Eliot Crist

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Data driven, solution-oriented product executive who thrives in challenging situations requiring innovative problem solving. Revenue focused, team-oriented manager, who brings the best out of people. Experience in both corporate and startup environments. Thrives in creating innovative products that create solutions for both consumers and business adding value to the company's bottom line.

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    Chief Executive Officer

    Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life Newsletter

    - Present 2 years 4 months

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    COO/CPO

    FTNnetwork

    - 2 years 1 month

    Responsibilities
    Run day-to-day operations for FTN Network LLC, a sports betting and fantasy B2C + B2B subscription website, with 17 full time employees and over 50 contractors.
    Responsible for all product, technology, management of executive team, and day to day operations of the company
    Lead for all company communication, investment information presentations, and stakeholder meetings.
    Managed CMO and CCO responsible for all organic and paid growth to traffic and…

    Responsibilities
    Run day-to-day operations for FTN Network LLC, a sports betting and fantasy B2C + B2B subscription website, with 17 full time employees and over 50 contractors.
    Responsible for all product, technology, management of executive team, and day to day operations of the company
    Lead for all company communication, investment information presentations, and stakeholder meetings.
    Managed CMO and CCO responsible for all organic and paid growth to traffic and userbase
    Implemented project management system across the entire company – keeping firm organized, deadline driven, and fast paced.
    Achievements
    Managed all aspects of technology, completing over 800 tech tasks in the first 18 months, creating over 100 new tools, launching four new websites, and building a platform to allow the company to succeed.
    Implemented new navigation to three websites to bring app-like experience to mobile platforms. Led to 50% growth in time on site and 80% drop-in bounce rate.
    Invented propshop and parlay calculator with partner Metabet, which is now the industry leader in affiliate tools used across multiple platforms in partnership with Metabet.
    Built platforms with organic growth in mind. Achieved over 400% growth in organic traffic from year one to year two. Achieved a domain authority of 32 in first 18 months on top of the funnel website – beating expected growth rate by 100%.
    Prominent role in affiliate growth strategy – seeing over 200% growth month to month in the last five months.
    Implemented marketing technology into websites, consistently working with CMO to monitor KPIs. Integrated Braze, Facebook pixels, optin monster, google analytics. Created a sales dashboard built into the backend of the website. Led to CPAs lower than average initial purchase price.
    Launched Bet Tracking technology at FTNNetwork and multiple other tools now used on major media platforms including NBCSportsEdge and Pickwise.

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    Chief Product Officer

    The Quant Edge

    - 2 years

    Responsibilities
    - Supervised all aspects of firm’s website, including technology, content, and interaction with customers
    - Responsible for product, content, technology, and marketing for startup sports analytics firm
    - Managed four full-time employees and 20 part-time employees.
    - Pitched investors and helped raise over $1.2 million
    - Created written, audio, and video content analyzing opportunities for bettors and fantasy players
    - Developed marketing strategy, supervised…

    Responsibilities
    - Supervised all aspects of firm’s website, including technology, content, and interaction with customers
    - Responsible for product, content, technology, and marketing for startup sports analytics firm
    - Managed four full-time employees and 20 part-time employees.
    - Pitched investors and helped raise over $1.2 million
    - Created written, audio, and video content analyzing opportunities for bettors and fantasy players
    - Developed marketing strategy, supervised creative process, and integrated market analytics to ensure low CPAs
    Achievements
    - Launched TQE App in August 2019 – building a content and tool platform for our userbase
    - NFL best bets predictive model delivered 66% accuracy against industry average of 53% -- 25% more accurate than norm
    - Built social media presence that grew to 16,000 followers
    - Appeared regularly as expert commentator on CBS Digital, Sirius XM, and Rotogrinders
    - Negotiated strategic acquisition of PowerHour to grow user base and expand content
    - Launched partnerships with sportsbooks and top websites in industry, including Draftkings, Fanduel, 888Sports, and Rotogrinders
    - Implemented 30 analytic tools, including five unique and proprietary tools that attracted thousands of customers
    - Achieved six straight months of increasing revenue growth

  • Pricing Analyst

    Broker Genius

    - 7 months

    Valley Stream

    - Analyzed ticket markets, sports team, and market trends using historical data to adjust secondary market ticket prices.
    - Responsible for accounts that consistently beat the market by 3-5%.

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    Analyst

    Pro Football Focus

    - 1 year 9 months

    - Recorded data points in real time with highest speed and accuracy scores, gave me the chance to work the Super Bowl.
    - Reviewed and corrected other analysts’ work on Base Data, gave feedback, trained, and managed other employees in process
    - Constructed tendency scouting reports for college and NFL teams, including one for Clemson before national title game.

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    Draft Analyst

    Bleacher Report

    - 1 month

    Worked alongside industry leader Matt Miller to analyze 80+ prospects. Prepared over 40,000-word report on tight deadline.

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    Senior Associate

    PGIM Fixed Income

    - 3 years 4 months

    Newark

    Direct support for 17 Corporate Bond traders and 3 Mortgage traders, with >$1 billion of daily trade volume.
    Point man for communications between traders, brokers, compliance, trade operations, counter-parties, and management.
    Responsible for all incoming communications to team, averaging over 100 emails a day.

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