SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GumGum Sports (https://gumgum.com/sports), the leader in sports media valuation powered by computer vision technology, has hired Ian Partilla as vice-president of sales to lead global sports revenue efforts.
Ian brings 20 years of experience in sports marketing. Prior to joining GumGum, Ian spent several years at NBC, first with NBC Sports Ventures as the Vice President of Partnerships for Dew Tour, Red Bull Signature Series, Spartan Race, and Pro Motocross, then as Vice President of Sponsorship Strategy and contributing to NBC’s Golf vertical.
“We are thrilled to have Ian join our team. He has an impressive track record leading sports sponsorship teams in the multi-channel universe for the world's largest media companies,” said Jeff Katz, GM of GumGum Sports.
“I knew GumGum Sports would be the one product that finally identifies all the activity beyond the broadcast and changes the game. I’ve worked in the sport sponsorship space my entire career and, until now, had never found a service that was able to provide a true omni-channel view of properties,” said Ian Partilla. “GumGum Sports has created something unique, thoughtful, thorough, and complete. I know teams, leagues, and brands will be excited. Joining the team was too good of an opportunity to pass up. I look forward to helping make GumGum Sports the currency by which sports sponsorships are bought and sold around the world.”
Other previous roles include working with Disney and ESPN Media Networks on the emerging digital streaming television business. Partilla played a key sales role in the transition of ESPN Broadband to ESPN360, then to ESPN3, and ultimately to the ESPN App. He then joined the X Games fulltime to help launch the global expansion of the X Games property. The team created six events around the globe with events staged in Barcelona and Munich Olympic parks, and Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil, Tignes, France, LA and Aspen.
Partilla will be based out of Denver, Colorado. Visit https://gumgum.com/sports for more information.
About GumGum Sports
GumGum Sports is a division of GumGum that leverages GumGum’s computer vision technology to help brands, agencies and rights holders go Beyond The Broadcast™ to capture the full media value of sports sponsorships that include visible signage across television, streaming, and social media. By analyzing live broadcasts, social media and digital streaming, GumGum Sports provides accurate, timely, and comprehensive media valuations. They enable rights holders to retain and grow partner revenue and give sponsors the ability to track and optimize media value across a portfolio of sponsorships.
