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San Jose, CA-based San Jose Giants has promoted Bill Schlough as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
The San Jose Giants are a minor league baseball team in San Jose, California, USA.
About the Person
Bill Schlough oversees a team of professionals dedicated to enhancing the fan experience through initiatives such as “Double Play Ticket Window,” pervasive HD video, “Digital Dugout,” and the first 100-percent wireless venue in sports. Schlough’s team has also implemented numerous revolutionary systems that helped bring World Series titles to San Francisco in two of the past three years. An Olympic enthusiast, Schlough is a board member of the Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee and served as a technology lead for San Francisco’s bids to host the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He recently served as interim president of the Giants’ Class A San Jose affiliate and was appointed to the team’s board of directors as chairman in 2012. Schlough was honored as InformationWeek’s 2012 IT Chief of the Year and is a member of Sports Business Journal’s 2010 Forty Under 40 class of promising young executives. Schlough holds an engineering degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Wharton School.
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