Our management team consists of sports and business executives.
Alex Nehorayan
Founder, CEO
Alex began his career in commercial real estate and multi-family properties before getting involved in the sports industry 15 years ago. He has helped athletes find temporary housing, provided financial guidance and personal assistance, and helped player agents with business affairs. Alex also founded a global beverage and OTP manufacturing company with distribution throughout the United States and South America.
Jonah Nehorayan
Co-founder
Jonah studied Sports Administration at Pepperdine University under Ned Colletti, former General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. While at Pepperdine, Jonah designed an award-winning marketing plan for Team USA Handball that was submitted for use and a bid proposal for a regional round of March Madness. Jonah has worked in the sports and real estate industries at his father’s side for the last five years during which he generated the initial concept for ScoutUs Pro.
Rob Michaelis
COO
Rob is Vice President of Commercialization at Disney Consumer Products where he has worked for the past 15 years. Prior to joining Disney, Rob held various senior sales and marketing positions at Fila, K-Swiss and Reebok. He holds a Bachelors of Arts from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and remains a proud fan of the New York Knicks, Jets, Mets and Islanders.
Aidas Mattis
Executive Vice President
Aidas J. Mattis is a physician and entrepreneur whose love of sport has been an important part of his and his family’s life. Aidas completed his undergraduate studies in molecular and cell biology at the University of California Berkeley and his medical and doctoral education in Biochemistry at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Additionally, Aidas owns and operates several retail and manufacturing business in US.
Barry Levine
Executive Director of Business Development and Finance
Barry was born in Brooklyn, New York, raised on Long Island and completed his undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the mid-1970s, Barry moved to Los Angeles and in 1980, he formed Oakwood Financial Group, a private investment company specializing in unconventional “bridge” financing for the residential, commercial and industrial real estate markets throughout Southern California. For the past forty years, Oakwood has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate financing to both public companies, private trusts, profit, and non-profit organizations, as well as to a wide variety of real estate investment and development organizations. Barry lives in Los Angeles with his wife, children and grandchildren, but having grown up in the shadow of Shea Stadium during the 1969 “Miracle” Mets World Series win and the 1970 Joe Namath guaranteed” Jets Super Bowl upset, Barry remains a loyal Mets and Jets fan.
Matt Brahe
Director, Finance
Matt is currently the Director of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis at The Walt Disney Company where he has worked for the past 15 years in a variety of executive level finance roles across Consumer Products, Video Games, Theme Parks and Corporate functions. Matt has an MBA from the University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge.
Reggie Smith
Director, Baseball Operations
Reggie played 17 seasons of Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. One of the most versatile players to ever play the game, Reggie was a career .287 hitter with 314 home runs (third among switch-hitters on the all-time list) and 1,092 RBI, and was spectacular defensively, winning the first-ever Gold Glove Award in 1986. After his playing career ended, Reggie coached for USA Olympic Baseball, the Dodgers and others. Reggie continues influencing the game he loves today by running baseball clinics around the world.
Cory Wade
Director, Baseball Operations
Cory played 12 seasons of professional baseball, four of them at the Major League level with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. Cory is now entering his eighth season as a professional baseball scout with the San Diego Padres organization. Cory is originally from Indianapolis and now resides in Zionville, IN.
Tarah McShane
Director, Softball Operations
Tarah McShane played for 4 years at Valparaiso University. McShane has spent 6 years coaching Softball at the Division l level for various Universities. Tarah earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and went on to complete a master’s degree in Sports Administration, graduating Magna Cum Laude. McShane is originally from the Chicago area but now resides in Schaumburg, IL with her two-year-old son. McShane enjoys giving back to the game that has provided her with some of her most fondest memories in life.
