Speakers
Here is the list of the 2013 conference speakers.
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Aaron Schatz
Editor-in-Chief, Football Outsiders
Adam Silver
Deputy Commissioner and COO, NBA
Albert Larcada
Analytics Specialist, ESPN Stats & Information Group
Alec Scheiner
President, Cleveland Browns
Amy Brooks
Senior Vice President - Team Marketing & Business Operations, NBA
Andrea Kremer
Chief Correspondent, Player Health & Safety, NFL Network; Correspondent, HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel"
Andrew Zimbalist
Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College
Anthony Perez
Vice President of Business Strategy, Orlando Magic
Ben Fry
Principal, Fathom
Ben Jedlovec
Vice President of Product Development & Sales, Baseball Info Solutions
Benjamin Alamar
Professor, Menlo College
Benoit Vincent
Chief Technology Officer, TaylorMade Golf
Bill Chapin
Senior Vice President of Business Operations, Kansas City Chiefs
Bill Polian
Commentator, ESPN
Blake Wooster
Business Development Director, Prozone
Bob Bowman
President and CEO, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP
Brian Burke
Senior Advisor, Toronto Maple Leafs
Brian Burke (NFL)
Founder, Advanced NFL Stats
Brian Kopp
Vice President - Strategy & Development; Head of Sports Solutions Group, STATS LLC
Buster Olney
Senior Writer/Baseball Analyst, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com
Cade Massey
Visiting Assistant Professor, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Chad Millman
Editor in Chief, ESPN the Magazine Betting blogger, ESPN
Charles Freeman
Executive Vice President/Chief Revenue Officer, Orlando Magic
Chris Anderson
Professor of Government and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Chris Granger
Executive Vice President - Team Marketing & Business Operations, NBA
Claudia Perlich
Chief Scientist, m6d
Cole Gahagan
Executive Vice President - North America Client Revenue, Ticketmaster
Cory Mingelgreen
Director - Club Business Development, NFL
Daniel Coyle
Author, Lance Armstrong's War and The Secret Race
Danielle Maged
Global Head of Business Development & Partnerships, StubHub
Darren Rovell
Sports Business Reporter, ESPN
Daryl Morey
General Manager, Houston Rockets
Dave Finocchio
Co-Founder, Bleacher Report
David Highhill
Manager - Club Business Development, NFL
David Kaval
President, San Jose Earthquakes
David Knise
Senior Vice President & GM, Motorsports, Sportvision
David M. McIntosh
Partner, Ropes & Gray
Dean Oliver
Director of Production Analytics, ESPN Stats & Information
Deepak Malhotra
Professor, Harvard Business School
Dominick Cruz
Professional MMA Fighter, UFC
Elizabeth Lindsey
Co-President, Consulting Division, Wasserman Media Group
Erik Allen
Founder, Pit Rho
Evan Silva
Senior NFL Writer, Rotoworld, writer for NBC Sports
Farhan Zaidi
Director of Baseball Operations, Oakland Athletics
Gary Belsky
Columnist, Time.com
Gary Vaynerchuk
CEO, VaynerMedia
George Postolos
President & CEO, Houston Astros
George Scott
General Manager, Club Sites, NFL Digital Media
Greg Via
Global Director of Sports Marketing, The Gillette Company / P&G
Haralabos Voulgaris
Professional Gambler
Harry Pavlidis
Director of Data Analysis, Baseball Prospectus
Henry Abbott
Senior NBA writer, ESPN
Herm Edwards
NFL Analyst, ESPN and former NFL Head Coach
J.R. Hildebrand
Professional Race Car Driver
Jack Del Rio
Defensive Coordinator, Denver Broncos
Jackie MacMullan
Columnist, ESPN
Jacomo Corbo
Chief Scientist, QuantumBlack
Jared Smith
President, Ticketmaster North America
Jayne Bussman-Wise
Digital Director, Brooklyn Nets & Barclays Center
Jeff Agoos
Technical Director, Competition, MLS
Jeff Hammerbacher
Co-Founder, Cloudera
Jeff Ma
CEO, tenXer
Jennifer Storms
Senior Vice President of Global Sports Marketing, PepsiCo
Jessica Gelman
VP of Customer Marketing & Strategy, The Kraft Sports Group
Joe Doyle
Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management and an Associate Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management
Joe Posnanski
Senior Writer, NBC Sports
Joe Ward
Sports Graphics Editor, The New York Times
John Brenkus
Co-Founder, BASE Productions
John Buccigross
Host - SportsCenter, ESPN
John Skipper
