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With over 25 years of experience in sports, media, entertainment, esports, and education, I am a visionary leader who drives innovation, transformation, and strategy in diverse and dynamic sectors. As the Senior Vice President at Point Park University, I leverage my unique and diverse expertise to enhance the academic excellence, experiential learning, and community engagement of this urban, private university. Previously, I held senior leadership positions with the Buffalo Sabres, FSN Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Penguins, Rochester Americans, and Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts. I managed large-scale entertainment and educational businesses, facility operations, professional sports teams, and a regional sports television network, with combined asset and venue values in excess of $1 billion. I devised and executed highly innovative, transformational, and strategic initiatives that significantly enhanced brands and achieved business goals, such as bringing the NHL Combine to Buffalo, launching the first-ever collegiate esports program in the Mid-Atlantic region, hosting the largest collegiate esports tournament in the nation, and creating the country’s first purposeful gaming facility inside a science center. My mission is to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders, innovators, and creators.