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I am a seasoned sports & entertainment technology executive. I lead people. I innovate. I ensure technology investment is wisely spent. I deliver solutions that are secure, adaptable, visionary, efficient and robust. I build sound technology foundations and know they are ready for the promises of IoT, AI, NLP, Blockchain, VR/AR and more. My hard work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit come from growing up in Michigan's Thumb area and working in my family's grain elevator business. At 12, I wrote my first computer program, automating my favorite baseball board game (APBA Baseball). In 2000, I started a dial-up internet service in my home town -- running the network from my former bedroom in my parents' home. My technical education came from early in my career -- writing code, analyzing big data, building networks, solving diverse business problems. My \'big league\' debut came in 2005 as Head of IT for the Detroit Tigers. I have worked in sports & entertainment now for 13 years and it has affords me tremendous opportunities to work with brilliant people and amazing technologies.

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Named one of the top fifty entrepreneurs in New York City, Ryan Stana is the Founder and CEO of award-winning RWS Entertainment Group, a premiere production company creating memorable entertainment, consumer events and branded experiences since 2003. Stana’s company produces, writes, directs and choreographs shows and television events, which garnered him a 2009 EMMY® Award, numerous IAAPA Brass Ring awards and nominations, multiple Magellan Awards for his work with Holland America Line and Azamara, along with the 2012 Golden Ticket Award for “Supplier of the Year” by Amusement Today.RWS operates out of its New York City-based facility, as well as its recently launched European headquarters, based in London. The Emmy Award-Winning company has become North America’s largest provider of branded entertainment, creating live experiences with Mattel, Lincoln Center, Billboard, Rolling Stone Magazine, Survivor, Guinness World Records, Madame Tussauds, Hershey Chocolate World and Europa-Park. RWS also developed a program inspired by Oprah Winfrey and O, The Oprah Magazine for Holland America Line. Supplying over 3,000 seasonal performers and technicians annually for the attractions and leisure industry, RWS acquired 12 time Artios Award-winning Binder Casting in 2016, a top Broadway, film and TV casting firm whose casting footprint spans from commercials to films such as Chicago and Dreamgirls to Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, Hollywood Bowl and Broadway’s The Lion King. As an industry leader, Stana serves on the entertainment committee for International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), as well as on the Board of Directors for the Broadway Dreams Foundation, an organization that offers training to youth from socio-economic backgrounds who aspire for a career in musical theatre. His expertise is valued by the industry, and he is regularly cited in top-tier publications, including The Wall Street Journal. Stana holds a BFA from the prestigious University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music and Point Park University where he serves on the Board of Trustees.

Kim Noltemy joined the Dallas Symphony Association (DSA) as President & CEO in January 2018. Since Noltemy’s arrival, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has embarked on a bold, new strategic plan and has implemented numerous new initiatives that will have a long-term impact on the landscape of classical music in Dallas and the entire industry. Her visionary leadership guided the Dallas Symphony to become the first major American orchestra to perform for an in-person audience in their hall with their Music Director after the COVID-19 shutdown. During her tenure, the orchestra appointed renowned Music Director Fabio Luisi and Gemma New as Principal Guest Conductor. In May 2019, Noltemy successfully negotiated the transition of management of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center from the City of Dallas to the Dallas Symphony Association. Noltemy began her term as President of the Dallas Arts District board in January 2020. She also serves on the boards of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Aging Minds, and she is a member of the Dallas Assembly, Dallas Summit, Dallas international Women’s Forum and Executive Women’s Roundtable. Noltemy was named as a D CEO Dallas 500 in 2020 and 2021, and was a 2020 finalist for the Dallas Morning News’ Texan of the Year. Recognizing the need for systemic change in the classical music community, in the fall of 2020, Noltemy introduced a comprehensive plan and commitment for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In 2018, she launched the DSO’s Women in Classical Music program, an initiative designed to elevate the role of women in classical music and increase female representation in the field through hiring women for senior artistic positions, creating an annual symposium, and ensuring that 50% of the DSO’s new commissions are composed by women. The orchestra unveiled the DSO’s Southern Dallas Residency in November 2018 which includes a very important educational initiative, Young Musicians. This program makes the transformative power of music education accessible to more than 500 children in Southern Dallas through free instruments and lessons. Since the pandemic shutdown in March 2020, Noltemy led the DSO through this period of change, pivoting quickly to provide music and service to the Dallas community. The DSO offered live, weekly concerts to small audiences in the Meyerson, as well as more than 150 outdoor chamber music concerts in neighborhoods all across Dallas. Noltemy embraced and expanded the DSO online presence, implementing a digital strategy for 2020/21 and beyond. In summer 2020, a state-of-the-art video studio and robotic cameras was installed in the Meyerson Symphony Center to capture and live-stream DSO performances and third-party events in the hall. The new online events will complement the in-person experience and expand the reach of the organization beyond its physical space.