Visiting Executive: Matt Marolda T’02, Chief Analytics Officer at Legendary Entertainment
Topics: Big Data / Analytics Culture Entrepreneurial Tech Operations
We were pleased to welcome Matt Marolda to speak during Professor Taylor’s class, Strategy in Turbulent Environments.
Matt Marolda T’02, Chief Analytics Officer, Legendary Entertainment
Matthew Marolda is Chief Analytics Officer at Legendary Entertainment. He formed and runs Legendary’s Applied Analytics division, which uses data and analytics to drive strategic decisions across all aspects of the company.Prior to Legendary, Mr. Marolda founded StratBridge LLC in 1999. StratBridge had two software solutions businesses: “moneyball” player analysis software used by many organizations in the NFL, NBA, European Football and Major League Soccer (sold to XOS Digital in 2012), and dynamic pricing and revenue analysis software used by many professional sports teams (acquired by Legendary in 2014, after Mr. Marolda had joined Legendary). He earned his MBA at the Tuck School at Dartmouth where he won the Adams Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. Mr. Marolda graduated from Bowdoin College with Honors, earning majors in economics and mathematics and a minor in art history.
