Our leadership team has over sixty years combined experience in executive level sports management, and over thirty years combined experience in media and wireless services. The knowledge we gain from running the operations of professional sports teams in the NBA, the NHL and Major League Baseball gives us a valuable insight into what teams require for financial success.
Chairman
Will Sanders
Will Sanders is Chairman of FanDrive Media, a position he has held since 2006. Previously, Mr. Sanders served as the CEO of Sanders & Co., a venture capital and investment banking firm specializing in arranging financing for entrepreneurs primarily in the media and wireless communications industries. As a result of these activities, Mr. Sanders owned outdoor advertising companies, radio and television stations, a paging company, and a Federal Communications Commission cellular license. Prior to that Mr. Sanders served as Chief Financial Officer of Turner Communications Corporation where he also sat on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Hawks. Mr. Sanders is also a CPA having spent ten years employed by Price Waterhouse & Co. Mr. Sanders holds a BA degree from Yale University, with honors, and an MBA from New York University.
Founding Partner/Strategic Advisor
Stan Kasten
Mr. Kasten is an owner and President of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. He is the first person in pro sports history to hold the position of President of three different teams simultaneously, and is one of the most experienced and highly regarded executives in professional sports. Among his accomplishments, Mr. Kasten holds a 1995 World Series Championship while his teams made a combined 30-playoff appearances and captured 15 division titles. Throughout his career, Mr. Kasten has played an important leadership role in the NBA, NHL and MLB. Mr. Kasten is the only person to be named "Executive of the Year" for two consecutive seasons by his peers. He has served on the NBA's marketing committee, the player pension committee and the expansion committee. He is a former trustee of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. In baseball, Mr. Kasten also served as Chairman of the Player Personal Development Committee. Mr. Kasten graduated Magna Cum Laude from New York University and received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School . He is a recipient of New York University's distinguished Alumnus Award, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers Association, which awarded him their coveted "Award of Excellence".
President
J.B. Vick
Mr Vick is President and a founding partner of FanDriveMedia. Mr. Vick is an Internet pioneer who founded www.permit.com in 1996, as one of the first successful e-commerce applications focusing on the sale of digital information. Mr. Vick held a Sr. management position at iXL, an Internet services firm, coming in when his television production company was acquired in 1995. Mr. Vick began his career with Turner Broadcasting Systems where he served in various capacities over a five-year period.
Vice President of Business Development
Lee Douglas
Prior to joining FanDriveMedia, Lee spent 27 years with the NBA Atlanta Hawks where he rose from an entry level position to the Executive Vice President, in charge of the business operations of the franchise. He had direct responsibility for marketing, media and community relations, corporate and broadcast sales, ticket sales as well as the staff functions of finance and human resources. As President of Philips Arena Sports Marketing, Douglas supervised the group responsible for broadcast and sponsorship sales for the Hawks, the Atlanta Thrashers and Philips Arena. While with the franchise, Douglas served as an alternate Governor to the NBA , on the Board of Directors of both Foundations of the Hawks and Thrashers, the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Atlanta Sports Council, and the Atlanta TipOff Club. Douglas also served in an advisory capacity with the Atlanta Braves, holding the title of Vice President, assisting team President Stan Kasten. Douglas graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Management, and earned his MBA from Georgia State.
Chief Technology Officer
Rich Bowman
Prior to joining FanDriveMedia, Mr. Bowman held senior engineering positions in System Architecture, Software Engineering, Security, and Networking. Rich's broad experience allows him to uniquely delve into each project's requirements and architect an optimal solution. Mr. Bowman began his career writing real-time applications while earning his Masters degree in Computer Science. Since then, he has held positions at both Fortune 100 companies as well as several startup companies, while always focusing on using Internet technologies to solve today's business goals. Rich holds both a BS and an MS in Computer Science from Florida State University.