Revenue Above Replacement

Bryce Weiler

Bryce Weiler is a co-founder of the Beautiful Lives Project and its National Advocacy Officer. He was born four months premature and developed an eye condition called Retinopathy that caused him to be blind.
Bryce’s passion for sports on the radio led him to commentate on radio sports broadcasts for the University of Evansville, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management and Communication.
He also earned his Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Western Illinois University.
After college, Bryce began developing programs for fans with disabilities. The first teams to join him in his work were the Baltimore Orioles and the New Britain Bees baseball teams.

Payton Chang

Payton Chang is the the Social Media Manager for the Miami Dolphins along with their properties including Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Open, and Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. In addition to her work with the Dolphins Payton serves as a consultant for Progage Connect, working with professional and collegiate athletes earn endorsement deals and grow their personal brands.
Prior to her work with the Dolphins Payton worked for Athletes Unlimited as the Social Media Coordinator throughout their inaugural softball, volleyball, and lacrosse seasons and Tokyo 2021 coverage. Payton’s first job in sports came with Wasserman Media Group where she led a project working with the NFL and Microsoft Surface partnership for their Super Bowl LIV campaign.
Payton did her undergraduate work at Stanford University where she earned a B.A. in Science, Technology, and Society with a concentration in Communication and Media. At Stanford, Payton was a member of the varsity indoor and beach volleyball teams where she was a part of two NCAA National Championships. She finished her volleyball career at Northwestern as a graduate transfer where she also earned her masters in Sports Administration.

Kalyn Kahler

Kalyn Kahler is a senior writer for The Athletic covering the NFL. Prior to joining The Athletic Kalyn worked as a staff writer for Defector and at Sports Illustrated, where she worked her way up from editorial assistant and personal assistant to Peter King.
Kalyn’s work has appeared in multiple publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, and Bleacher Report. Kalyn received a notable selection in the 2020 edition of Best American Sportswriting for a piece on how a cow becomes a football and won the Pro Football Writers of America’s enterprise news/feature writing award in 2021 for a series about Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila.
Kalyn holds a degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Collin Sexton

Collin Sexton joined the University of Kansas Athletics department in August of 2021 and currently serves as the Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Initiative and Chief of Staff as well as the sport administrator for the Kansas Football program.
Collin joins the University of Kansas from Northwestern where he was the assistant athletics director for leadership giving. While in that role, Collin contributed to a record-breaking fundraising campaign of over $460M to athletics.
Prior to Northwestern, Collin was the director of football operations and chief of staff at Bowling Green State University. There he managed the day-to-day operations of the football program, coordinated all travel plans and oversaw staff, department budget, academics, compliance, alumni relations and other areas.
Prior to his time at Bowling Green, Collin worked with Learfield’s corporate office in Plano, Texas, as a support assistant.
Collin played four years of football for Kansas State University where he was a two-time Academic All-Big 12 recipient and was on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll four times. He graduated from Kansas State in 2016 with a degree in journalism and mass communications, and a minor in business administration. Collin also earned his master’s in sport administration from Northwestern in 2021.

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg is the head of Azure OpenAI Enablement and Go To Market team and was previously an Account Director for the Go To Market team at OpenAI.
Prior to his work with OpenAI Adam was the Director of Data and AI solutions at Microsoft and spent the early part of his career in multiple roles with Cisco.

Tyler Jones

Tyler Jones joined Northwestern Athletics in September 2021 and was promoted to Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director for Revenue Generation and Strategic Initiatives in August 2022.
In his role Tyler provides direct oversight and leadership of Northwestern Athletics’ revenue-producing units of the department, including ticket sales and operations, Northwestern Sports Properties, marketing, merchandise, trademark & licensing in addition to providing strategic leadership for community relations, communications, broadcast operations, and digital content. Jones also works intimately with NU apparel partner, Under Armour, and concessionaire Levy, on strategic initiatives that drive revenue and enhance the brand of NU athletics.
Tyler joins the Wildcats from Cleveland State University where he has served as deputy director of athletics for external operations in July 2019. He oversaw all of the department's external units and functions including ticket sales, marketing, fan engagement, development, corporate partnerships, branding, media relations and communications, and served as the administrator for multiple sport programs.
Prior to his tenure at Cleveland State, Jones spent six years in the Big Ten Conference on the athletics marketing/fan development staff at Ohio State. He joined the Buckeyes athletic department in 2013 as the assistant director for fan experience and promotions and was quickly elevated to director of fan experience and promotions in 2014. Jones was promoted to assistant athletics director for fan engagement in 2016 where he oversaw, and provided leadership, for the fan experience, marketing and creative design units.
Tyler was a standout on the Eastern Michigan football team from 2004-09. During his senior season, Jones was elected captain, named the team's most valuable player and tied the NCAA Division I record when he hauled in 23 receptions in a victory over Central Michigan. Following the conclusion of the football season, Jones captained the Eastern Michigan basketball team where he averaged 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. He earned his undergraduate degree in marketing and business, and a Master of Science degree in sport management from Eastern Michigan.

