Work
Three decades building technology and products at the intersection of sports, media, entertainment, and gaming, reaching hundreds of millions of fans.
Experience
PENN Entertainment
CTO & Head of Interactive
2024—Present
The Walt Disney Company
President & CTO, Disney Entertainment &
ESPN
2018—2024
ESPN
EVP & Chief Technology Officer
2013—2018
Fanzter, Inc.
CEO & Co-founder
2007—2012
ESPN
SVP, Technology & Product Development
2002—2007
The Walt Disney Internet Group
VP, Technology & Business Operations
1999—2002
Starwave
Senior Software Engineer
1997—1999
Renaissance Interactive
Software Engineer
1995—1997
Awards & Recognition
Emmy® Awards
Emmy® Award
— Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for
Development and Standardization of the Media Object
Server Protocol (Media Object Server Group / ESPN)
2015
Emmy® Award
— Emmy Award for Outstanding Trans-Media
Sports Coverage of the 2016 College Football Playoff
National Championship Megacast (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU,
ESPN Goal Line, SEC Network, ESPN3)
2016
Emmy® Award
— Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Team
Studio for Coverage of the NFL Draft
2024
Patents
System for the delivery and dynamic presentation of
large media assets over bandwidth constrained
networks
US Patent No. US9247277B2 2016
US Patent No. US9247277B2 2016
System and method for synchronizing live video with
external data sources
US Patent No. US20240205477A1 2024
US Patent No. US20240205477A1 2024