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We love amateur sports.
So we make software that helps local teams be more…
efficient…
informed…
and connected.
We listen to customers, make quick decisions, trust each other, communicate like crazy and feel lucky to be able to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of people every day.
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Ted Sullivan
CEO, Fearless Leader
Superpowers: Booming Voice, Keynote
Ted's passion for youth coaching and entrepreneurship inspired him to start and build GameChanger Media, Inc. He pitched at Duke University, and in the minor leagues for the Cleveland Indians before receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Kiril Savino
CTO, Resident Optimist
Superpowers: Emacs, Redbull, Hyperbole
Kiril was that kid in left field playing with the grass who never caught a fly ball, but as Co-Founder & CTO of GameChanger Media, he hits cleanup for the technology team. He has a BA in Japanese from Middlebury College, and has built high-scale software for companies including DoubleClick, HigherOne, and ShopWiki.
Jerry Hsu
Engineer
Superpowers: Xcode, Vi, Speed Talking
Combining his loves of mobile computing and baseball (we forgive him his Phillies fandom), Jerry jumped at the chance to join GameChanger. Jerry brings his wealth of experience in iPhone and Web development to the team. He received his M.Eng from Cornell University.
Jeff Kamrath
Product Evangelist
Superpowers: WebEx, Frequent Flier Miles
A University of Virginia graduate, Jeff earned a B.S. in Government, was named a two-time All-Conference pitcher and played in the Tampa Bay Rays minor league system. As a private instructor, travel team coach, and MLB Scout Development Program graduate, Jeff knows coaches, parents, and scouts from Little League to the Big Leagues.
Sean Wheeler
Problem Solver
Superpowers: Mailings, User Research, Great Hair
Sean handles all forms of digital marketing for the GameChanger team having gained experience in the sports-tech industry while working for LacrosseRecruits.com. He earned his B.A. in History from Kenyon College, where he was an All-Conference lacrosse player and team captain. He is excited by travel, recreational sports and new forms of media.
Rob Hunter
Designer
Superpowers: TextMate, InDesign, Beard
A killer T-Ball hitter, Rob joins GameChanger after doing tours of duty in digital product design, journalism and media startups. His passion is making interfaces invisible and fantastically usable. He received his BA (hons.) in Journalism while in Scotland, though unfortunately his accent is authentic Nebraskan.
Dane Menten-Weil
People Person
Superpowers: Desk, ScreenFlow, Humor
Drafted out of the University of Colorado, Dane is the youngest GameChanger. Once an intern, he moved quickly through the farm system and made the starting lineup. Dane can be found helping customers and in the video tutorial studio, and outside the office at the ice rink, in the mountains, and everywhere in between.
Doug Woos
Engineer
Superpowers: Emacs, Parentheses, Epee
Doug hails from Swarthmore College, where he majored in Computer Science while completing minors in Mathematics and Philosophy. A Cleveland Indians fan and competitive fencer, Doug's as comfortable in the Linux kernel as with an epee in hand.
Ben Yelsey
Engineer
Superpowers: PyCharm, MacVim, Dubstep
From fencing came precision, from skiing, speed. From his degree in Physics, a complete understanding of the force. You say junior engineer, we say Jedi Engineer. Post training at Swarthmore College, Ben dual-wields for the GameChanger tech lineup.
Eric Han
Test Engineer
Superpowers: Python, JavaScript, Exactitude
Building is to hardware as breaking is to software. As an Electrical Engineer out of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Eric has made it clear that he has little to no sympathy for software. When not pinpointing his first serve against Kiril on the tennis court, he is in the GameChanger office hunting bugs. It is rumored that he has scored a nine inning game in under two minutes.
Wai-Jee Ho
Designer
Superpowers: Illustrator, The T.A.R.D.I.S.
Wai-Jee Ho was born and raised in New York and is not intimidating at all. A graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Wai-Jee stumbled out with a Bachelor's degree and a penchant for typography, gradients, and coffee with milk and no sugar. She believes that together, we could upgrade the universe.
