U.S. Integrity Appoints Dave Abbott as Chief Product Officer
Former SharpLink Gaming & Sportradar executive to join sports betting integrity technology provider.
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 16th, 2024) – U.S. Integrity, a sports betting integrity monitoring and technology company, is pleased to announce that the former Chief Technology Officer of Sharplink Gaming (Nasdaq: SBET), Dave Abbott, has joined the company’s leadership team as the Chief Product Officer.
Abbott brings more than 20 years of global leadership experience leading Product and Technology teams for sports technology and gaming companies. While with SharpLink, Abbott led the Product and Technology teams delivering a platform that connects sports fans, leagues and sports websites to relevant and timely sports betting and iGaming content. Before joining SharpLink, Dave was the Managing Director of U.S. Media at Sportradar (Nasdaq: SRAD). Sportradar acquired SportsData LLC in 2014, a live data and digital content producer which Abbott co-founded in 2010.
“I am excited to join U.S. Integrity at such a crucial time in its journey. I’m looking forward to contributing to U.S. Integrity’s tradition of product innovation and superior customer experience,” said Dave Abbott, Chief Product Officer of U.S. Integrity.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dave to our team as our new Chief Product Officer. He will play an integral role in the firm’s product strategy as we continue evolving our solutions and expanding our reach throughout the rest of the world. Dave’s broad experience building real-time sports and gaming data products aligns with U.S. Integrity’s mission to maintain the integrity of sports through data analysis," stated Matthew Holt, CEO of U.S. Integrity. "Dave brings valuable experience productizing data that will provide our customers a new level of visibility and confidence into their operations. We have a vision of where our company will go from here and I am very confident that Dave’s leadership and ability to execute will help us get there.”
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ABOUT DAVE ABBOTT:
Dave has been active in the sports technology and gaming space for 20 years. Dave was the founding CTO Internet Broadcasting (IB) that built the first of its kind media focused SaaS content management platform that powered NBCOlympics.com for the Athens and Torino Olympics. After IB, he joined Irdeto where he was accountable for expanding their SaaS digital content monetization and security platform with features including on-line payment processing, large scale OTT/VOD delivery, security and distribution solutions. Following Irdeto, Dave co-founded SportsData LLC (acquired by Sportradar in 2014), a revolutionary SaaS sports content provider (establishing official data distributorships with the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and NASCAR) that captures and distributes real-time, historical and player tracking data as well as providing broadcast production services. Most recently, Dave was the CTO of Sharplink Gaming. Dave lives in the Minneapolis area with his wife and has one son who currently resides in Wisconsin. Abbott holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of St Thomas and earned a B.S. of Computer Science from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology.
ABOUT U.S. INTEGRITY:
U.S. Integrity is a leading technology-driven sports wagering monitoring company, providing the highest level of protection against betting-related fraud and corruption. U.S. Integrity’s mission is to grow the legal, regulated sports betting market by providing solutions that ensure sports betting integrity in every play, every game, every sport. Supported by investors including SeventySix Capital and Las Vegas Sands, U.S. Integrity partners with a number of the largest professional sports leagues and collegiate conferences in the U.S., as well as licensed sports-betting operators and regulators. U.S. Integrity is based in Las Vegas and New York. For additional information, visit www.usintegrity.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Scott Sadin, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Integrity
Scott.sadin@usintegrity.com
