mr. Bortz is responsible for Taco Bell’s sports… Read More