Elliot Weiss
Metuchen
Summary
Innovative leader in sports technology and live production, specializing in broadcast products and workflows that boost fan engagement and partner value. Emmy-winning former Senior Director at Major League Baseball with deep hands-on experience in live game production, now focused on uniting creative vision and technical execution to deliver scalable, transformative tools.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Executive Director, Production & Streaming Operations
Bally’s Media / Bally Sports Live
01.2023 - Current
- - Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of producers, technical directors, graphics artists, master control, and post-production.
- - Oversee end-to-end production pipelines for live sports and special events—from development and planning through capture.
- - Design and implement advanced remote and hybrid workflows for live event capture, graphics, audio, and distribution, scaling.
- - Drive immersive and interactive viewing experiences by integrating real-time sensor data and advanced graphics into live pro.
- - Manage timelines, milestones, and budgets for multiple concurrent productions, consistently delivering on time and on budge.
- - Act as a key liaison between production, product/engineering (streaming), programming, business development, and marketi.
- - Establish and refine SOPs, incident response, and postmortem processes using metrics and feedback to continuously improv.
Technical Supervisor, Streaming Media
Perfect Game
12.2024 - 04.2025
- - Led technical execution for a high volume of live baseball streams, ensuring consistent audio/video quality and rapid troubles.
- - Produced site surveys, technical memorandums, and post-show reports to standardize remote-production practices and surfac.
- - Coordinated with venues and vendors to align technical requirements, share resources, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- - Developed and shared show-specific workflows and checklists that reduced errors and sped up crew onboarding.
Product Director, Broadcast Solutions
Sportradar
07.2022 - 11.2023
- - Owned strategy and roadmap for broadcast product lines used by major sports networks and leagues, aligning features with.
- - Managed two product owners and a 20+ person content and research team, improving prioritization, communication, and deliv.
- - Partnered with broadcasters to integrate data-driven visualizations and tools into live workflows, improving usability for oper.
- - Collaborated with sales and marketing to define customer success criteria and measurable outcomes for launches and renew.
- - Conducted client visits and user interviews to gather field feedback, directly informing feature prioritization and roadmap deci.
Director / Sr. Director of Production: Broadcast Products & Services
Major League Baseball
01.2019 - 07.2022
- - Winner, 2021 George Wensel Technical Achievement Sports Emmy for centralized Statcast 3D, delivering cutting-edge 3D d.
- - Built and led a 60+ person operation producing augmented reality and 3D visualizations driven by player and ball-tracking da.
- - Conceived and launched low-latency, cloud-based production tools that enabled real-time, data-driven graphics, increasing.
- - Collaborated with engineering, product, and vendor partners to design, validate, and integrate new feature sets into broadcas.
- - Designed workstations and defined networking/engineering requirements for two centralized production control centers, impr.
- - Led a full UI redesign for internal and client-facing tools to streamline operator workflows and accelerate training.
Senior Coordinating & Technical Producer, Broadcast Services
MLB Advanced Media
03.2003 - 12.2018
- - Developed and supervised live baseball productions from planning through delivery for MLB and partner networks.
- - Led R&D efforts around pitch clock, player/ball tracking, and automated strike zone technologies, helping shape future broad.
- - Planned and oversaw on-site production for experiential events including MLB FanFest, NHL FanFest, and MLB Winter Meet.
- - Produced sponsor-driven alternative game broadcasts incorporating roaming talent, specialty cameras, AR/VR concepts, Sta.
Senior Coordinating Producer, Creative Services
MLB Advanced Media
01.2012 - 01.2015
- - Led Creative Services team producing national spots and digital/social content supporting league priorities and partner camp.
- - Increased productivity by ~50% by standardizing Adobe templates and toolkits for editors and producers.
- - Oversaw design and rollout of a new graphics style for all MLB.com video content.
Coordinating Producer, Studio & Remote
MLB Advanced Media
01.2009 - 01.2012
- - Served as lead producer for all studio and remote productions, including approximately 25 MLB games per season.
- - Acted as showrunner for MLB.com Fantasy 411, the first TV show dedicated solely to fantasy baseball.
- - Produced high-visibility events including the All-Star High School Home Run Derby and the Commissioner’s All-Star Chat.
- - Mentored associate producers/editors and evaluated new hardware/software solutions with vendors.
Producer/Editor
MLB Advanced Media
01.2003 - 01.2009
- - Edited highlight packages and field-produced player interviews and features for MLB.com.
- - Traveled with the Boston Red Sox during their 2004 World Series run, producing, editing, and delivering daily content on tight.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing & Cinema
Binghamton University (SUNY Binghamton)
Vestal, NYSkills
- Immersive & Data-Driven Video Production
- Live Event & Remote Workflows
- Streaming Media Operations
- Broadcast & OTT Content Pipelines
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Product & Platform Collaboration
- Augmented Reality & 3D Data Visualization
- Workflow Optimization
- Partner & Stakeholder Management
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Real-time motion and object tracking
- API and data integration
Accomplishments
Won the 2021 George Wensel Technical Achievement Sports Emmy for centralized Statcast 3D, delivering cutting-edge 3D data visualizations for live MLB broadcasts.
Certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner – Scrum Alliance (Mar 2024)
Timeline
Technical Supervisor, Streaming Media
Perfect Game
12.2024 - 04.2025
Executive Director, Production & Streaming Operations
Bally’s Media / Bally Sports Live
01.2023 - Current
Product Director, Broadcast Solutions
Sportradar
07.2022 - 11.2023
Director / Sr. Director of Production: Broadcast Products & Services
Major League Baseball
01.2019 - 07.2022
Senior Coordinating Producer, Creative Services
MLB Advanced Media
01.2012 - 01.2015
Coordinating Producer, Studio & Remote
MLB Advanced Media
01.2009 - 01.2012
Senior Coordinating & Technical Producer, Broadcast Services
MLB Advanced Media
03.2003 - 12.2018
Producer/Editor
MLB Advanced Media
01.2003 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing & Cinema
Binghamton University (SUNY Binghamton)