Robert A. Bowman

Robert A. Bowman served for 17 years as President/CEO of MLB Advanced Media ("MLBAM").[1] Media reports in late 2017 alleged his departure from the MLBAM resulted from a decade of inappropriate behavior, ranging from multiple consensual intimate relationships with subordinates and leading a "culture of partying and heavy drinking with employees outside the office."[2] MLBAM manages online activities for Major League Baseball including the MLBAM@Bat video streaming applications for Smartphones, pad computing devices and the like.[3] From 1995-2000, he was ITT's President/Chief Operating Officer. From 1991-95, he was also ITT's CFO.[4]

From 1983-90, Bowman was Michigan's State Treasurer and was widely credited with helping fuel the state's economic recovery, including from a 1987 Public Sector Consultants' profile that "Wall Street smiled on Michigan's improved fiscal condition," leading to national notoriety for Bowman.[5] In 2010 it was reported that he was considering a run for governor of Michigan.[6]

Education

Bowman graduated from Harvard College in 1977[7] and the Wharton School of Business in 1979.[8]

MLBAM At Bat App

Bowman was instrumental[9] in spearheading the development of MLB's At Bat app for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, etc.[10]

Bowman Patents

Bowman is named as a co-inventor on the following U.S. Patents: U.S. Patent No. 8,121,872:[11] System and Method for Allocating Seats for a Ticketed Event

U.S. Patent No. 8,121,712:[12] System and Method for Determining an Offensive, Defensive, and Cumulative Efficiency of a Sports Team

U.S. Patent No. 8,045,956:[13] System and Method for Venue-to-Venue Messaging

References
  1. "No. 10: Bob Bowman, Internet chief - USATODAY.com".
  2. Red, Christian (21 December 2017). "MLB Advanced Media executive Bob Bowman reportedly forced out after years of alleged misconduct". New York Daily News. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. Dyad Communications. "Wharton Alumni Magazine: 125 Influential People and Ideas: Robert A. Bowman". wharton.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. "Company Overview of MLB Advanced Media, L.P." bloomberg.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. Farrar, Bev. "ROBERT BOWMAN: A PROFILE" (PDF). Public Sector Consultants. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. "Ex-treasurer Robert Bowman giving governor's race a look". MLive.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. Detroit Financial Advisory Board - Robert Bowman
  8. 125 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE AND IDEAS; KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE DIGITAL BALL; ROBERT A. BOWMAN, WG’79
  9. "MLB.com is gearing up for next season". Fortune.
  10. Chris Albrecht. "MLB's At Bat App Downloaded More Than 400,000 Times". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.
  11. "Patent US8121872 - System and method for allocating seats for a ticketed event".
  12. "Patent US8121712 - System and method for determining an offensive, defensive, and cumulative ... - Google Patents".
  13. "Patent US8045965 - System and method for venue-to-venue messaging".
Political offices
Preceded by
Loren E. Monroe		 Treasurer of Michigan
1983–1991		 Succeeded by
Douglas B. Roberts
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