Media & Sports Tech is led by Rick Alessandri, with 30+ years’ experience in the industry. In 1982, Mr. Alessandri started as GM of SportsTicker, which was acquired by ESPN, and Mr. Alessandri worked his way up at ESPN over a 20–year career, ultimately becoming Chief of Staff to ESPN President George Bodenheimer, CXO of the X Games and SVP of ESPN Enterprises. Mr. Alessandri’s ESPN Enterprise team was responsible for all of ESPN’s brand extensions from X Games and ESPN branded merchandise, ESPN Golf Schools and the ESPN Zone restaurants.

From 2011 until May 2018, Mr. Alessandri served as EVP, Enterprise Development at Univision where his team was able to generate more than $250M in incremental revenue by building new businesses, live sports and music events and brand extensions to serve the ever–growing Hispanic American community. 

Mr. Alessandri joined TurnkeyZRG in October 2018 to help launch and grow Turnkey’s media and tech search division and is honored to have led searches for DAZN’s Chief Communications Officer and Vice President, Media, Major League Rugby’s Commissioner, Monumental Sports Network’s SVP & General Manager and SVP, Direct to Consumer and Head Digital, Head of the Charles Regatta’s Executive Director, College Coaches Skills Camp CEO, FanDuel Sports Network's COO & GM, C360 Technologies’ CEO and President of Playfly Sports Properties to name a few.

Rick earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement in New York City, a non-profit focused on educating middle and high school students on financial literacy.