The Padres promoted Exec VP/Business Administration & General Counsel ERIK GREUPNER to COO. Greupner served in his former role for three years and originally joined the Padres in December '10 as Senior VP/General Counsel. His promotion to COO "does not equate to replacing" former President & CEO MIKE DEE. The team still intends to name a CEO (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 11/8).
TICKET BROKER: Mobile-based ticketing outlet Gametime named ScoreBig Senior VP/Sales LARRY MARTIN Senior VP/Business Development. Before working with ScoreBig, Martin worked with the NBA in its Team Marketing and Business Operations (TMBO) group, as well as with the Heat. With Gametime, Martin will take on a newly created role that looks to strike new sports industry partnerships. He will be based in N.Y. Gametime CRO COLIN EVANS said, "We're all obviously aware of what's been happening with ScoreBig, but it was obvious that Larry was a real asset, was somebody who has a lot of contacts in the industry, and could really help us build out our team relationships" (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).
EXECS: ESPN named former Singtel TV Sports Content & Programming Dir JOYEE BISWAS Head of Southeast Asia. Biswas will be based in ESPN's offices in Singapore and report to Managing Dir & VP/ESPN APAC MIKE MORRISON. The net also promoted KELLY COOKE to GM of North Asia, BOWEN DOU to Coordinating Producer of Int'l Production, MICHAEL HUANG to Deputy Editor for Digital & Print Media and MARC MALLETT to APAC Dir of Sponsorship & Ad Sales (ESPN)....PPI Marketing named MVPindex Business Development Consultant MARK WINNEKER President (DAILY)....Little League Int'l named KEVIN FOUNTAIN Dir of Media Relations, RUDY MEZZY Multimedia Producer & Editor, TAMMY SMITH, Digital Media Coordinator, LEAH BLASKO Communications Coordinator and KEVIN FEINBERG Marketing Coordinator (Little League)....Arizona State Univ. named UMass professor GLENN WONG Dir of the Sports Law & Business Program, effective Jan. 1. Wong will replace RODNEY K. SMITH (ASU)....The Double-A Texas League Corpus Christi Hooks named DIANA SLEEP and ZACH KASTELIC Partnership Activation Coordinators (DAILY).
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