Kim Brooks
Customer Service Manager
Superpowers: Workaholism, Multitalker
Kim Brooks graduated A LONG TIME AGO with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. In college, she was the baseball and basketball TV broadcaster for 3 years. Kim married her husband Keith in 1997 and became a Mom 10 months later. Today, Kim spends most non-working hours at baseball fields nationwide, following her two sons who play on 5 teams year-round, and as a known SEO “guru”.
Kyleigh Callender
Marketing DP/Flex
Superpowers: Oreo Quality Control, Pranks
A University of North Texas graduate, Kyleigh earned a B.S. in Sports Management and was a catcher for the Mean Green softball team. She earned an M.B.A from Texas State University before becoming the General Manager for a collegiate summer league team. Formerly a GameChanger Customer Service All-Star, she now works on the marketing team with a focus on softball and grassroots marketing efforts.
Phil Sarin
Engineer
Superpowers: TDD, Git Pickaxe, Enormous Wallet
A distance runner and former lacrosse scorekeeper, Phil joins GameChanger after a decade working in the software industry with Oracle, Amazon.com, Vontu (acquired by Symantec), and Sulia. He holds BS and MS degrees from MIT in Computer Science and a Master's in Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon.
Mike Onorato
Engineer
Superpowers: James Bond Cool, Obj-C, C.H.I.M.P.
Mike's relationship with baseball began at an early age, as a star bench warmer for his Little League team. Mike graduated Cum Laude from Princeton with a BSE in Computer Science and a Certificate in Robotics and Intelligent Systems. When he's not building iPhone apps or being a devoted sports fan, he's usually enjoying live music or dabbling in photography.
W. Spencer Wright
Office Luddite
Superpowers: Latin, Stats, Snark
Born, raised, and schooled in Vermont, Spencer graduated from Middlebury College and promptly joined the GameChanger team. He puts his sports knowledge and writing skills to good use for both social media and customer service. Although happy to write about sports, we think it might be a way to compensate for his lack of a championship by any of his professional teams.
Travis Thieman
Numbers Guy
Superpowers: RStudio, Excel, Sorcery
Travis serves as GameChanger's data maven, using his analytical skills from the world of management consulting, survival instincts from the hills of West Virginia, and cheery disposition from Swarthmore College. He has a hard time controlling his emotions around graphs.
Ursula Lopez-Palm
Operations
Superpowers: Sudoku, Professional NARPing
A University of Pennsylvania gradate who earned a B.A. in International Relations, Ursula played soccer at the Varsity level for all four years where she was Honorable Mention All-Ivy, Ivy League Player of the Week, and Ivy League Champion in 2010. Ursula interned at PennTV where she was a guest commentator for Penn Baseball games, Penn Relays, and a video feed editor. When it comes to sports, you name it she's been there.
Nathan Zacher
Customer Service Manager
Superpowers: Lover and a fighter
Nathan received his BA in Sports Marketing and Administration from Northern State University where he also played baseball. He's currently in the first year of Law School at the University of South Dakota and also plans to tack on an MBA starting next fall. He loves envisioning the future!
Jeff Hunter
Customer Service Manager
Superpowers: Making drinks, Scrums
A University of Nebraska graduate, Jeff earned a B.A. in History. He played rugby for five years — as the Nebraska club president and team captain for two years. He spent most of college customer servicing via the restaurant business and bartending. He is rarely disgruntled people.
Trey McKay
Designer
Superpowers: Short Stick, Grids, Rhyming Name
Drafted straight out of college, Trey joined the GC team as a Product Design intern. Before joining the team, he played 4 years of MLCA lacrosse at SCAD-Savannah, in addition to playing for Wales in the 2010 FIL World Championships. Now a full-time member of the GC Design team, he utilizes his passion for user-first UX strategy, pixel-perfect UI design, and an eye for typography to help the team deliver the best product possible.
Elizabeth Ruiz
Customer Service Manager
Superpowers: Patience, Email, Chauffeur
Baseball/Fastpitch mom, and manager. Research is her game. Before figuring out her passion was to be at the baseball and softball fields every day, Liz earned an Associate's Degree as a Legal Assistant. The umpires love her! Liz loves watching her kids, family, and friends play THE game.
