Conference Summit
Through a series of engaging Masterclasses and keynotes brought to you by an exciting mix of industry leaders and disruptive start-ups, the conference summit, will dive into developing ecosystems emerging within the industry, which enables the SPORTEL community to explore new business and partnership opportunities.
Book your slot and take the stage as part of the official program. Share the latest insight on sports media and technology, highlighting key innovations important to the SPORTEL community.
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2022 Speakers
Alex DROSIN
Alex DROSIN
Head of Worldwide Business Development
Alex heads up Worldwide Business Development for Deltatre. Previously, Alex launched Massive in North America which was sold to Deltatre in November 2018. Alex is a co-founder of Glowcast Ventures, which has incubated multiple business ventures over the years and was President of Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video Enterprises. He began his career as a journalist at The Wall Street Journal/Europe and has over 30 years of experience across traditional and digital media. He has acted as an Advisor to numerous startups.
Pedro FREIRE
Pedro FREIRE
Programming Head
Pedro has worked in the media industry for 30 years, occupying different positions in TV production, with a few stints in radio, web and graphic production as well. After graduating in Journalism, Pedro went to work for Torneos y Competencias (TyC), and later held various roles at this multimedia group. He is currently in charge of TyC Sport's acquisitions and programming of multiplatform contains, and is also engaged as professor at Universidad Argentina de la empresa (UADE).
Patricio VERDI
Paul FINSTER
Paul FINSTER
VP, Business Development
Paul Finster is VP of Business Development helping accelerate strategic sales, channel development and strategic partners at Amagi.
Before joining Amagi, he has run global teams at MediaKind and Evergent. Paul has spent many years in the media technology industry managing Encoder deployments, CMS sales, DTC/OTT architectures, SSAI monetization, company due diligence and acquisitions. He spent 4 years running the Solution Architecture team for the Media Practice at Accenture and over 8 years at Ericsson Media including 2 years as an expat in Hong Kong driving solution sales in Asia.
Agustin Maria RODRIGUEZ
Angela SUGGS
Angela SUGGS
President & CEO
As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Sports Foundation, Angela Adams Suggs works to support Florida’s $57.4 billion sports industry. In her role, Suggs leads the organization’s efforts to assist communities with securing, hosting and retaining sporting events and sports-related business through the Foundation’s grant programs; provide participation opportunities in the Sunshine State Games and Florida Senior Games; serve as Florida’s leading resource for sport tourism research and facts; assist in the promotion of targeted leisure sports industries in Florida; and assist national and state governing bodies to promote amateur sport development.
Tony GRILLO
Tony GRILLO
Chief Strategy Officer
Tony Grillo is the Chief Strategy Officer at GreenPark Sports, overseeing marketing, business development, analytics and investor relations. Grillo leads a team that helps to secure and manage licenses from key IP holders, build the GreenPark fan community, measure and report on key product metrics across the company and explore diversified revenue opportunities for GreenPark, both virtually and in real life. Before joining GreenPark Sports, Grillo spent most of his career in sports with the PGA TOUR, where he managed prominent brand partnerships including Mastercard, Nike, Adidas, Microsoft and Topgolf, among others.
Jed CORENTHAL
Jed CORENTHAL
Chief Marketing Officer
Jed Corenthal is an experienced executive and entrepreneur, merging content with technology building companies in Real-time video streaming, OTT, mobile marketing and the development of virtual goods and branded emoji’s. Mr. Corenthal spent his first 15 years in senior marketing and business development roles at SONY, the AVP and the NFL.
Currently, Mr. Corenthal serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Phenix. Phenix builds global IP video solutions. The company has built technology from the ground up to deliver high quality, synchronous streams to broadcast size audiences with less than 1⁄2 second of latency, or delay.
Eric FISHER
Eric FISHER
U.S. Editor
Eric Fisher is the US Editor for SportBusiness, joining the organization in 2019, and he leads North American editorial for the global sports industry intelligence service. Fisher has covered sports business for more than a quarter century, having previously written for Sports Business Journal, the Washington (DC) Times, and Easton (Maryland) Star-Democrat. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University.
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Olek LOEWENSTEIN
Olek LOEWENSTEIN
President of Sports Content
Olek Loewenstein is President of Sports Content at TelevisaUnivision, the world’s leading Spanish-language content and media company, where he leads all sports content operations for the USA and Mexico to solidify, maintain, and grow the company’s position in the market as "The Home of Soccer."
An accomplished executive with wide-ranging experience across content, financial strategy, and production functions, he is responsible for all content produced by TUDN - a bi-national state of the art sports content production operation serving a broad portfolio of Univision and Televisa’s over the air and cable television channels, as well as both companies’ digital publishing and streaming platforms.
Eli VELAZQUEZ
Eli VELAZQUEZ
Executive Vice President, Sports Content
Eli Velazquez is Executive Vice President of Sports Content for Telemundo Deportes. In his role, Velazquez leads the division’s multimedia content strategy including programming, acquisition, production, operations and editorial efforts. He is also responsible for coordinating resources across the company to provide Telemundo Network, Universo and the respective digital platforms with high-quality sports content. Additionally, Velazquez works closely with NBC Sports on major events, and ensures collaboration across divisions and businesses.
Chris BEVILACQUA
Chris BEVILACQUA
Co-Founder & CEO
Chris Bevilacqua is the Co-Founder and CEO of Simplebet. Over the past 30 years, he has established himself as a leader in the sports and media business, including being at the forefront of two transformative eras in sports media history. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of CAA Sports Media Ventures (a joint venture between CAA and Evolution Media Capital) and founded College Sports TV Networks, which was sold to CBS in 2006 and evolved into CBS Sports Network.
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