MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (May 14, 2015) – Sportradar US, the fastest-growing sports data company in the U.S., announced today that Steve Byrd will join the company as Chief Commercial Officer. In his new role, Byrd will be responsible for leading relationships with large media and technology clients for Sportradar’s global sports data and content in North America.
Sportradar is the largest global sports data provider in the industry serving more than 800 clients globally. Sportradar US has recently been awarded the exclusive distribution rights for NFL play-by-play and tracking data for the next four seasons.
"From a global perspective, we are ecstatic that Steve is joining the company. We have great confidence that he can help build the U.S. business," said Ulrich Harmuth, Sportradar’s Managing Director Business Development. "We also look forward to working closely with Steve on the continued development of our global strategy, in which the U.S. will play a critical part."
Byrd was most recently Co-Chief Operating Officer at STATS, LLC, and is a founding board member of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. He earned his MBA from the Graduate School of Business at University of Chicago, and currently serves as an Executive in Residence for his alma mater.
"Having had a chance to spend time at Sportradar’s new North American headquarters in Minneapolis, I’ve been blown away by the best-in-class software tools that allow our sports statistics data analysts to capture deep play by play data faster than ever before," said Byrd. "I’m thrilled to work closely with Carsten Koerl and Ulrich on a global level, and Rob Phythian in the United States to continue to strengthen Sportradar’s position as the leading global sports data provider."
In the U.S., Sportradar US covers more than 20,000 live events across football, baseball, basketball, hockey, college football and basketball, golf and NASCAR. The company provides data solutions for leading global companies such as Google, Bleacher Report, NBC Sports, IBM, Facebook and Twitter. In addition to being awarded exclusive National Football League partner in the U.S., the company is a current partner of NASCAR in the U.S. and distributes the leagues’ live timing and scoring data to a vast network of third-party digital outlets.
For more information, visit us.sportradar.com and www.sportradar.com.
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