Alex Chater
Director, Soccer Operations
Alex works for IMG Academy and is the General Manager for the Soccer Program where he has been for the past five years. He has held several product creation, sales and marketing roles within the soccer industry at Under Armour, Fila, and Eursport (soccer.com). Alex played college soccer at Wake Forest University and has 15 years of soccer coaching experience at the college, high school, and club levels from his time in North Carolina, Kentucky and Florida. He lives in the Sarasota/Bradenton area and takes full advantage of being by the water and pursuing his passion for fishing in his spare time.
Brad Friedel
Director, Soccer Operations
Brad played 23 seasons of professional soccer at the highest level with teams such as Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur in Europe and Columbus Crew in the United States. He is considered one of the greatest goalkeepers to have played in the English Premier League where he holds the record for most consecutive matches played (310). He also holds three levels of UEFA coaching licenses and has coached at the pro (MLA) and national team (US MINT U19) level. Brad currently owns and operates the US Office of PromoEsport USA, and has also worked in media and television for major broadcasters.
Erick Molinar
Director, Boxing Operations
Erick is an American boxing advisor and businessman born and raised in Boyle Heights. Erick attended the Oscar de la Hoya Youth Boxing Gym where he developed his boxing skills and a keen interest in helping young fighters reach their full potential. Erick has an eye for scouting talent in boxing, signing on of GoldenBoys current World Champions.
Garry Gant
Marketing Consultant
Garry has been a sports marketing executive for over 20 years, building client and media relationships, planning and implementing events, selling sponsorships and managing athlete programs and priorties. Garry holds an Associate of Arts degree from National Institute of Technology and lives in Southern California.
David Azar
General Counsel
David is a Los Angeles-based attorney who both litigates disputes and provides general counsel services to businesses. He received his J.D. degree in 1999 from Duke University School of Law (magna cum laude and Order of the Coif), after which he clerked for Chief Justice Norma Veasey on the Delaware Supreme Court. He is co-author of the chapters on LLC and partnership disputes in Litigating and Judging California Business Entity Governance Disputes, published by LexisNexis/ Matthew Bender.
Robin Ann Gorelick
General Counsel
Robin has owned and operated the Law Offices of Gorelick & Associates for the past 13 years, providing specialized business and commercial legal services including securities filings for public and private companies, technology, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and general corporate and business advice. Prior to running her own firm, Robin held senior legal counsel positions at Resources Global Professionals, Beachbody and Euro International. Robin holds a BA from UCLA and a JD from the UCLA School of Law and is a proud Bruin.
Pedram Zivari
General Counsel
Chief counsel and managing partner of Zivari Law Group, P.C., for the past 13 years, Mr. Zivari brings extensive experience in civil litigation, business litigation, construction law and real estate matters. Mr. Zivari has earned a Bachelor’s of Art in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003 where he earned numerous honors. Mr. Zivari earned a degree of Juris Doctor from Glendale University College of Law while receiving numerous awards and honors throughout his tenure. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Zivari was employed as a Project Engineer on construction projects for various government agencies. As a Project Engineer, Mr. Zivari was involved in over $35 million of construction projects for clients, including City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, City of Santa Monica, City of Beverly Hills and California State University.
Joel Sachs
General Counsel
Joel Sachs has over 40 years of experience in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Estate Administration, Estate and Gift Taxation, Individual and Business Tax Planning, charitable giving, nonprofit organizations, and Dispute Resolutions with the IRS, Franchise Tax Board, Stated Board of Equalization and other administrative agencies. In addition, Mr. Sachs’ practice encompasses dispute resolution among beneficiaries and other interested parties of estates and trusts. nMr. Sachs received his B.A. degree from the University of Florida in 1963 and, in 1966, he received his J.D. degree, also from the University of Florida. He was a member of the University of Florida Law Review and Florida Blue Key leadership fraternity. In one of his prior lives, Mr. Sachs worked as an estate tax attorney in the Los Angeles office of the Internal Revenue Service. During that period, he had extensive experience in both the administrative workings of the IRS and also dealt with the legal and factual issues involving large business and personal holdings.
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