Executive Transactions

Easton-Bell Sports appointed DAN ARMENT President of Riddell, the official helmet of the NFL. Arment joined Bell Sports in ’01 as VP/Mass Sales and most recently served as Easton-Bell Sports Exec VP & GM of Mass Market Business (Easton-Bell).

FRANCHISE: English Premier League club Manchester City appointed MARTIN EDELMAN, a N.Y. property lawyer, to its BOD (London INDEPENDENT, 10/14)….The Flyers named BILL BARBER Scouting Consultant. For the past six seasons, Barber was Dir of Player Personnel for the Lightning (Flyers)….Double-A Eastern League New Hampshire Fisher Cats President & GM RICK BRENNER was named ’08 Eastern League Executive of the Year (Fisher Cats).

EXECS: Turner Sports promoted Senior Dir of Strategy & Business Development JON KROPP to VP/Strategy & Acquisitions (Turner)….XOS Technologies named WSI Corp. VP/Product Development for Media PETE BALKUS Senior VP/Development and STEVE QUINN Chief Technology Officer. Most recently, Quinn was Senior Dir of Architecture & Design/Chief Architect for the video division at Avid Technology (XOS)….Live Nation named Veritix Exec VP/Sales & Marketing COLE GAHAGAN Senior VP/Client Development & Strategy. Gahagan will be responsible for managing and growing Live Nation’s relationship with venue operator SMG, which the company signed a long-term deal with last month (TICKETNEWS.com, 10/13)….VenuWorks named TIM SULLIVAN Dir of Finance, where he will be responsible for budgeting and financial reporting for all of the company’s facilities (VenuWorks).

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