Charlie Snyder

Kitman Labs CEO STEPHEN SMITH started his career in sports while in university as an athletic trainer specializing in rehabilitation during a work experience with Pro12 side Leinster. While working with the club and realizing the amount of data being collected was so immense, he went back...

Air Race 1 CEO JEFF ZALTMAN founded the company in '13 to promote Formula 1 Air Racing. The sport has existed for over 70 years and is governed by the Int'l Formula One Air Racing Association. Prior to founding Air Race 1, Zaltman,...

A failed attempt to see a Serie A match in Italy gave university friends  JONATHAN NENICH and MATIAS ARRAEZ   the idea to make a platform that would ease the experience of planning a football vacation for European supporters. The two created Goaltrotters , which...

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Kia Motors France named MARC HEDRICH its general director in ’15. Since his appointment, the company has continued its commitment to sponsoring sports in the country and throughout the world. It was a major sponsor of Euro 2016 in France, and as the official automotive partner of...

JEFF KATZ  was brought into applied computer vision firm GumGum to analyze new applications that would be possible with the company's technology. As GumGum's VP of business development, he was tasked with applying the computer vision technology to solve real problems for customers. With the launch of GumGum Sports...

PAUL SAMUELS  is the exec VP global partnerships for AEG. Prior to joining the agency, he served as head of sponsorship for U.K. telecom O2, where he helped secured jersey sponsorship deals with Arsenal and the England rugby team in the early '00s. He went on to negotiate O2's...

DEVON HARRIS  was a young lieutenant in the Jamaican Defense Force when he was recruited to be a pusher for the Jamaican Bobsled Team that competed in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. After leaving the army, Harris went on to compete in the 1992 and 1998 Winter Games...

Launched in early December,  digital publishing platform focused on football , Dugout, has brought some of the world's top clubs together to share original content with their global fanbases. Dugout counts Man City, Bayern Munich, Paris St. Germain and Barcelona among its partners, and offers fans a unique behind-the-scenes...

Football media rights remained as lucrative as ever in 2016. Leagues in England, China and Australia all signed new TV deals that will extend their global reach. Multi-billion dollar media takeovers stole headlines with Rupert Murdoch’s as-yet-unapproved proposed takeover of Sky leading the way. The IOC also made waves...