President, ESPN Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks
John Walsh
Executive Vice President, ESPN
Jon Wertheim
Senior writer, Sports Illustrated
Jonah Keri
Staff Writer, Grantland; Author - "The Extra 2%"
Jonathan Kraft
President, The Kraft Group
Jordan Breen
Commentator, Strikeforce and Tachi Palance Fights; Writer, ESPN.com and Sherdog.com
Jordan Rapp
Professional Ironman Triathlete; CTO, Slowtwitch.com
Kathy Carter
President, Soccer United Marketing
Ken Catanella
Director of Basketball Operations, Detroit Pistons
Kevin Demoff
Executive Vice President of Football Operations & Chief Operating Officer, St. Louis Rams
Kevin Lin
COO, Twitch
Kevin Murphy
George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Kevin Negandhi
Host, ESPN SportsCenter
Kevin Pritchard
General Manager, Indiana Pacers
Kirk Goldsberry
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University; Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan State University; Contributor, Grantland
Kyle Sherman
EVP, Home Team Sports, a division of FOX Sports Media Group
Lindsay Czarniak
SportsCenter Anchor, ESPN
Lou DePaoli
Executive Vice President & CMO, Pittsburgh Pirates
Luke Thomas
Senior Editor, MMA Fighting
Marc Stein
NBA Insider, ESPN
Mark Cuban
Owner, Dallas Mavericks; Co-Founder & Chairman, HDNet
Mark McClusky
Editorial Development Director, WIRED
Martin Wattenberg
Co-Leader, Google "Big Picture" data visualization group
Matt Sebal
President, KORE Software
Matthew Berry
Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst, ESPN
Matthew Holt
Director of Race & Sports Data, Cantor Gaming
Michael Lewis
Author, Moneyball and The Blind Side
Michael Nelson
Vice President, Operations, Penske Racing South
Michael Schrage
Research fellow, MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business and the Imperial College [London] Business School.
Mike McCann
Legal Analyst, Sports Illustrated
Mike Morhaime
President, CEO, Co-Founder, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Mike Tomon
SVP, Premium Sales, AEG Global PartnershipsMike Zarren
Assistant General Manager, Boston Celtics
Nate Silver
Statistician, sabermetrician, psephologist, and author
Neil Glat
President, New York Jets
Omid Ashtari
Head of Sports & Entertainment, Twitter
Pablo Torre
Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine
Paraag Marathe
COO, San Francisco 49ers
Peko Hosoi
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Peter Keating
Senior Writer, ESPN
Peter King
Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
Peter Wehling
M.D., Ph.D.
Phil Birnbaum
Editor, By the Numbers
Phil de Picciotto
Founder and President, Octagon
Prasad Setty
VP, People Analytics & Compensation, Google
R.C. Buford
President of Sports Franchises, Spurs Sports and Entertainment
Rami Genauer
Founder and Director, FightMetric
Rob King
Senior Vice President, Editorial, ESPN Digital & Print Media
Rod “Slasher” Breslau
eSports Broadcaster
Ryan Zander
General Manager of Baseball Products, Sportvision
Sam Hinkie
Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, Houston Rockets
Scott Burton
Executive Editor, ESPN The Magazine
Scott Pioli
Former NFL General Manager
Shira Springer
Special projects reporter, Boston Globe Sports
Sig Mejdal
Director of Decision Sciences, Houston Astros
Stan Conte
Vice President of Medical Services, Los Angeles Dodgers
Stan Kasten
President & CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers
Stan Van Gundy
Former NBA Head Coach
Stephania Bell
Senior writer, ESPN.com; Certified orthopedic clinical specialist and strength and conditioning specialist
Stephanie Bauer Marshall
Director, Precision Market Insights at Verizon Wireless
Steve Pagliuca
Managing Director, Bain Capital and Co-Owner, Boston Celtics
Sundance DiGiovanni
Co-Founder and CEO, Major League Gaming
Thomas Dimitroff
General Manager, Atlanta Falcons
Tim McDermott
Chief Marketing Officer, Philadelphia Eagles
Tom Penn
NBA Analyst - ESPN
Tony Khan
Senior Vice President of Football Technology & Analytics, Jacksonville Jaguars
Tony Reali
Around the Horn Host & Pardon the Interruption "Stat Boy", ESPN
Tori Hanna
Strategic Product Engagement Director for Digital Sport, Under Armour
Voros McCracken
Statistical Analyst/ Writer
