TMRW Sports named CHRIS MARCIANI VP/Business Development. He will be focused on developing corporate partnerships for TGL. Throughout his career, Marciani has held VP roles across sales, marketing and partnerships with the Hornets, NASCAR, MLB, PGA Tour, the Heat, The IRONMAN Group and The Brandr Group (SBJ).
Lava.ai named MAURIZIO CANTON VP/EMEA. He previously held roles at Siebel, IBM and most recently at TIBCO as CTO/EMEA and VP/Customer Success (Lava.ai).
The Thunder promoted TRISTAN NELSON to Dir/Corporate Partnership Sales. Nelson joined the team in 2021 and has served as a sales representative, then later as Corporate Partnership Sales Manager. Prior to the Thunder, Nelson held positions at Paragon Marketing Group and Legends (Thunder).
The NYU School of Professional Studies named DANIEL KELLY II Associate Dean of the school’s Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport. Since 2019, Kelly has served as the Tisch Institute’s Academic Director of Graduate Programs and Clinical Professor. Before NYU, he was the Faculty Director and Associate Professor of the Practice for the Sports Industry Management Program at Georgetown. Kelly previously has consulted on strategic leadership and global business initiatives with FC Barcelona’s Barca Innovation Hub, River Plate University Institute, and Superliga. In preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Kelly was the academic lead for the Josoor Institute’s Football and Sport Management diploma program in Qatar (NYU).
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