PA SportsTicker Names Chris Mattia Executive Director, IT.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- PA SportsTicker, the leading real-time supplier of sports news and information, today announced the appointment of Chris Mattia as its Executive Director, IT. In his role, he will oversee PA SportsTicker's IT and Technical Support departments and help develop strategy for expansion and new content collection. Since April 2001, Chris served as the NBA's Director, Application Development and Data Services. In that role, Chris managed a 15-person staff that was responsible for in-arena hardware and software systems that were used to collect NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego and NBA D-League in-game stats, internal Web development and inbound/outbound data feeds. "I'm delighted to once again have the opportunity to work along side Chris," said Jim Morganthaler, Head of Sport US, PA SportsTicker. "He possesses a unique combination of technical expertise, over 10 years experience in real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. delivery, an understanding of client needs and passion for the job. He was a vital contributor to SportsTicker's growth and I'm confident he will play an important role in PA SportsTicker's future. We're excited to have him on board." Prior to the NBA, Mattia spent over six years (1993-2000) with SportsTicker as its Director, System Operations and Software Development. "I am thrilled to be working with Jim and the team at PA SportsTicker once again," said Mattia. "It is an exciting time with the recent acquisition by PA Sport and the resources they bring to the business." Note to Editors: About PA SportsTicker PA SportsTicker is America's leading real-time sports news information service provider, covering all major professional, collegiate and minor league sports. It delivers instant scores, breaking sports news, statistics, previews, recaps and features, gathered by more than 850 event-site reporters in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and more than 1,500 worldwide. Formed from the acquisition of SportsTicker by PA Sport, the world's leading sports news and information provider, it is the natural successor to Western Union's original Baseball Ticker, established in 1909. Today PA SportsTicker's sports news heritage is honored in a permanent exhibit at Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. For more information visit www.pa-sportsticker.com About PA Sport PA Sport supplies data, editorial and pictures from over 40 major sports in over 200 countries worldwide. PA Sport is the world's leading sports news and information provider and is part of the PA Group of information companies. At the heart of the PA Group is the Press Association, the national news agency for the UK and Ireland, which was founded in 1868. Using its network of more than 1500 reporters based across the world and its 250 staff at its UK headquarters, PA Sport gathers, processes and delivers high quality, comprehensive sports editorial, data, sound and pictures on more than 40 major sports around the world, much of it in real time. This information is delivered to a wide range of global customers across all media platforms and in different languages. Customers include newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, websites, telecommunications companies See telecom company. and the betting industry. With its reputation for speed, accuracy and integrity PA Sport is also the partner of choice for many sport federations and governing bodies Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he , including the English Premier League. PA Sport is based in the UK and has offices in the United States, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Singapore, Thailand and China, with representatives in Japan, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Australia. For more information visit: www.pa-sport.com |
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