Tom Leach
Engineer
Superpowers: Async programming, Pedantry
An interloper from across the pond, Tom is a veteran of enterprise Java software projects running everywhere from Lithuania to Wichita, KS. More recently he has turned his hand to Android, Ruby, Node.js and Python. Tom holds a Masters from Imperial College, London in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, is over-zealous about good coffee, ale and cheese, and is a long-suffering fan of Tottenham Hotspur FC.
Nick Schultz
Engineer
Superpower: Cold imperviousness, Tiny fonts
Originally from the great state of Minnesota, Nick has been on the east coast for a while. After 4 years studying Computer Science at Swarthmore College he worked for a year in Washington DC before joining GameChanger. Most people will never understand Nick's football allegiances, being an avid Packers fan from Vikings territory, but trust him, he has a good reason.
Brian Bernberg
Mobile Product
Superpowers: XCode, Elf Shoes
A devout weekend warrior who still hasn't recovered from losing his Little League championship game at twelve years old, Brian relishes the chance to redeem himself by making GameChanger an integral part of youth sports. His varied career has involved Ford manufacturing plants, Villanova basketball & Thomas the Tank Engine. Outside of work, he is 100% focused on raising his son to be a loyal Philadelphia Eagles fan in the heart of Giants country.
Wellington Smith
Basketball Marketing
Superpowers: Jabawaki Backup Dancing
A West Virginia University graduate, earned a BA in Multidisciplinary Studies while minoring in Communications, English, and Sociology. He was named Big East Academic All American and is third in school history in most blocked shots. At WVU, he was part of winning the NIT Championship, Sweet 16, Big East Championship and Final Four. While playing professionally in Japan, he fractured his foot twice which landed him back into the US.
Gabriela Flores
Designer
Superpowers: Queen of Keyboard Shortcuts
Gabriela joins us from sunny Monterrey, Mexico where she earned her BA in Graphic Design from the University of Monterrey. This mexican señorita loves traveling and is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese. She has lived in London where she studied Experience Design and Children’s Book Illustration.
Samantha Zucker
Designer
Superpowers: Whorfianism, Jigsaw Puzzles
Sam grew up in New York but you'd never know except for a few key word pronunciations and her sometimes uncontrollable sarcasm. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BHA in Design and Linguistics and full dose of Pittsburgh pride. Great data visualizations have been known to make her weak in the knees.
Scott Morse
Engineer
Superpowers: Proof-reading, George the A.I.
Scott has spent his life letting his left and right brains take turns steering the ship. After earning his CS degree from Johns Hopkins, Scott spent three years as an actor and starving artist in both LA and New York, before returning to his love of building and learning things.
Katherine Daniels
Sparkly Devops Princess
Superpowers: Automation, Carabiners
Hailing from the land of mountains and microbrews known as Colorado, Katherine developed a talent for breaking and fixing computers at a young age. She holds a BS in computer science from Colorado State University, and is excited to be bringing her love of all things devops to the GameChanger team. When not in the office, she can usually be found enjoying a good beer, rock climbing, or cooking up super-spicy hot sauce.
Brooke Hausman
Pixel Perfecter
Superpowers: Grins, Wireframes
Brooke graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where she became an expert in cheese, beer and the Badgers. After designing for mobile sports products over the past few years, she brings her love for sports and design to the GameChanger team. Sadly, she remains a Mets and Jets fan since birth.
Esmael El-Moslimany
Engineer
Superpowers: Sarcasm and Gullibility
Esmael is a new addition to the GameChanger team. He has a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rutgers University. After graduating a year early with high honors, Esmael started his career working for the DOD as a computer engineer. He eventually decided that was a complete waste and spent the time since then developing awesome software. Some of the applications include a logistics alerting module in a command and control system, a semi-automated accounting file parser, and a BI reporting excel add-on.
Molly Sullivan
Office Babe
Superpowers: Competitive Napping
Molly is the least productive member of the GameChanger team. Her attendance is inconsistent and she sleeps on the job. But she's always happy to be included, and is especially friendly during lunchtime. A labrador / pit bull mix, Molly's lucky path lead her from Catawba County Animal Services in Newton, NC to the Sugar Mutts Rescue in Brooklyn, NY where she was ultimately matched with CEO Ted Sullivan and his wife Margaret in July 2010. Molly is especially proud of her recent weight loss - 15 lbs in two years!
