STEPHEN C. BYRD
SVP, STATS (a News Corporation Company) – www.stats.com

Steve Byrd has been with STATS, Inc. since 1997. He originally served as Vice President of Marketing for the company then became Vice President of the STATS Fantasy Sports Business Unit. Mr. Byrd has multiple business unit responsibility including Television, Fantasy Sports and Publications.

Under Mr. Byrd’s direction, STATS TV/ITV group has established itself as the leading provider of sports research and on-air graphics to the major television sports broadcasters including FOX Sports, FOX Sports Net, WGN, Rogers Sportsnet, and The Sports Network Canada.

Mr. Byrd is a Founding Board Member of the fantasy sports industry trade group known as the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA). STATS Fantasy Sports provides the underlying data that powers the majority of fantasy sports companies in the market.

Mr. Byrd has served as panel member or moderator for numerous conferences focused on Sports, Technology, and the Internet. Mr. Byrd has been in the sports industry for 15 years. Previous to STATS, he served in senior marketing, sales management and business development positions at Wilson Sporting Goods, AMF Bowling & Billiards and Sports Sciences. Mr. Byrd has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSME from Purdue University.