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The Bucks hired the following: ROBERT CORDOVA as Senior VP & CTO; MATHIEU GILMAN as VP/Global Business Development; CHARLES RANSOM as Dir of Guest Experience; HILARY DICKINSON as Communications Manager; NINA GRIMSIC as Talent Acquisition Manager; and T.J. SAGEN as Manager of Live Event Programming for the new arena (THE DAILY).

EXECS: Stats LLC promoted Senior VP/Data Collections & Operations VERNON O'DONNELL to Chief Customer Officer, a new position (Stats)....NASCAR Chief Int'l Officer JIM CASSIDY has left the organization after three months in the position. Cassidy had been with NASCAR since '00, and previously served as VP/Racing Operations (NBCSPORTS.com, 5/3)....A soucrce said that Seahawks Dir of Pro Personnel DAN MORGAN is "set to join" the Bills as VP/Player Personnel, replacing BRIAN GAINE, who left to become Texans GM (NEWYORKUPSTATE.com, 5/3)....The Alliance of American Football hired the following: TOM VEIT as Head of Business Operations; BILL KUHARICH as VP/Player Personnel; and TIM RUSKELL as Alliance Orlando GM (AAF)....Business development firm IPG360 named Leverage Agency Account Exec DAN ETNA Business Development Associate. Etna also has worked with VaynerSports and the Yankees (THE DAILY)....The Stars hired MIKE HEIKA as Senior Staff Writer, where he will produce content for DallasStars.com. Heika has covered the team full-time since '94 for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News (Stars)....The Nevada Gaming Commission appointed SANDRA DOUGLASS MORGAN to a four-year position (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 5/3)....The Aspire Group hired the following: SHANE STOUT as Manager of Ticket Sales & Service (Wisconsin-Green Bay); TRAMAYNE RUSSELL and EVAN GATES as Sales Dirs; KYNE SHEEHY as Sales Manager; WHITNEY TIPTON as Sales Consultant (National Sales Center); TERRELL WILSON as Sales Consultant (Western Michigan); DANIEL DWYER as Sales Consultant (UConn); HAYDEN FAUST as Sales & Service Consultant (Texas-Rio Grande Valley); KEEGAN KUYPERS as Sales & Service Consultant (Eastern Michigan); SEAN BANKS as New Business Consultant (Maryland); and KAY STURNIOLO as HQ HR Manager (Aspire Group).

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