Investors
Brian R. Baine
Professional Financial Planner
Lynn Polakoff Baine
Managing Director,
Golden Seeds LLC
Mark Walsh
geniusrocket.com
Jeff Samberg
Acadia Woods
Partners, LLC
James Weil
former Managing Director,
C.E. Unterberg, Towbin
Advisors
John Bramlette
Bramlette Consulting
Board of Directors
Little League Baseball and Softball
Little League Baseball and Softball is the world’s largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.7 million players and one million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and scores of other countries. Through a licensing partnership, GameChanger has created mobile applications that allow local league parents and fans to generate and display real-time game updates and box scores.
"Little League International is strongly committed to adopting new technologies that will enhance the Little League experience … By adopting GameChanger’s mobile technology, we’re raising the bar once again to enhance the game experience and create greater engagement for parents and fans."
— Steve Keener, President and CEO of Little League International.
MaxPreps
MaxPreps.com is the leading online high school sports destination, offering comprehensive high school sports coverage by partnering with nearly 35,000 coaches throughout the country. MaxPreps.com teams can import rosters and schedules to GameChanger. After the game, box score stats are instantly and automatically delivered to MaxPreps.com, saving coaches valuable time and promoting the achievements of high school teams and athletes across the nation.
"MaxPreps.com is committed to helping coaches save time … By promoting GameChanger's mobile technology, we're working to help coaches manage their team's stats and share them with their players and fans instantly with the push of a button. Eager parents, fans and players no longer have to wait to see reliable results online, and coaches can spend their time doing what they do best: coaching."
— Andy Beal, President of MaxPreps.com.
Perfect Game USA
Exclusive Partner for Scorekeeping and Live Updates
Perfect Game USA is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented high school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game USA produces the very highest national level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States. These events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location. Beginning in 2011, every game at each Perfect Game event will be scored on GameChanger's iPad Scorekeeper app and streamed live to family, fans, college coaches and scouts across the nation.
USA Baseball
Official Partner for Scorekeeping and Live Updates
USA Baseball is the national governing body of amateur baseball in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). The organization selects and trains the World Baseball Classic, World Cup and Pan Am teams (and all other USA Baseball Professional Teams); the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team; the USA Baseball 18U, 16U and 14U National Teams; and the USA Baseball Women’s National Team, all of which participate in various international competitions each year.
USA Baseball will use the GameChanger mobile application and web tools to stream live GameStream updates for all USAB national teams and the majority of USAB events.
The Cal Ripken World Series
Official Partner for Scorekeeping and Live Updates
Ripken Baseball is a sales and marketing company based in Baltimore, MD that represents all business and philanthropic efforts of Cal Ripken, Jr. and Bill Ripken. Established in 2001, the mission of Ripken Baseball is to grow the game of baseball worldwide The Ripken Way. GameChanger is proud to partner with Ripken Baseball and is excited to be involved with the Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, MD in August.
"We are excited to bring GameChanger on as a partner. This technology is going to help bring the Cal Ripken World Series into the new age."
— Aaron Moszer, AVP Sales, Ripken Baseball, Inc.
Babe Ruth League
Official Partner for Scorekeeping and Live Updates
Babe Ruth League International Headquarters serves over 1 million players from ages 4-18 in Babe Ruth Baseball, Cal Ripken Baseball and Babe Ruth Softball. GameChanger, as Babe Ruth's Official Partner for scorekeeping, stats and live game updates, will provide services across all of these platforms, including for the Babe Ruth Baseball, Cal Ripken Baseball and Babe Ruth Softball World Series tournaments.
“Babe Ruth League, Inc. has always focused on providing a safe, educational and fun environment for our players... The GameChanger technology will provide a readily accessible statistical record for fans, coaches and players to add to their enjoyment of the game. We’re excited that all of our regular season teams can also have the same scorekeeping, stat and fan experience we’ll utilize at our World Series events.”
— Robert Faherty, Vice President/Commissioner of Babe Ruth League.
East Cobb Baseball
Official Partner for Scorekeeping and Live Updates
The East Cobb Baseball program is recognized nationally as one of the premier youth baseball operations in the country. GameChanger is proud to be the chosen partner for many of the ninety powerhouse East Cobb teams as well as a sponsor for their best-in-class facility outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
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