Josh Walker

Josh Walker is the Co-Founder and President of Sports Innovation Lab where he oversees the company’s innovative and proprietary market intelligence platform. Through market analysis and unbiased research, he empowers brands to develop and implement game changing, breakthrough experiences in a new age of sports and entertainment fandom. His work at Sports Innovation Lab represents the convergence of his career as a researcher, advisor, entrepreneur, and sports journalist.
A former Vice President of Research at Forrester, Josh was responsible for launching the company’s Forrester Wave evaluation framework, designed to accelerate innovation by connecting technology buyers with the best vendors.
After Forrester, Josh spent time as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at General Catalyst advising fast-growing companies including Brightcove, Kayak, and Demandware.
He soon became a serial entrepreneur himself, using his passion for technology and data to launch and grow several venture-backed companies such as CityVoter, Comlinkdata, and Stattleship.
Josh is a graduate of Middlebury College and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In the conversation Josh mentions the book Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, which can be found across book retailers.

Emily Ehman

Emily Ehman works for Big Ten Network as the primary game and studio volleyball analysts, a sideline reporter and as the Network’s Digital Host where she has covered three NCAA Women’s Indoor Volleyball Championships, two CFB Playoff Semifinal games, the Women’s College World Series and much more.
In addition to her work with the Big Ten Network Emily also freelances for other outlets and organizations. In the spring of 2021, she spent eight weeks in Dallas working as a Digital Host for Athletes Unlimited Professional Volleyball League covering the only pro women’s volleyball league in the U.S. In the winter of 2022, Emily worked as a sideline reporter for The Valley on ESPN for Southern Illinois University men’s basketball games. She is also a frequent contributor to VolleyballMag.com.
Emily is a former volleyball player at Northwestern University, where she earned her degree from the Medill School of Journalism.

Emilio Collins

Emilio Collins is a Partner and Chief Business Officer at Excel Sports Management where he oversees all sales and marketing for Excel, including the agency’s talent endorsement, property representation, and corporate consulting businesses.
Emilio joined Excel after 15-plus years at the National Basketball Association, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Global Marketing Partnerships, overseeing the league’s marketing partnerships business globally, including partner management, business development, marketing solutions, and media.
From 2008 to 2010, Emilio served as Senior Vice President of International Development, managing the development of the league's international business, including sponsorship, international games, and new league initiatives.
Prior to joining the NBA, Emilio worked as Director of Event Development at SFX Sports Group, where he built and managed the company's golf, consulting, hospitality and tennis events business.
Emilio graduated from Michigan State University, where he was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler. He also holds a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University.

Adam Kempenaar

Adam Kempenaar is an accomplished broadcaster, instructor, and award-winning digital professional with more than two decades of experience driving audience engagement in sports, film, and media.
Adam recently returned to the University of Iowa, where he earned an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in Communication Studies, as an Adjunct Lecturer after 20 years with the Chicago Blackhawks, most recently as Vice President of Marketing and Content.
Adam was part of three Stanley Cup championship teams during his tenure with the Blackhawks and oversaw the growth of the Digital Content department from a one-person operation to a staff of over 20, encompassing creative, social media, video, website, mobile, photography, email marketing, and business analytics.
He was instrumental in launching and evolving the club’s digital platforms, including NHL-leading social media channels, Blackhawks.com, and the trailblazing video production brand Blackhawks TV. He is the recipient of four Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards for Sports Programming Outstanding Achievement: Single Spot/Campaign (2021); Documentary (2020); and One-Time Special (2018, 2016).
Adam is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, and holds a B.A. in English from Grinnell College and an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Iowa.