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With a strong management team we are making sports rules easier for everyone.
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CEO – David Yorke
* David is an award winning cinematographer/producer/director with over 35 years of motion picture and television production experience
* Working with CTV and CBC, he has filmed many major local and international news events.
* David launched the New Media department at HYPN, Canada's largest independent media management firm
* David Yorke is not only an avid baseball fan but is an expert with over 20 years umpiring experience at the highest levels of baseball |
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Chairman of the Board – David Harrison
* Chairman – PHD Canada (formerly Harrison, Young, Pesonen & Newell (HYPN)). David was the founding President of HYPN Media Management
* He is an investor and is currently on the board of several early stage private companies.
* Prior to 1979, he was Senior Vice President, Intermart Inc., the holding company for MacLaren Advertising and other communication related subsidiaries |
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* Advisor – Michael Mitgang
Managing Director, WGD Partners
* Michael Guides Technology Companies Towards Achieving their Strategic and Financial Goals
* WGD Partners invests in and advises technology companies in the US, Canada and Israel. Lead Mergers and Acquisitions, corporate development, strategy, structuring and fund raising activities for clients. Clients and investment opportunities have included companies in the consumer and enterprise software, financial tech, IoT, as well as networking software and security sectors. |
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Advisor – Gary Maavara
* Head of Legal Affairs at Corus Entertainment Inc.
* Gary is a graduate of Boston University (B.Sc. 1977 summa cum laude) and the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (LL.B. 1982). He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1983
* Gary Maavara sits on the boards of Telelatino, Cosmopolitan Television,
Advertising Standards Canada, Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), and the YMCA of Greater Toronto |
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Advisor – R. Thomas Hoffman
* Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Forsythe Solutions Group, Inc.
* Forsythe's General Counsel for more than 15 years
* Formerly SVP and associate General Counsel for the commercial finance division of Associates First Capital Corporation, which has since been acquired by Citigroup
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Advisor – Larry McDonough
* Product Management Lead, VM Ware, Palo Alto Ca. - over 20 years experience building and managing award winning platform products for companies including BlackBerry, Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Walt Disney Studios, and NASA/JPL.y
* Frequent Silicon Valley speaker and panelist covering Mobile Payments & Monetization, NFC, HTML5/Native/Hybrid apps, Home Automation & IoT, Enterprise Development, Security, Mobile Cloud Services, and Gaming
* BS in Computer Science from U.C. Riverside, and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA |
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Advisor – Franklin Carter
* William A. Donan Clinical Professor of Marketing at Pennsylvania State University, and faculty advisor to the Penn State Marketing Association
* Formerly the James T. Kane Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Marketing at Lehigh University
* Ph.D., Marketing Science, Carnegie Mellon University |
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CRO / VP Social Engagement – Sean Power
* Sean Power owns and operates a marketing consultancy with clients in Canada and the USA
* Sean manages marketing campaigns designed to reach new audiences, acquire new customers, and deepen existing customer relationships Sean also serves as the Communications Committee Chair on the Board of Directors
for Durham Outlook for the Needy, an organization nearing $1MM in assets
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CTO - Giant Step Inc. ( www.giantstep.ca )
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Eyal Katz, Managing Partner
* Co-founded Giant Step Inc. (internationally award-winning interactive agency)
* B.Sc. in Software Engineering from the University of Toronto
* 15+ years experience designing software architecture, interfaces, and developing applications for over 50 clients ranging from start-ups to major international brands. |
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Gil Katz, Managing Partner
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Co-founded Giant Step Inc. (internationally award-winning interactive agency)
* Hon.B.Sc. in Mathematics and Interactive Media Design from the University of Toronto
* Experience working for AGF Funds, CIBC, and Ontario Power Generation in
database development and marketing
* 10+ years experience creating digital marketing campaigns and online applications for over 50 clients ranging from start-ups to major international brands. |
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